COMMISSIONER'S CORNER 1
www.scouting.org/programupdates 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
CORE VALUES 5
BIOGRAPHY 7
MR. ROGERS 7
Mr Rogers Quotations 8
OTHER FRIENDLY "PEOPLE" 9
CUB SCOUT LEARNING LIBRARY 11
CUB SCOUT
LEADER TRAINING 16
ON-LINE TRAINING 16
IN-PERSON TRAINING 18
ADVENTURE PLAN TRACKERS 18
MEANINGS OF ITEMS COMMONLY USED AT CUB SCOUT CEREMONIES 19
ROUNDTABLE HINTS 20
RTs – The Most Important Part of Unit Service 20
DEN MEETING TOPICS 24
CHARACTER COMPASS 25
PACK MEETING THEMES
AND PLANS 26
PACK MEETING THEMES 27
UPCOMING MONTHS 28
WEBELOS 30
ARROW of LIGHT PRESENTATION 30
WEBELOS TO BOY SCOUTS
BRIDGING CEREMONY 33
FEBRUARY CRAZY HOLIDAYS 35
BSA SOCIAL NETWORKS 38
SCOUTING MAGAZINE ON YOU TUBE 38
BSA FACEBOOK PAGE 39
CUBCAST 40
SCOUTCAST 41
BRYAN'S BLOG,
December 2015 42
TRAINING TOPICS 47
THEME RELATED STUFF 59
WORLD BROTHERHOOD OF SCOUTING 59
WORLD CREST 59
BROTHERHOOD 61
THEME & PACK MEETING IDEAS 61
GATHERING ACTIVITIES 62
OPENING CEREMONIES 64
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATIONS 69
ADVANCEMENT CEREMONIES 71
LEADER RECOGNITION 73
SONGS 76
BLUE & GOLD SONGS 79
STUNTS AND APPLAUSES 80
APPLAUSES & CHEERS 80
RUN-ONS 81
JOKES & RIDDLES 81
SKITS 82
Lead Archeologist: Then why did you step in it? 85
CLOSING CEREMONIES 85
CUBMASTER’S MINUTES 88
CUB GRUB 92
GAMES 97
THEME BLUE & GOLD IDEAS 102
PASSPORTS 102
NECKERCHIEF INVITATIONS 103
SCOUTING WORLD INVITATION 103
FRIENDSHIP NUT CUP 105
TABLE CENTERPIECES 105
PLACE MARKERS 107
OTHER BLUE AND GOLD IDEAS 109
OTHER BLUE & GOLD THOUGHTS 112
ONE LAST THING 114
DEN ADVENTURES 115
TIGER 115
Games Tigers Play 115
Tiger Adventure: Games Tigers Play 115
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Cheese & Fruit Kabobs 137
Make Johnny Appleseed Smiles for a snack. 137
Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical Mysteries 137
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https://cubscouts.org/library/curiosity-intrigue-and-magical-mysteries/ 137
Rationale for Adventure 138
Takeaways for Cub Scouts 138
ADVENTURE Requirements (Tiger Handbook, page 108) 138
Book Club for Boys: Navajo Code Talkers and Secret Code Scavenger Hunt 139
Easy Magic Tricks for Kids, Sawing - Intro 140
DISAPPEARING TOOTHPICK TRICK 141
WOLF 141
Wolf Adventure: Running With the Pack 141
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Balance Relay Game 141
Palm Push Game 142
Rooster Fights Game 142
Hunker Down Game 142
Catch 10 Game 142
Wolf Elective Adventure: Digging in the Past 143
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DIY Dino Dig kits 143
SALT DOUGH DINOSAUR FOSSILS 146
BEAR 147
Bear Adventure: Grin and Bear It 147
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Count to 10 Activity 148
All Aboard Game 148
Bizz Buzz Game 148
Can Stack Game 149
Mule Relay Game 149
Bear Elective Adventure: Marble Madness 149
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Marble Ideas 150
WEBELOS CORE 151
Webelos Adventure: Stronger, Faster, Higher 151
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Ankle Fights Game 151
Back Lift Game 151
Crab Scuttle Game 152
IQ, FQ, MQ Minute 152
Fitness Relay Game 152
Troop Fitness Challenge Activity 152
Physical Fitness Award 153
Pool Noodle Obstacle Course 155
ARROW OF LIGHT CORE 155
Arrow of Light Adventure: Building a Better World 155
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Arrow of Light Adventure Requirements: Building a Better World 157
Messengers of Peace 157
Simple Indoor Closing Flag Ceremony 157
Simple Indoor Opening Flag Ceremony 157
Displaying the US Flag with Other Flags 157
How to Fold the US Flag 157
A Simple Flag Retirement Ceremony 157
Citizenship Football Game 158
Constitution Word Search Puzzle 158
Raising and Lowering the US Flag 158
Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Aware and Care 158
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Completing Elective Adventures 159
Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure Requirements: Aware and Care 159
Guide Me Game for Webelos, Boy Scouts, and Venturers 159
I Can Do That With One Hand Tied Behind My Back Game 159
Compassion & Disabilities Awareness Pack Meeting Idea 159
CORE VALUES
The Cub Scout Core Values are now the
12 Points of the Scout Law.
The core value highlighted this month is:
February's point of the Scout Law, FRIENDLY, will use the theme, FRIENDS NEAR AND FAR.
A SCOUT IS FRIENDLY
A Scout is a friend to everyone, even people who are very different from him..
HOW DOES “FRIENDS NEAR AND FAR” RELATE TO THIS POINT OF THE SCOUT LAW?
A Scout is a friend to all. He is a brother to other Scouts. He offers his friendship to people of all races and nations, and respects the beliefs and customs of others. “Friends Near and Far” reminds us that we are part of something bigger than our own community. By living the Scout Law, we are accepting of the world’s peoples and their values.
Per our Founder, Lord Baden-Powell
Note – The original Scout Law published in 1908 had nine points. In 1910, the BSA added Brave, Clean, and Reverent. In 1911 B-P added Clean to his original list.
A SCOUT IS A FRIEND TO ALL,
AND A BROTHER TO EVERY OTHER SCOUT, NO MATTER TO WHAT SOCIAL CLASS THE OTHER BELONGS
If a scout meets another scout, even though a stranger to him, he must speak to him, and help him in any way that he can, either to carry out the duty he is then doing, or by giving him food, or, as far as possible, anything that he may be in want of. A scout must never be a SNOB. A snob is one who looks down upon another because he is poorer, or who is poor and resents another because he is rich. A scout accepts the other man as he finds him, and makes the best of him -- "Kim," the boy scout, was called by the Indians "Little friend of all the world," and that is the name which every scout should earn for himself..
(Scouting For Boys, 1908)
To get a hold on boys you must
be their friend.
Lord Robert Baden-Powell
Winnie the Pooh on Friends and Friendship
by A.A. Milne–
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
You can't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"
Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.
“I wonder what Piglet is doing," thought Pooh.
"I wish I were there to be doing it, too.”
Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . . ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. ― Elbert Hubbard
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. ― Mark Twain
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. ― Friedrich Nietzsche
There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate. ― Linda Grayson
I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light. ― Helen Keller
“Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend. ― Sarah Dessen, Someone Like You
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival. ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.” ― E.B. White, Charlotte's Web
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” ― Aristotle
I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don't take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.― Jon Katz
Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything. ― Muhammad Ali
“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.”
― Shel Silverstein
These four should be understood as warm-hearted friends:
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One who is a helpmate; guarding and protecting, a refuge in danger, giving more than is asked.
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One who is the same in happiness and sorrow; sharing and guarding confidences, remains a friend when things are bad, giving of themselves.
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One who gives good counsel; refrains from evil, encourages us to do good, informs us what is unknown of oneself, who is a good example.
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One who sympathizes; rejoices in prosperity and not misfortune, will not listen to or spread gossip, speaks well of their friend.
Adapted from the Sigalovada Sutta:
The Layman’s Code of Discipline (Digha Nikaya, No. 31)
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