Guide Honor

Recreational Activities

Requirements

1. Describe what a guide does.

   Answer: A guide is the person who knows the way and helps others get safely to the right place. He shows the direction, gives the instructions, and makes sure no one gets lost. — The guide knows the place and helps others get there without getting lost.

2. Know how to direct someone to the following places:
   • Post office;
   • Public square or park;
   • Supermarket, bakery, grocery store, or another commercial establishment near your house;
   • Neighborhood or city police station;
   • Church you attend;
   • School you attend.

   Answer: With an adult, find out where each place near your house is. For each one, practice giving the directions: say which street to start on, where to turn (right or left), how long to keep going, and which well-known landmark appears along the way (a square, a store). Use simple words and do it carefully so the person does not get lost. — Knowing how to explain the way helps other people reach the important places in the neighborhood.

3. Know how to follow a map or a list of instructions to reach an unknown location, accompanied by your Counselor or evaluator.

   Answer: Together with your Counselor, get a map or a list of directions to a place you do not know yet. Read it step by step: notice where to start, where to turn, and the landmarks. Follow each part of the way until you reach the destination, checking the map now and then. — Following a map calmly teaches you not to get lost in new places.

4. Make a map or give someone instructions on how to get to your house.

   Answer: With the help of an adult, draw a simple map showing the way to your house, with the streets and a few well-known landmarks (a square, a store, a church). Mark where to turn and where your house is. You can also write the directions in steps: 'go straight, turn right, the house is the third one'. — Knowing how to explain where you live helps other people find you.

5. Demonstrate how to ask for information and list the people from whom you can ask it without taking risks.

   Answer: To ask for information, come up politely, say 'excuse me', and ask calmly, thanking them at the end. It is safe to ask for help from: 1) a police officer; 2) a salesperson inside a store; 3) a worker at the place (like at the post office or the school); 4) an adult who is with your family. Always do this near a trusted adult and never get into the car or the house of strangers. — Asking the right people for information, near an adult, keeps the child safe.

6. Visit, with your Club (or your family), two of the following places:
   • Museum;
   • Fire Department headquarters;
   • Art Exhibition;
   • Water treatment plant;
   • A monument;
   • Police headquarters;
   • A factory.

   Answer: With your club or your family, choose two of these places (for example, the Fire Department and a museum). Arrange the day, ask for permission if needed, and visit together. During the outing, observe, ask questions, and learn something new about each place. — Visiting places in the city helps you get to know the place where you live better.

7. Memorize Psalm 48:14.

   Answer: Psalm 48:14 says: 'For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.' This verse teaches that God is our best Guide and stays with us all our life. — The verse shows that God is our faithful Guide for all of life.