To earn our Honest and Fair petal, we:
- Talked about conflict and role-played situations where they might want to do one thing and a friend wants to do another. Then, we talked about compromise and possible solutions and ideas.
- Discussed how to come to a decision when others have different ideas: drawing sticks, rolling dice, voting, compromising, letting someone else do their idea, taking turns, rock/paper/scissors, etc.
- We hid 9 pencils (for 8 girls) and had them search for the pencils. When they found a pencil for themselves, they helped the other girls find theirs. Then, they had to decide what happened with the extra pencil (They gave it back to the leaders).
- We played a game of Liar, Liar - we sat in a circle and the first person told a lie: My hair is pink. The next person had to repeat the lie before them and add their own: My hair is pink and my cat is purple. Next person - repeat the previous 2 lies and add their own. And, so on. The point was that lies are hard to remember and not worth it. And, once you start, you have to keep going and going and it's just not worth it.
- We started a game and began ignoring the rules until the girls noticed the unfairness - which led to a great discussion of why it's important to do things fairly and how bad it feels when you are on the receiving end of unfairness.
Other great ideas:
- Read most any Clifford The Big Red Dog books - Fairness and Honesty are common themes throughout.
- Go to the Court House or Library for a field trip to discuss Honesty and Fairness and its importance in the community.
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