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Every Scout deserves a Trained Leader

Adult Leader Training

To be considered a "trained" leaders and to wear the "Trained" emblem on the uniform, an adult leader must have completed leader specific and youth protection training offered at a district or council level.

Check with the Buckeye District Adult Leader Training site or Simon Kenton Council Leadership Training site for Training oportunities!

Ted Shigley is our Pack Trainer. Ted has been active with our Pack for several years, has completed several Training Courses, including Woodbadge, which is the highest level Adult Leader Training offered by the BSA. He has been a course instructor at many District Level Training courses . Please email Ted if you have any questions about training.

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Click here for a complete
Buckeye District Training Schedule.

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Click here for a complete
Buckeye District Training Schedule.

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Cub Scout Programming Monthly Themes

Incorporate these themes for a well rounded Cub Scouting experience. It gives you as a leader an opportunity to accomplish the requirements and have fun while giving the Scouts a full program. These themes, along with plans on how to incorportate them at every rank, are included in the Program Helps guide, which along with other leader helps, are available from the Scout Shop, Scout Stuff online, and from other leaders in the pack. A great time to find out who has what is at the monthly commmittee meetings!

SEPTEMBER 2007 - CUB SCOUT EXPRESS

Webelos Activity Badges: Communicator / Citizen All Aboard the Cub Scout Express. Invite a buddy to join you in your journey through Cub Scouts, riding the rails to adventure. Activities can include a trip to a train or rail museum, visit a local train station or invite a model railroader to your pack meeting. Look up the history of trains at the library or on the Internet. Read about the different train cars and engines that are used by railroads. Use a large cardboard facade of a train for an induction ceremony for new families or presentation of awards. Play train relay games with your den or pack.

OCTOBER 2007 - DOWN ON THE FARM
Webelos Activity Badges: Showman / Citizen It's harvest time in farming country. Cub Scouts learn about growing crops this month while they explore the life of a hard-working farmer. Dens might visit a farm, local dairy, or petting zoo to learn first-hand about farm animals. Boys can build a miniature greenhouse to start their own vegetables for planting in the family garden or patio pots. Dens could take a field trip to a pumpkin patch and pick their own pumpkin for the pumpkin decorating contest at the pack meeting harvest fair. Fair activities might include contest booths, a rubber-glove cow for milking, and a good old fashioned hayride.

NOVEMBER 2007 - INDIAN NATIONS
Webelos Activity Badges: Craftsman / Readyman Do you know who lived where you live 500 years ago? Dens will learn about the American Indian tribe currently living in their part of the country or the tribes that previously lived in their area. You are encouraged to invite a local tribe to help learn how Native Americans show their respect for Mother Earth and how "we are all related." The boys will learn about the harvesting and preparation of native foods and discover how good these foods taste. Develop an understanding of the importance of traditional oral history as a way of teaching lessons and recording history. Work on your Communicating belt loop and pin. Experience playing a Native game and learn the meaning and history behind the skills required to play the game. Share your new knowledge at a pack meeting or special event.

DECEMBER 2007 - CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD
Webelos Activity Badges: Craftsman / Scientist December is marked by days of celebration and observance for many cultures and faiths around the world. Christmas, Chanukah, Ramadan, Rohatsu, Yule and Kwanzaa all occur this month. Find out how the celebrations in another country are similar and different than those in the USA. Compare your own family's customs and traditions with others in your community. Invite an adult from another nation to come to your pack meeting to tell how their family celebrates. Why not start a new tradition of service in your pack as a way to honor the holidays this month? Work on the Heritages belt loop and pin.

JANUARY 2008 - CUB SCOUT CAR SHOW
Webelos Activity Badges: Fitness / Scientist Cars have fascinated every generation since their invention in 1769. They've been featured in many movies and on television. Discover the different kinds of cars and trucks such as limousines, taxis, van's, pickups, SUV's and racecars. Learn how these vehicles are built, repaired, modified and sold. Visit a car dealership, auto mechanic or auto parts dealer. Boys can build car or truck models or create a model of a showroom or a garage with miniature die cast cars. Participate in a slot car race or pinewood derby race with your den or pack.

FEBRUARY 2008 - CHINESE NEW YEAR
Webelos Activity Badges: Scholar / Engineer Happy Chinese New Year! Or more appropriately, Gung Hay Fat Choy! (The traditional Chinese New Year greeting). This month we welcome the year 4705. Let's celebrate and welcome the New Year with dragon dances, paper lanterns, fortune cookies and oranges for abundant joy. Decorate your blue and gold banquet with banners inscribed with Chinese characters for luck and lots of red, the symbol of a bright and sunny future. Why not earn the Language and Culture belt loop and pin as we learn about and enjoy the culture of China.

MARCH 2008 - LITTER TO GLITTER
Webelos Activity Badges: Athlete / Engineer This month Cub Scouts will learn how weather affects their daily lives. Visit a weather station and find out what meteorologists are doing to make better weather predictions; or watch the weather on radar via the Internet or on TV. Learn about temperature and barometric pressure, and what makes clouds and rain. Make a rain gauge. See how the wind affects the land and oceans. Build and fly a kite with your den or pack. Build a tornado in a bottle. Learn what birds do to "weather" the storms. Invite a science teacher or meteorologist to come to your pack meeting. Earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop and pin for Weather.

APRIL 2008 - ABRACADABRA
Webelos Activity Badges: Sportsman / Family Member Cub Scouts love to amaze and be amazed! Boys discover secrets of the magician's art this month as they demonstrate magical illusions and learn new tricks with cards, coins and other everyday objects. The Cub Scout Magic Book is a great resource for age-appropriate tricks and puzzles. Visit a magic shop or have a magician come to your den or pack meeting to teach the boys a few tricks of the trade. Prepare to watch in wonder at the pack meeting as your Cub Scouts entertain their audience with skits, stunts and sparklers that they have practiced at den meetings. The Cubmaster uses the magic of ceremonies to pull awards from his hat at the mystifying pack meeting magic show. This would be a good month to hold your pack space derby.

MAY 2008 - LEAF IT TO CUBS
Webelos Activity Badges: Outdoorsman / Artist Cub Scouts will learn about the wonders of nature's gift to us, a tree! Learn to identify poison oak, poison ivy and various trees by their shape and leaf design. Try leaf rubbing, leaf prints, making a leaf collage, preserving leaves with wax paper or making a leaf collection from fallen leaves. Make a leaf boat and race it at a den or pack meeting. Participate in a tree planting or your local Arbor Day activities. Either adopt a tree or plant one and watch it grow. Research how trees are used to help us in our daily lives. Field trips can be to a lumberyard, nature center, forest preserve or local park. Earn the Collecting belt loop and pin.

JUNE 2008 -        
Webelos Activity Badges: Traveler / Handyman As the athletes of the world strive to do their personal best in international competition, Cub Scouts have the opportunity to "Go for the Gold" by doing their best in feats of skill and prowess. This month Cub Scouts learn about exercise and sports and put that knowledge to use playing Ultimate or another sport not played before. Remember that not only is it important to do your best when you play a sport but it is important to understand the rules of being a good sport no matter the outcome of the game. This month would be a great time to work on one of the Cub Scout Sports belt loops and pins in baseball, golf or flag football.

JULY 2008 - H2Ohhh!
Webelos Activity Badges: Aquanaut / Geologist Dive right in as Cub Scouts spend a month learning about water, our most precious resource. Learn about marine life. Dens can visit a water treatment facility, local aquarium or fish farm. Cub Scouts may even want to prepare their own aquarium or fish bowl and "adopt a gold fish". This is also an excellent opportunity to teach our Cub Scouts about water conservation. Don't forget learning about water safety. Enjoy water games; hunt for shells and experience all the beach has to offer. Cub Scouts love to get wet. What could be better than a water carnival complete with games, competition, and safe swim demonstrations? This would be a great time to work on the Wildlife Conservation, Fishing, or Swimming belt loop and pin. Have an outdoor Cub Scout raingutter regatta race.

AUGUST 2008 - S'MORE SUMMER FUN

These pages come from BoyScoutTrail.com which has a ton of information!
Thank you Boy Scout Trail!!!

Tiger Resources

Wolf Resources

Bear Resources

Webelos Resources

Arrow of Light Requirements

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