Saturday, April 3, Cub Scouts - Materials Availability National Council has announced the following via E-mail sent to council execs and others - Cub Scouts - Materials Availability Development of materials to support the rollout of Cub Scouts is well under way, and we are now in a position to confirm that the leader materials and training needed to support the change in delivery method will be completed and in local council service centers between April 30 and May 7, Both versions will be accessible from scouting.
In addition, you will begin to see new covers on many of our other Cub Scout leader publications so that we have a unified look for the brand. Learn About Cub Scouting Adventures.
Kindergarten through third grade; Lions, Tigers, Wolves, and Bears earn metal adventure loops shown above. Fourth and fifth grade, Webelos, earn metal adventure pins.
These pins are placed on the Webelos Colors shown at right or on a Webelos hat. There are several awards Cub Scouts can earn beyond their badge of rank. Learn About Other Youth Awards. The recruiter patch is awarded to Cub Scouts who bring other youth into Scouting. Spring Fundraiser The spring fundraiser is designed to help Scouts earn their way to support their Scouting programs Spring of Service Spring of Service is an opportunity for units to work together in service of the greater good.
Training Every Scout deserves a trained leader. Training is an important part of learning to become an effective leader. Annual Support Charity Ratings Endowment Endowment gifts ensure that the council can continue to offer the outstanding programs we now have and also grow to meet the needs of our youth and community for the next years. Houston Sports Breakfast The Houston Sports Breakfast is an opportunity to honor an individual for making a difference in the greater Houston area.
Proceeds support the programs of the council. Leaders of Tomorrow Campaign The Leaders of Tomorrow Campaign is an initiative to unleash the potential of our programs and camp properties to best serve the needs of Scouting families in the 21st century. Memorials and Tributes Memorials and tributes are a gratifying way for individuals, businesses, or groups to remember special friends.
Other Ways to Give Help ensure the success of Scouting by donating cars, trucks, RVs, trailers, boats, motors, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, securities, uniforms, camping equipment, services, company matching gifts, and company volunteer grants. Planned Giving Donors can use giving to achieve personal goals, enhance your financial security, and to help shape the future of Scouting. Sporting Clays Tournament The Sporting Clays Tournament is an annual event to support the council's programs for at-risk youth.
Up to one hundred four-person teams can compete in the shot gun shooting game. Annual Giving FOS Friends of Scouting is an opportunity for families, friends, alumni, business and community organizations to support Scouting.
Resources A variety of resources are available to assist parents and leaders in their Scouting efforts. Commissioners Commissioners are district and council leaders who help Scout units succeed. The commissioner is the liaison between the local council and Scouting units.
Districts are responsible for carrying out four standard functions: membership, finance, program, and unit service. Enterprise Risk Management BSA puts the utmost importance on the safe and healthy environments for its youth membership.
The council takes great strides to ensure the safety of its youth and adult leadership. Forms A variety of forms and resources are available. Leader Guides A variety of Leader Guide's are available to assist parents and leaders in their Scouting efforts. Membership Recruitment Membership recruitment efforts take place throughout the year.
Our main objective is to ensure that every youth is invited to join Scouting, and to fulfill our promise to new Scouts for a great Scouting program. Recharter Every December, all units packs, troops, teams, crews, posts are required to renew their affiliation with Scouting. Roundtable Roundtable is a monthly program offered by districts that gives leaders hands-on experience and provides a forum for leaders to offer and receive help from their fellow Scouters.
Scouts with Special Needs The council is committed to making Scouting accessible and enjoyable to all Scouts, regardless of their abilities. Cub Scouts earn adventures that are specific to their grade and rank. A specific number of adventures must be completed to earn the badge of rank for each grade level. Adventures may be earned in any order.
Completion of adventures is how the aims of character, citizenship, leadership, and personal fitness are developed. Volunteers have identified 12 common themes among the adventures. Some of the adventures may appear in more than one category.
The purpose of the resources below is to assist with multi-rank den meetings and pack-level programming e. Den leaders who have only a few youth in different ranks meeting at the same time may find themes and supplemental resources helpful.
Den leaders should utilize BSA resources. Printable View. There are four aims of Scouting: citizenship, character, personal fitness, and leadership. Every rank has an advancement that focuses primarily on citizenship and patriotism. Since , conservation and environmental studies have been an integral part of the Boy Scouts of America. Through environmental explorations, Cub Scouts discover the natural world around them. Sports are all about honesty, respect, fair play, and being physically fit.
Show you are prepared to hike safely in any outdoor setting by putting together the Cub Scout Six Essentials to take along on your hike. Tell what the buddy system is and why we always use it in Cub Scouting. Describe what you should do if you get separated from your group while hiking. Choose the appropriate clothing to wear on your hike based on the expected weather. This may be combined with requirement 3 of the Call of the Wild adventure.
After hiking, discuss how you showed respect for wildlife. Go on a 1-mile hike with your den or family. Explain how you identified them. Draw a map of an area near where you live using common map symbols. Show which direction is north on your map. Cub Scout Supernova , Webelos Supernova. Even though the program was replaced by BSA's Cub Scouts program , there are still many resources that may be valuable to leaders.
Our volunteer team is working on updating these to be skill specific. Cub Scouts Cub Scouts is a program designed to meet the needs of youth by offering fun and challenging activities to promote character development, citizenship, and physical fitness. Venturing Venturing is a youth development program for young men and women 14 years of age and in the 9th grade through 20 years old. Scoutreach The Scoutreach service area is a non-traditional school based program.
Service Projects Unit Finance Business-like finance management not only assures that your unit will remain solvent and have what it needs when it needs it, Sign-in Page. Why are single-gender dens recommended instead of a co-ed model? Source - Page 3 What if I only have one or two girls who are interested in joining? Keep recruiting — have the girls invite their friends. Packs will continue to have the option to combine grade levels to form a den as long as they are working on their respective ranks.
For example, if you have two third-grade girls and two fourth-grade girls, you may combine into one single-gender den as long as they are working on their Bear and Webelos, respectively. Source - Page 9 Can separate boy and girl dens work on the same activity at the same time together?
There is no set rule or guideline on this. If appropriate, this can be treated the same as two dens of the same gender working together. It will be up to the good judgment of leaders to decide what is best for their units. Source - Page 8. Show the Cub Scout sign. Tell what it means. Repeat the Cub Scout motto. Show the Cub Scout salute. Show teamwork and good sportsmanship by playing a game with your den.
Participate in an outing. Learn and say the Scout Oath, with help if needed 2. Learn and say the Scout Law, with help if needed. Show the Cub Scout handshake. Say the Cub Scout motto.
Give the Cub Scout salute. Do the following: a. With your den or adult partner, say the Scout Law. Explain to your den one of the 12 points of the Law and why you think a knight would have the same behavior. If you have not already done so, make a code of conduct with your den that will describe how each person should act when you are all together. If your den has a code of conduct, discuss with your den the updates it might need.
Vote on which actions should go in your den code of conduct. Create a den shield and a personal shield. Using recycled materials, design and build a small castle with your adult partner to display at the pack meeting. Think of one physical challenge that could be part of an obstacle course.
Then help your den design a Tiger knight obstacle course. With your adult partner, participate in the course. Participate in a service project. Citizenship There are four aims of Scouting: citizenship, character, personal fitness, and leadership. Patriotic theme Flags Citizenship. Participate in a service project Help with a local service project Work on a service project Hometown Heroes retiring 4A.
Honor a serviceman or servicewoman by sending a care package Do a cleanup project Aware and Care 4G. Participate in a service project that focuses on a specific disability. Participate in a parade or assembly celebrating military veterans Paws for Action 4B. Participate in a patriotic community parade or other civic event Flags King of the Jungle Visit a Webelos den meeting Council Fire 1. Participate in a flag ceremony Building a Better World 1.
Show how to properly display the flag in public, and help lead a flag ceremony Community Paws for Action 2B.
Visit places of historical interest Building a Better World 4. Meet with a government or community leader Nature Since , conservation and environmental studies have been an integral part of the Boy Scouts of America. Wildlife fact sheets. Invasive Species. Maps of Wetlands in Houston area.
Visit with an individual who can demonstrate different ways to garden and the basic skills needed to garden. Grow Something retiring 3. Visit or research a botanical or community garden Fishing Fun, Feathers and Ferns 2.
Visit a fish hatchery A Bear Goes Fishing 4. Go on a fishing adventure, and spend a minimum of one hour trying to catch a fish Museum Into the Wild 9. Visit a museum of natural history, a nature center, or a zoo Tigers in the Wild 7. Visit a nature center, zoo, or another outside place Fun, Feathers and Ferns 2. Visit a zoo, wildlife refuge, nature center, aviary, game preserve, local conservation area, wildlife rescue group, or fish hatchery Into the Woods 7.
Visit a nature center, nursery, tree farm, or park, and speak with someone knowledgeable about trees and plants that are native to your area Visit an ecosystem near where you live. Visit a place where you can observe wildlife.
Examples include parks national, state, and local , zoos, wetlands, nature preserves, and national forests. Visit an aquatic habitat near your home. Examples include a stream, river, lake, pond, ocean, and wetland a marsh or swamp. My Tiger Jungle 1. Go for a walk outside Take a 1-foot hike listed under Nature Tigers in the Wild 2. Short hike Paws on the Path 5. Hike one mile Hike 3 miles Participate in outdoor pack meeting or campfire Call of the Wild 1. Attend a campout, outdoor activity, day camp or resident camp Howling at the Moon 3.
Plan campfire program Perform Bear Necessities 1. Attend campout, outdoor activity, day camp, or resident camp Outdoor 1. Participate in a campout Learn and demonstrate three exercise you can do each day.
Have Lions make a nutritious snack for the den. Understand the importance of rest. Participate as a den in Jungle Field Day. Tiger Bites Food Required 1. With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, or with your den, find out about good food choices and not-so-good choices.
Identify three foods that you think would be good choices and three foods that would not be good choices. Explain the importance of hand washing before a meal and cleanup after a meal.
Then show how you would do each. Show that you know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable. Eat one of each. With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, pick a job to help your family at mealtime. Do it for at least four meals.
Talk with your parent, guardian, or other caring adult about what foods you can eat with your fingers. Practice your manners when eating them. With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, plan and make a good snack choice or other nutritious food to share with your den.
Play catch with someone in your den or family who is standing 5 steps away from you. Play until you can throw and catch successfully at this distance. Take a step back and see if you can improve your throwing and catching skills. Practice balancing as you walk forward, backward, and sideways. Practice flexibility and balance by doing a front roll, a back roll, and a frog stand.
Play a sport or game with your den or family, and show good sportsmanship. Do at least two of the following: frog leap, inchworm walk, kangaroo hop, or crab walk. Demonstrate what it means to eat a balanced diet by helping to plan a healthy menu for a meal for your den or family. Make a shopping list of the food used to prepare the meal. Bear Picnic Basket Food Elective 1. Create your own Bear cookbook using at least five recipes you might cook or prepare either on your own or with some adult help.
Include at least one recipe each for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and a nutritious snack. With a family member or den leader, prepare for cooking by explaining the importance of planning, tool selection, sanitation, and cooking safety.
Select and prepare two nutritious snacks for yourself, your family, or your den. With the help of an adult, select a recipe to prepare in a kitchen for your den or your family. Cook and serve your planned meal. Clean up after the preparation and cooking. With the help of an adult, select a recipe to prepare in the outdoors for your family or den.
Cast Iron Chef Food Required 1. Plan a menu for a balanced meal for your den or family. Determine the budget for the meal. If possible, shop for the items on your menu. Stay within your budget. Prepare a balanced meal for your den or family.
If possible, use one of these methods for preparation of part of the meal: camp stove, Dutch oven, box oven, solar oven, open campfire, or charcoal grill. Demonstrate an understanding of food safety practices while preparing the meal.
Use tinder, kindling, and fuel wood to demonstrate how to build a fire in an appropriate outdoor location. If circumstances permit and there is no local restriction on fires, show how to safely light the fire, under the supervision of an adult. After allowing the fire to burn safely, safely extinguish the flames with minimal impact to the fire site. Safety Supplemental Resources First aid Safety ideas.
Learn the role of someone who provides a service to your community. Tiger: Safe and Smart 9. Visit an emergency responder station, or have an emergency responder visit you Rolling Tigers 8. Visit police department to learn about bicycle-riding laws Council Fire 3.
Talk to a military veteran, law enforcement officer, member of the fire department Hometown Heroes retiring 2. Visit a community agency where you will find many heroes Find out how officers collect evidence. Visit with a first responder or health-care professional. Arts Cub Scouts love to make and build things. Visit an art gallery or a museum, explore an art website, or library.
Art Explosion 1. Visit an art museum, gallery, or exhibit Historical Landmark Tiger Tales retiring 7. Visit a historical museum or landmark Duty To God Footsteps 6. Visit a religious monument Put on a magic show for an audience Native American Beat of the Drum retiring 4B.
Visit an American Indian event or an event presented by other indigenous people. Beat of the Drum retiring 4A. Visit an Order of the Arrow dance ceremony. Pack meeting or campfire Tiger Theater retiring 3. Make a puppet show to display at a pack meeting. Make up a new game, and play it with members of your pack Participate in an outdoor pack meeting or pack campout campfire.
Sing a song and act out a skit with your Tiger den Rehearse a campfire program to present at a den meeting or pack program Participate in flag ceremony listed under Citizenship Howling at the Moon 3.
Plan and perform campfire program Perform your role for a pack program Perform two run-ons at a pack meeting or campfire program Grin and Bear It 2. Organize a carnival Lead younger Scouts in a fitness game or games as a gathering activity for a pack Share engineering projects at pack meeting listed under Science Building a Better World 6b. Set up an exhibit at a pack meeting to share information about the World Friendship Fund. Watch a play or attend a storytime at a library. Maestro retiring 1A.
Attend a live musical performance. Visit a facility that uses a sound mixer Visit a place where symmetry is important such as an art exhibit, building site, or printer. Sports There are four aims of Scouting: citizenship, character, personal fitness, and leadership. Supplemental Resources Sports ideas Sports theme. Visit a sporting event Cubs Who Care 8. Attend an event where people with disabilities are participants or accommodations are made listed under Character Aware and Care 4H. Participate in an activity with an organization whose members are disabled.
Participate in Jungle Field Day On Your Mark 2. Participate in an obstacle course relay. Stronger, Faster, Higher 6. He must also explain what each of these ideals means, in addition to demonstrating his understanding of the core values of honesty and trustworthiness, and explaining their importance. As a boy completes each part of the five achievements, the Tiger Cub badge is presented to the adult partner at the next pack meeting.
In an impressive ceremony, the adult partner in turn presents the badge to the boy. The Wolf rank is for boys who have completed first grade or who are 8 years old.
To earn the Wolf badge, a boy must pass 12 achievements involving simple physical and mental skills. When all requirements are satisfied, the Wolf badge is presented to his parent or guardian at the next pack meeting in an impressive advancement ceremony, during which the parent or guardian in turn presents the badge to the boy.
After he has earned the Wolf badge, a boy is encouraged to work on the 22 Wolf electives until he completes second grade. More than elective projects are aimed at kindling his interest in new hobbies, as well as teaching him skills that will be useful during his Boy Scout years.
When he completes 10 elective projects, he earns a Gold Arrow Point to wear under the Wolf badge. For each additional 10 elective projects completed, he earns a Silver Arrow Point. The Bear rank is for boys who have completed second grade or are 9 years old.
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