Participate in a Child-Care Achievement
Day. Learn some activities to use when tending children such as: singing
games, favorite stories, finger plays. Make a baby sitting or "Kiddie Kare"
kit.
Discuss with your parents, leader, or
another adult how to repair the following and repair at least one item:
electrical cord, electrical plug, faucet washer, flat bicycle tire, garden
or flower bed fence, leaky garden hose.
Plan a nutritious menu for three meals
and help shop, prepare, serve, and clean up.
Learn how to plan, prepare for, plant
and care for a garden.
Obtain a houseplant for your room. Learn
good lighting, watering, and fertilizing techniques and keep it growing
for two months.
Learn to mend and repair your own clothes
and repair three different items, using a different method for each.
Learn how to quilt using different quilting
methods. Participate in making a quilt.
Help prepare an item for food storage
using one of the following methods: canning, freezing, drying.
Help in pattern and fabric selection
for an item of clothing and sew a simple item of clothing for yourself
or someone else.
Make a filing system with a box to
file your important papers, etc.
Participate in a Homemaking Skills
Achievement Day to learn about organizing and cleaning techniques.
Safety & Emergency Preparedness
Participate in a First-Aid Achievement Day.
Explain what first-aid is and learn
the "hurry cases" of first-aid and treatment for each. Know what shock
is and its relationship to the "hurry cases". Know what to do for it. (See
Boy Scout Handbook). Under qualified teachers, learn about and practice
CPR
Prepare a basic first-aid kit.
Help make a family emergency preparedness
kit.
Learn how to identify edible plants
and poisonous plants.
Discuss how to avoid getting lost and
what to do when you are lost in the outdoors. Remember the importance of
prayer. Include wilderness survival specifics.
Make a list of emergency phone numbers
and place a list by each telephone in your home.
Participate in a Personal Safety Achievement
Day. Learn and explain what to do in case of a grease fire, clothing fire,
electrical fire, etc. With your parents, prepare a family fire escape plan
and rendezvous place. Present and practice it with your family.
Learn where the electrical, water,
and gas turn-offs are for your house.
Learn how to turn them on or off in
case of an emergency.
Prepare a family home evening including
the lesson, visual aids, and refreshments
Have a service scavenger hunt -- earn
points for family chores & report back
Learn how to make bread - rolls, biscuits
with your mother or Grandmother or other relative