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

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.

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/