April RT Notes - May's Activities

May's Activities are lined out in April's Round Table Notes below:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CtJ4UVFX8KSHX-zKEQrkFX2_WUuhEV5TLNFvsDdt3gg/edit

March Round Table Notes - April Activities

Here are the notes from March's Round Table!  Again, let me know if this format is working or not!

Just found out from Mrs Evi Fyffe:

My husband just took my kids down to Home Depot and their project for the kids club is making a bird feeder. If you have any Bears, this passes off Achievemnet 5B. They are super cool and easy to make! It will also be easy and cheap to copy to make with a Den!


Good information that was shared on our facebook page!  Are you on FB yet???


https://docs.google.com/document/d/15K2DMWKf3kJZKBrA57GfpBo4gQF7CAJwlKeUIULRx7Q/edit

Michelle

Bear Trail Tracking Sheet

Evi Fyffe was willing to share her Bear Tracking spreadsheet!  I have emailed it to all my Den Leaders on my contacts, but for those who didn't get it here is a link.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aikf6GuvuKtZdDlqYU54NDNkdGcyM0Y5YlFLVXFfbEE

I am trying out Google Docs for a second way to share my notes from Round Table.  Please let me know if it works well!

You can always email me :  goddessofthegloves@gmail.com
Or put a note on our monthly parking lot at Round Table!

Snack: Golden Stars

Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 1 package yellow dry gelatin dessert mix
• 8 cups popped popcorn, unflavored

Put popcorn in a clean paper sack. Pour butter over popcorn, close sack, and shake well. Sprinkle dry gelatin dessert over popcorn, close sack, and shake well again.

Cubmaster Breakout - March (April - Faith)

How is your Family Participation?

· Why is family participation important?

o Administration of the program

o Pack activities

· How can we get our families involved?

As Cubmasters we need to plan all meetings with families in mind.

Family Talent Survey….

They are available at www.scouting.org/cubscouts

What are some ways that we can increase family attendance at pack meetings?

• Have assignments
• Games including the whole family
• Siblings help
• Ask a specific person for a specific task
• Have parents/leaders help with run-on's and skits
• Prepare materials/crafts ahead of time
• set up and tear down
• Simple tasks
• Cubby Award
• Recognize them for helping

Interfaith - Faith

Needs

You need enough happiness to keep you serene;

Enough troubles to make you strong;

Enough suffering to make you human;

Enough hopes to keep you optimistic;

Enough failures to keep you humble;

Enough success to keep you confident;

Enough friends to give you comfort;

Enough enthusiasm to make you dare boldly;

Enough faith to banish depression;

Enough love to keep you young in heart;

Enough time to sing your joy;

And enough peace to keep you happy.

-"The Needs of Human Beings", Dr. Klies, Scouting U.K.

Pack Leaders: Spring Recruiting and Summertime Pack Award

Why should we use Spring Recruiting? Because as we know, becoming a Scout helps shape boys futures and Characters and you may find boys now you would not come the busy new school year. If you register them before the Summer they will have all the fun of your Summer Pack Program as well as the opportunity to earn their own Summertime Pin!

How can we do Spring Recruiting? There are innumerable options- here are some ideas.

• Summer Day Camp! Make a poster or a webpage showing off your pictures from last years Summer Day Camp! (Or a friends) ;) 
• Science Fair: Have each Den do one or more Science projects and invite the community to it.
• Field Day: Put together some of the Cub Requirements to form a Field Day and have the boys invite their friends from school and their community
• Put flyers on mailboxes and community bulletin boards (They are free at Council- you simply add your Pack info to them!)
• Make Pass Along cards for your Scouts with the Den Meeting time and location as well as Den Leader contact info

Don't forget- your boys can earn a Recruiter Patch to wear on their uniforms if they bring a friend into Scouting!

And don't forget to plan for your National Summertime Pack Award! Here is the form http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/33748.pdf

And more info. including individual pins and Den Awards: http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/CubScouts/Cub%20Scouts/UniformsAndAwards/DenPack.aspx

Run-ons: "Things that make you go Hmmm" for April

1.  Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift?
2. Can you be a closet claustrophobic?
3. How do a fool and his money GET together? 

4. If a train station is where the train stops, what is a work station?
5. If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
6. What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?
7. What was the best thing before sliced bread?
8. Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds" fee on money they already know you don't have?
9. Why do they put Braille on the drive through bank machines?
10. What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
11. If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too?
12. How come there aren't B batteries?

13. How do "Do not walk on the grass" signs get there?
14. Why do black olives come in cans and green olives come in jars?
15. Is a metaphor like a simile?
16. Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?
17. How do I set my laser printer on stun?
18. If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?

19. Crime doesn't pay...does that mean that my job is a crime?

Cheers: for April

Bow and Arrow Cheer: Slowly draw arrow from quiver on your back. Place arrow against string of bow, pull back, release and say "pffft."

Coo Coo Cheer: Everyone nod their heads up and down and say: "COO-COO" as many times as you tell them, as if you were striking the hour.

Fish Cheer: Suck in your cheeks, form an "O" with your mouth, move it as if you were a fish, without making a sound, hold hands vertical by cheeks and flap them like fins!!!

PS I love macscouter Cheers! http://macscouter.com/campfire/CPB_pdf/Cheers.pdf :)

Character Connections: Faith

Baden-Powell and Faith

Baden-Powell was totally unembarrassed about the role of faith in character-building. At the heart of the Scouting and Guiding promises was their ‘duty to God’. When dealing with conflicts in the Scouting movement, B.P. recommended that people "...ask themselves the simple question, ‘What would Christ have done under the circumstances?’ and be guided accordingly." Baden-Powell saw a danger in Scouting that the recreational might overwhelm the spiritual side. So he wrote them… "Don’t let the technical outweigh the moral. Field efficiency, backwoodsmanship, camping, hiking, good turns, Jamboree comradeships are all means, not the end. The end is CHARACTER --character with a purpose...the active service of Love and Duty to God and neighbour."

Alice, Golden Empire Council (from Baloo's Bugle) 

Skit: Two Suckers on a Stick

Two Suckers on a Stick Skit
Required: 1 stick
5 Scouts (or more)
2 volunteers (victims)
Script:
Choose two good-natures volunteers from the audience to help with the skit. Have each one hold up one end of the board to act as the counter in a candy shop.

One Scout is the store owner and the other 4 (or more) Scouts are customers that enter the store one at a time.

Customer 1: "Do you have any gumdrops?"
Owner: "Sorry, I’m all out."  

Customer 2: "Do you have any bubble gum?" 

Owner: "Sorry, I’m all out." 

Customer 3: "Do you have any chocolate covered ants?" 

Owner: "Sorry, I’m all out." 

Customer 4: "Do you have any licorice?" 

Owner: "Sorry, I’m all out." 

Customer 4: "Well then what DO you have??" 

Owner: "How about these two suckers on a stick?" 

Song: Cub Scout Prayer

Cub Scout Prayer Song

Tune: "O Tannenbaum"

Lord, in this evening hour I pray

For strength to do my best each day.

Draw near to me that I may see

The kind of Cub Scout I should be.

In serving others, let me see

That I am only serving Thee.

Bless me, oh Lord, in They great love,

That I may be a better Cub.

Tips for Pack Activity - Pack Star Gazing

Tips for pack Activity – Pack Star Gazing

A Pack could choose to go to a local planetarium or meet outside away from buildings and city lights! An open field or hill is ideal.

· Boys and their families can come early and lay out their blankets to watch the stars come out.
· Using books and star finders, families could look for constellations and tell some stores connected with constellations.
· There are often one or two parents in a pack who are knowledgeable about stars.
· You could have a guest speakers from a local astronomy society come.
· Some amateur astronomy societies have free programs for families and children and may make available their telescopes along with their service.

Make sure to follow certain steps to make this outing safe and successful.
· Restroom facilities?
· Adequate supervision.
· Have a backup plan in case of inclement weather.

Have a reflection time at the end of stargazing. This is a great time to bring Faith into Cub Scouts.

Indoor Activities:
· Constellation Punch Outs
· Astronomy Belt Loop

Cub Scout Leader How to Book

Outdoors

Fun with the Night Sky 4-25
· Stargazing
· Constellation Pictures
· Star Color
· Moon Watch
· Moon Flip Book
· Kitchen Solar System

Lost Dutchman Events: Hikes & Programs
http://azstateparks.com/Parks/LODU/index.html


ASU Astronomy Open House
http://astopenhouse.com/

Character Connections: Compassion

If you want others to be happy- practice compassion. If you want to be happy- practice compassion. -Dalai Lama

Pack Leaders: Conservation Good Turn Award

The Conservation Good Turn Award is different from a usual Service Project in that it requires a little more planning with someone in the Community. One of the purposes behind that is to make Scouting more visible in our Communities. If we can get our Scouts and our families out serving their communities we can help Scouting keep a positive image and a a real impact.

We can work with many Federal Agencies including the Forest Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Land Management. Your Pack can also work with State and Local Government as well as any other organizations in your community.

When filling out the application you count the total hours given in service by everyone that helped. For this reason you want the entire families participating in these service projects. What a great way to share the value of service and Scouting with the entire family! There should be certificates available from the Council and I know there are Patches available for purchase at the Scout Shop.

Have fun planning this and doing something the boys will be able to point to in their community as they go about their lives!

For more information visit http://scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts/Resources/Conservation%20Good%20Turn.aspx

This is the link to the application http://scouting.org/filestore/pdf/GTFAapplication.pdf

Cheers: for March

Fruit Salad Cheer:  Eat a large piece of pretend watermelon, spit out the seeds, pretend to have a piece of cantaloupe, spit out the seeds, then have a cherry, place a finger in your cheek and give one small pop, as if spitting out the pit of the cherry.

BADEN-POWELL APPLAUSE: Stand very erectly with your hands clasped behind your back in parade rest position. Look left to right, then right to left, smile slightly, and then nod head as if saying yes.

Run-ons: "Planting Seeds of Kindness" for March

“The Infantry is Coming!” (Can be done as a Skit or as a run-on)

(Use as many Scouts as you would like but the last one is off-stage with a small "tree" in a pot)

Scout 1: (Runs on stage) "The infantry is coming!!" Runs off or to end)

Scout 2: (Runs on stage) "The infantry is coming!!" Runs off or to end)

Scout 3: (Runs on stage) "The infantry is coming!!" Runs off or to end)

Scout 4: (Runs on stage) "The infantry is coming!!" Runs off or to end)

Scout 5: (Runs on stage with infant tree- all others run away screaming)

Q: If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
A: Pilgrims.

Scout 2 looks dejected

Scout 1: Aw, what’s wrong?

Scout 2: I have a rock garden…

Scout 1: Yeah?

Scout 2: Well, last week three of them died!

Q: What do you call a mushroom that’s the life of the party?

A: A fun-gi

Q: What kind of flowers do you give to King Tut?
A: Chrysanthemummies.

Do a Good Turn Skit!

Do a Good Turn Skit!

Cub 1: Comes on stage turning around.

Cub 2: Comes on stage doing forward rolls. (Somersaults)

Cub 3: Comes on stage rolling over and over.

Cub 4: Comes on stage doing cartwheels.

Cub 5: “What are you doing?”

All other Cubs: “Don’t you see a good turn when you see one?”

February RT: Pack Resource Sheet for March

Feb RT Den Leader Breakout Notes

February Round Table (March Activities)
Compassion: Being kind and considerate, and showing concern for the well being of others. Cub Scouts will develop care and concern for the well being of others by participating in the effort to collect items for charities.

Games
Orbiter and Fall Orbiter I have employed a scheme of learning and games to good success. Here are two examples. It is like musical chairs. There is one fewer chairs than boys. The extra boy is the Sun. The other boys are each assigned a planet (Mars, Jupiter, etc.) The sun orbits around the chairs calling out the names of planets. The planet (boy) called gets up and walks (orbits) around the chairs with the sun. When all the planets are orbiting, the den leader yells Blast Off. All the boys scramble for a chair. The one left standing becomes the Sun.

Animal Charades
Boys pick a slip of paper from a hat that has a name of an animal on it. Then they act out the animal by either making the animal sound or acting like the animal or both.
Ideas include: bear, dog, snake, bee, cat, tiger, butterfly, bird, monkey, lion, elephant, etc.

Human Knot Each person grabs hands with two different people across a circle. Group works to untangle itself. (leadership, everyone important)

Blanket Volleyball Divide group into two teams, each with a blanket held like a parachute. Toss in an object that is volleyed from team to team using the blanket for propulsion. Can add multiple objects..

Tigers Den Meetings 13 & 14
Meeting 13
ELECTIVE 27. Talk with your adult partner about what to do if:
The adult who is caring for you becomes ill
You are alone with someone who makes you uncomfortable
Possibly do this as a gathering ie have a few simple mazes and these 2 questions on a piece of paper and have ready for when the boys and parents arrive.
ELECTIVE 26.
With a toy phone practice making phone calls and answering the phone.
For extra fun, use a real phone and have the boys call your home phone or the # they are using and leave a message. Play it back so they can hear themselves and practice!
ELECTIVE 12. & 15.
Make at least 2 cards or decorations and take them to a hospital or long-term care facility. Using crayons mix the primary colors to make orange, green and purple. Since this activity is in March consider making St. Patrick's Day themed cards or decorations. Ask the adult partners to help the boys deliver them.

Meeting 14
Go See It: Pet Care and Learn about Animals
Options for go see include : Veterinarian, pet groomer, pet store, nature preserve, animal shelter, science teacher (with animals) or farmer (with animals). Another option is to have someone come to you!
ELECTIVE 43.. Field trip or visitor (see above)
ELECTIVE 31. Learn about an animal. Use questions from Tiger Handbook such as: How big is the animal? Is it endangered? What does it? Where does it live? How long do they live? Etc.

Wolf Den Meetings 13 & 14
Meeting 13.
Elective 14 Pets
Invite 1 or more scouts to bring their pets with a parent making sure there will be no pet conflicts! Schedule in 10 minute increments if needed. If no one has a pet (in our pack's case) then invite a vet, dog groomer or other person with animal knowledge.
Learn how to greet a strange dog, read a book about a pet and tell what it means to be rabid. If u have a special guest consider briefing them on the requirements and having them run the discussion and book time.

Meeting 14.
Elective 10 a
American Indian Lore
Read a book or tell a story about American Indians, or if you know an American Indian invite them to come and tell a story.
Elective 10 c , 10f , 1 a,1 b,1 d

Learn some Indian word pictures, make some traditional Indian clothing and write a simple message in code using white paper, a q-tip and milk.
Ideas for Indian clothing: A head dress made of consruction paper and feathers or a vest made from a brown paper sack. If you make the vest or head dress have the boys write a story using the Indian word pictures they learned.

Also have the voys write a simple message in the Indian word picture in milk aka invisble ink. I have used lemon juice which the book suggests, but I think the milk works better!

Bear Den Meetings 13 & 14
Take care of your Planet
Meeting 13
ACHIEVEMENT 5b. Now is a wonderful time to finish up your birdhouses or start them if your last den meeting didnt allow time for them. Remember you can buy the BSA kits at the Scout Shop, use recycled wood from Home Depot (must acquire scraps, make a pattern and pre assemble BEFORE the den meeting), or from another store like Hobby Lobby or Michael's.
Finish up any requirements from last d
Take care of your Planeten meeting.



Meeting 14
Home assignments : 6e. 6f. Each boy should lead a discussion at home about what kinds of energy their family uses and how to conserve it.
6d. With an adult they will check faucets for leaks.
Do at least 3 out of seven of Achievement 6
6a. Save 5 pounds of glass or aluminum or one month of daily newspapers. Turn them into a rectclimg center or use your community services.

A fun activity is a recycling relay. Two piles of possible recyclables and trash items. One recycling bin one trash bin. Two teams. Once leader says go, the boys run and find a recyclable or trash item and place it in the correct bin.

Pollute a pool and then clean it up.
A great gathering activity when u are talking about recyclimg is to take small kiddie pool and fill it part way with water. Then "pollute" the water with the boys. Then have them try to clean the water. Some things they will be able to easily take out, but use somethings that they cannot. Like food dye, sand, etc.