Den Leader Training Info

Here is some great Den Leader Information-

All about Den Leader Training

and all about Scoutbook- a few of the leaders in our area have been trying this out, and it seems to be a success for them! Check it out!

Wolf/Bear Ideas

 Here are some Great Wolf/Bear helps- Click on the pics to download- and get 3 more great pages!

Also- go check out the whole blog post on the Minion Ideas!

Also- some fun cutting/Pasting ideas for the Wolf Running with the Pack achievement!

Wolf/Bear helps, Preopener Game ideas

Are you a Wolf/Bear leader all in one? Is yours a combined den?  This great handout will help you match up the Wolf and Bear requirements to help you in your planning.  Thanks to our great Breakout Session leader for putting this together! Wow!

Here are the great pre-opener activities from Roundtable- Bean Bag Golf, and other fun games!

Wolf/Bear Helps for Sept.

Here is a great general help when planning your Den meetings!

September Roundtable Announcement!

Cub Leaders!! Come 15 minutes early for a FUN hands-on pre-opener activity you can use with your packs and dens!

After the Speaker, come back to the same pre-opener area for leader specific handouts and Cracker Barrel.  

                                                                                             

Welcome to our Den information letters

Welcome to our Wolf Den Letter-

 you can edit it, and add your pack number, leaders names and phone numbers, and print it for your boys!  Each sheet has the simple basic requirements to earn their rank advancement.

Welcome to our Bear Den Letter-

 you can edit it, and add your pack number, leaders names and phone numbers, and print it for your boys!

Each sheet has the simple basic requirements to earn their rank advancement.

Welcome to our Webelos/Arrow of Light Den Letter-

 you can edit it, and add your pack number, leaders names and phone numbers, and print it for your boys!  Each sheet has the simple basic requirements to earn their rank advancement.

LDS Faith in God and New Bear Program

In a Previous Post- I noted how well the Wolf  adventures went right along with the LDS Faith in God Program.  As promised, here is the Bear version.   And there are even more! Remember- for the Faith in God Program, the boys only need to complete 2 activities in each of the 3 sections.  This is SO easily accomplished through the adventures!

Click HERE for a Printable version!

Cub Adventure	Faith in God requirement
Bears
Bear  Claws 3  Using a pocketknife, carve two items	Developing Talents #4 Make an item from wood, metal, fabric, or other material, or draw, paint, or sculpt a piece of art. Display your finished work for others to see.
Bear necessities 2 Attend a campfire show, and participate by performing a song or skit with your den.	Developing Talents #3 Write a poem, story, or short play that teaches a principle of the gospel or is about Heavenly Father’s creations.    or Developing Talents #2 Learn to sing, play, or lead a song from the Children’s Songbook. Teach or share the song in a family home evening or at Primary. Discuss how developing talents helps prepare us for service to Heavenly Father and others.
Bear Necessities 5 With your den, plan a cooked lunch or dinner that is nutritious and balanced.  Make a shopping list, and help shop for the food.  On a campout or at another outdoor event, help cook the meal and help clean up afterward	Serving others #3 Plan, prepare, and serve a nutritious meal
Fellowship and Duty to God  1	Earn Religious Knot
Fellowship and Duty to God 2 b	Learning and Living the Gospel – ALL!!!
Grin and Bear it #3 Help younger Cub Scouts take part in one of the events at the Cub Scout carnival.	Serving Others #5  Entertain young children with songs or games you have learned or made yourself. Show that you know how to care for and protect a young child.
Paws for Action 1 Visit a local sheriff’s office or police station or talk with a law enforcement officer visiting your den.	Serving Others #8 •  Read the twelfth article of faith. Discuss what it means to be a good citizen and how your actions can affect others.
Paws for Action 3b Do a cleanup project that benefits your community.	Serving Others #1 Read and discuss the parable of the good Samaritan (see Luke 10:30–37). Plan and complete a service project that helps a family member or neighbor. After completing the project, discuss how it helped your faith grow stronger.
Baloo the Builder 3 Select and build one useful project and one fun project using wood.	Developing Talents #4 Make an item from wood, metal, fabric, or other material, or draw, paint, or sculpt a piece of art. Display your finished work for others to see.
Bear Picnic Basket  1a … include two recipes for nutritious snacks…”	Living and Learning the Gospel #6 Read D&C 89. Discuss how Heavenly Father blesses us when we faithfully live the Word of Wisdom. Help plan and conduct an activity to teach the Word of Wisdom to others.
Bear Picnic Basket 1c Go on a grocery shopping trip with your den or with an adult.  Check the price of different brands of one single item, and compare the price of a ready-made item with the price of the same item you would make yourself.	Developing Talents #1 • Learn how to budget and save money. Discuss why it is important to faithfully pay our tithing and how Heavenly Father blesses us when we do (see 3 Nephi 24:10–11). Pay your tithing and begin saving for a mission.
Bear Picnic Basket  2a With the help of an adult, select one food item, and follow a recipe to prepare it for your family in your kitchen. 2b With the help of an adult, select one food item, and follow a recipe to prepare it outdoors for your family or den	Serving others #3 Plan, prepare, and serve a nutritious meal
Bear picnic Basket 3 Select and prepare two nutritious snacks for yourself, your family or your den	Developing Talents #9 Learn about and practice good nutrition, good health, and good grooming, including modest dress.
Beat of the Drum 2 Write a legend	Developing Talents #3 Write a poem, story, or short play that teaches a principle of the gospel or is about Heavenly Father’s creations.
Beat of the Drum  3 Make a dream catcher 4 Make a Craft	Developing Talents #4 Make an item from wood, metal, fabric, or other material, or draw, paint, or sculpt a piece of art. Display your finished work for others to see.
Beat of the Drum 5 Make a drum.  Once your drum is complete, create a ceremonial song	Developing Talents #2 Learn to sing, play, or lead a song from the Children’s Songbook. Teach or share the song in a family home evening or at Primary. Discuss how developing talents helps prepare us for service to Heavenly Father and others.
Beat of the drum 6 Visit an Order of the Arrow dance ceremony or American Indian event within your community	Developing Talents #5 Visit an art museum or attend a concert, play, or other cultural event. Share your experience with your family or activity day group.
Beat of the drum 7 Learn about ceremonial dances and learn dance steps 8 Create a dance	Developing Talents #8 Plan a physical fitness program for yourself that may include learning to play a sport or game. Participate in the program for one month.
Make it Move 4b Construct a real Rube Goldbert-type machine	Developing Talents #4 Make an item from wood, metal, fabric, or other material, or draw, paint, or sculpt a piece of art. Display your finished work for others to see.
Roaring Laughter 3	Developing Talents #3 Write a poem, story, or short play that teaches a principle of the gospel or is about Heavenly Father’s creations.
A World of Sound 1-      Make a mbira 2-      Make a sistrum 3-      Make a rain stick	Developing Talents #4 Make an item from wood, metal, fabric, or other material, or draw, paint, or sculpt a piece of art. Display your finished work for others to see. AND Developing Talents #2 Learn to sing, play, or lead a song from the Children’s Songbook. Teach or share the song in a family home evening or at Primary. Discuss how developing talents helps prepare us for service to Heavenly Father and others.

Updated pack Meeting Plans and Themes

Here are pack Meeting themes to help you plan for your pack's 2015-2016 cub scout year.

http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/Leaders/DenLeaderResources/DenandPackMeetingResourceGuide/PackMeetingPlans.aspx

A Few tips from the website:

1. Pack meeting plans do not have to be done in any special order, but it is recommended that you include all of the points of the Scout Law each year. The pack planning meeting would be a good time to determine the order.
2. There are pack meeting plans for multiple years posted on the website. It is your pack's choice of which one to select from each point of the Scout Law for each year.
3. Pack meetings should not last longer than an hour. Adjust the plan to make it fit within the time. Research and experience tells us that Cub Scouts have a hard time sitting still for that long. Keep the meetings fun, active, and engaging.
4. The following required adventures have a requirement that suggests or requires completion at a pack meeting. Please plan accordingly as part of your annual program planning process. Work with your den leaders to plan when these activities will take place.
   1. Tiger
      1. Tigers in the Wild, requirement 5. Participate in an outdoor pack meeting or pack campout campfire. Sing a song and act out a skit with your Tiger den as part of the program.
      2. Games Tigers Play, requirement 3. Make up a new game, and play it with your family or members of your den or pack.
   2. Wolf
      1. Council Fire, requirement 6c. Create a den project from recyclables for a pack meeting.
   3. Bear
      1. Grin and Bear It, requirement 2. Working with the members of your den, organize a Cub Scout carnival and lead it at a special event.
      2. Grin and Bear It, requirement 3. Help younger Cub Scouts take part in one of the events at the Cub Scout carnival.
   4. Webelos
      1. Stronger, Faster, Higher, requirement 5. With adult guidance, lead younger Scouts in a fitness game or games as a gathering activity for a pack or den meeting.
   5. Arrow of Light
      1. Building a Better World (if chosen), requirement 10b. Set up an exhibit at a pack meeting to share information about the World Friendship Fund.
5. If you are comfortable with a costume to fit the theme of the meeting, go for it!
6. Importantly, keep it simple and make it fun.

Transition worries?

Is anyone worried about the transition to the new Cub Scout Program?!?!?!

Don't BE!! It'll be great!  This is from the Transition Guildelines-

Recommended approach: The following are guidelines approved by the BSA National Council to address the way in which LDS chartered units operate. Please review the following while remembering to Keep It Simple, Make It Fun!

1. Make every effort to have boys close to completing their badge of rank prior to May 31. After this time, they can go on to experience the new program for the balance of their time in the den.
2. Every boy who has not completed his badge of rank by May 31 will complete his badge of rank with some mix of achievements from the current program and adventures from the new program. We should not be troubled by this. The constant is that these boys will have experienced a fun, family-oriented program delivered by adults who care about them.
3. Plan now for the program you want for your den and pack in the future. Using the new program, plan the required and elective adventures you want to be delivering from June forward—this program year and into the future. Take into account school and holiday schedules, local climate and pack considerations, etc.
4. Beginning in June, have fun with the new program! Use the plan created in No. 3 and the soon-to-be-available den leader guides to plan your individual den meetings. All boys may begin using the new program as early as June 1st but should be on the new program no later than the beginning of their 2015/2016 Scouting year – typically when school starts.
5. Give your boys credit for the work they have done through May 31 in the current program and credit for what they will do in the new program from June forward. And when they reach their birthday, award them their badge! (emphasis is mine!)

BB Gun training and Shooting Activitiy

Here's some information on the upcoming Cub Scout Shooting Activity- PLEASE go to the trainings, and get trained so we can give this great opportunity to our Cubs!

Helps for new program

I just came across these wonderful tracking sheets for the New Program on the Akela's Council Blog-

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Here's one for Wolves- http://akelascouncil.blogspot.com/2014/11/cub-scout-wolf-printable-tracking-and.html 

Here's one for Bears- http://akelascouncil.blogspot.com/2014/12/cub-scout-bear-printable-tracking-and.html

and Webelos- http://akelascouncil.blogspot.com/2014/12/cub-scout-webelos-and-arrow-of-light.html

Hope these are helpful for you!

Webelos Communicator & Scholar

Here's a few resources we discussed at Roundtable to make Webelos Communicator more fun!

Requirement #1- Play the Body Language game- http://www.fun-stuff-to-do.com/kids-charades.html   Here are some printable charades cards.

 

 

 

Requirement #5- Invent your own den secret code and send one of your den members a secret message. 

We made these fun Code Decoders

 

 

Requirement #6 Visit the newsroom of a newspaper or a radio or television station and find out how they receive information.  Visit the Local Newspaper- http://www.tremontonleader.com/  They are AWESOME and take the boys picture and put it in the paper.  It's a great way to get out in the community, and they'll be so proud to see their picture in the paper!

 

Requirement #7- Write an article about a den activity for your pack newsletter or web site, your local newspaper, or your school newsletter, newspaper, or web site.   This is a simple page to help in their newspaper article.  We had the boys write about their trip to the newspaper, but they could write about anything, display them at pack meeting.  You could also make a poster size version of this with all the boys contributing, to hang at pack meeting. http://homeschooling.about.com/library/newspaper5ws.pdf

 

 

Scholar Pin- A few ideas-

Earn the Chess Belt loop- We've seen the ideas for chess sets made out of nuts and bolts (which can get spendy, but might be a great gift, and also a great craftsman pin project)  Here's a simple cheap way to make a chess set out of a DVD box- http://stacyvaughnblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/travel-checkers-board.html   She then has printable chess pieces to go with it- http://stacyvaughnblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/chess-pieces.html 

 

Make a chart showing how your school system is run.-  Make a huge version of this - with each person (principal, superintendent etc.) on a piece of paper.  Or a chalk version outside on the sidewalk.

 

Also- we have a few other posts on Communicator/Scholar helps- http://goldenspikecubs.blogspot.com/search/label/communicator 

 

 

Webcasts on New Scouting Program

Click here to attend a webcast: http://www.livestream.com/bsanationalcouncil . (No login required.)  

Cubmaster Webcasts

• Saturday, January 17 at 8 a.m. (Central)
• Saturday, January 17 at 3 p.m. (Central)

Den Leader Webcasts

• Saturday, January 17 at 9:30 a.m. (Central)
• Saturday, January 17 at 4:30 p.m. (Central)

LDS-Specific Considerations *

• Saturday, January 17 at 11 a.m. (Central)
• Saturday, January 17 at 6 p.m. (Central)
  * It is recommended that those interested in the LDS session view one of the role-specific sessions first.

Although the content will be geared to the roles listed, anyone with an interest in learning about the new Cub Scouting program is welcome to attend. 

The sessions will be recorded for later viewing.

(info from http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/programupdates.aspx)

Baden Powel University!

Great opportunity for training, ideas and FUN for your Scout packs and Dens! 

Here is the link to go Register! Do it today! 

 

http://trappertrails.doubleknot.com/event/2014-baden-powell-university/1579358 

 

More info and Class lists:

http://trappertrails.doubleknot.com/document/baden-powell-university-registration-form-2013/130702

Upcoming Training! at Camp Fife this weeked!

Click Here for more info!

to register go to http://www.trappertrails.org/littlephilmont  to register!  Hurry!

Month by month guide

This might be helpful in planning your upcoming cub scout year!  Click on it for a larger, printable copy!

Leader Knot requirements

Last month at Roundtable I had someone ask about knot requirements for leaders.  So I did some searching!  Here's what I found:

Den Leaders- The Form is found here : http://www.scouting.org/filestore/training/pdf/511-052_WB.pdf 


Den Leader Knot requirements:

Note: This award can be earned in each position, but tenure may be used only for one award.

Tenure
Complete one year as a registered den leader in the position selected. Tiger Cub den leader’s tenure can be the program year as long as it is greater than eight months.
 Training
❏ Complete the basic training for the selected den leader position.
❏ Complete This Is Scouting training.
❏ Attend a pow wow or university of Scouting (or equivalent), or attend at least four roundtables (or equivalent) during the tenure used for this award.

Performance
Do five of the following during the tenure used for this award:
❏ Have an assistant den leader who meets regularly with your den.
❏ Have a den chief who meets regularly with your den.
❏ Graduate at least 70 percent of your den to the next level.
❏ Take leadership in planning and conducting a den service project.
❏ Have a published den meeting/activity schedule for the den’s parents.
❏ Participate with your den in a Cub Scout day camp or resident camp.
❏ Complete Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation (BALOO).
❏ Complete Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders.
❏ Participate with your den in at least one family camp; if your den is a Webelos den, participate with your den in at least two overnight camps.
❏ Take leadership in planning two den outdoor activities.
❏ Hold monthly den meeting and den activity planning sessions with your assistant den leaders.


 Here is a link to the Cubmaster form- http://www.scouting.org/filestore/training/pdf/511-053_WB.pdf

Cubmaster Knot Requirements

Tenure
Within a five-year period, complete at least three years of registered tenure as a Cubmaster or one year as a registered assistant Cubmaster plus two years as a registered Cubmaster. (This can include the tenure used to earn the Scouter’s Training Award.)
Training 
❏ Complete basic training for Cubmasters.
❏ Complete This Is Scouting training.
❏ Attend a pow wow or university of Scouting (or equivalent), or attend at least four roundtables (or equivalent) during each year of the tenure used for this award.
 Performance
Do the following during the tenure used for this award:
❏ Achieve at least the Silver level of Journey to Excellence for at least two years. The Quality Unit Award is acceptable if the tenure used is prior to 2011.
❏ Earn the National Summertime Pack Award at least once.
❏ Conduct an annual pack planning session and have a published pack meeting/activity schedule for the pack’s parents in each year.
❏ Participate in at least one additional supplemental or  advanced training event at the council, area, region, or national level.

There is also a Cub Scout Training award-
http://www.scouting.org/filestore/training/pdf/511-057_WB.pdf

New Leader?

Here are some great helps for Leaders who are new to cub scouting- First- Den Meetings made simple!-

 

 

Next- a great reminder of how Roundtable can help us all!

Characteristics of a Great Den!

Just found this in my email, and thought I'd share it with you!

Characteristics of a Great Den Recently research revealed what a den needs to be great. Hopefully this describes your den. If not, maybe you can start applying these methods to build a strong and successful den. Our den has a motivated den leader - that's you. (by the way, parents responded that this is the most important element to them.) A trained and prepared den leader. Every boy in our den has his own book for his rank. Our den has a program plan. (This can be shared with families in the form of a calendar.) Also, our den communicates regularly with the parents. We conduct fun, relevant den meetings. Our parents are actively involved with the den. Our Cub Scouts experience advancement on a regular basis. The den leader position could be the most important one in the Boy Scouts of America. As den leader, you personally affect the future of six to eight Cub Scouts. Will they have a good experience that will influence them positively for the rest of their lives? Or will they have a negative experience, which can have the opposite effect? What you do is so important. Thank you!