BALOO'S BUGLE Volume 23, Number 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ “Wisdom, If you don't like change, you're going to like irrelevance even less." - General Eric Shinseki --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- November 2016 Cub Scout Roundtable December 2016 Program Ideas CHEERFUL /CELEBRATE CS Roundtable Planning Guide – Friendly, Working as a Team Tiger Cub, Wolf, Webelos, & Arrow of Light Meetings and Adventures COMMISSIONER'S CORNER THE 2016 – 2017 CS RT PLANNING Letting go gives us freedom, and GUIDE IS ISSUED freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free Thich Nhat Hanh FOCUS 2007-2008 Cub Scout Roundtable Leaders’ Guide December is marked by days of celebration and observance for many cultures and faiths around the Download it at - world. Make your Pack Meeting a big International http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Commissioners/r CELEBRATION so Cub Scouts and their families can oundtable.aspx have an opportunity to find out how celebrations in Judy and Dave need other cultures are similar and different than their own. could still use help. If This is also a great time for a Pack or Den Service you would do one item Project. for Baloo each month, it would help us greatly – Advancement – Choose a rank. Write a few hints and ideas for the Adventure to be discussed that month at the Roundtable. And, also, any that have a Character Compass pointing to that months point of the Scout Law Have another idea? Let us know how you feel you could help us to make Baloo's Bugle more of what RT Commissioners, Cubmasters, and Den Leaders want. Write us through the "Send Your Ideas to Baloo" link or directly – [email protected] and [email protected] BALOO'S BUGLE - (November 2016 RT / December 2016 Prog Ideas) Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS December – A Month to Celebrate ........................... 37 COMMISSIONER'S CORNER ................................... 1 SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES ................................... 40 MESSENGERS OF PEACE .................................. 40 TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................... 2 KNOT OF THE MONTH .......................................... 41 CORE VALUES........................................................... 4 DISTRICT AWARD OF MERIT ................ 41 CHEERFUL QUOTES ........................................... 4 TRAINING TOPICS ................................................. 42 HABITS OF CHEERFUL PEOPLE ................. 5 PINEWOOD DERBIES ......................................... 42 THOUGHTFUL ITEMS .............................................. 7 FUN STUFF .............................................................. 44 BIOGRAPHY ............................................................... 8 HOLIDAY FUN FACTS ....................................... 44 THE PEANUTS GANG ........................................... 8 Edward Hibberd Johnson and the First Electrical . 44 PEANUTS QUOTES ................................................ 9 PACK AND DEN ACTIVITIES ........................... 53 CUB SCOUT LEARNING LIBRARY ...................... 10 THEME & PACK MEETING IDEAS ...................... 57 ADVENTURE PLAN TRACKERS .......................... 13 GATHERING ACTIVITIES ..................................... 57 CUB SCOUT LEADER TRAINING ........................ 13 OPENING CEREMONIES ....................................... 60 IN-PERSON TRAINING ....................................... 13 AUDIENCE PARTICIPATIONS ............................. 64 ON-LINE TRAINING ............................................ 13 ADVANCEMENT CEREMONIES .......................... 66 CUB SCOUT IDEAS ................................................. 14 LEADER RECOGNITION ....................................... 67 PIZZAZZ ......................................................... 14 TRAINED LEADER RECOGNITION ................ 67 PACK ADMIN HELPS .............................................. 17 SONGS ...................................................................... 68 SUCCESSFUL PACK MANAGEMENT .............. 17 STUNTS AND APPLAUSES ................................... 71 ROUNDTABLE HINTS...................................... 18 APPLAUSES & CHEERS ..................................... 71 PUBLICITY AND PROMOTION ......................... 18 RUN-ONS .............................................................. 71 ATTENDANCE INCENTIVES ............................. 19 KNOCK KNOCKs ................................................. 72 2016 – 2017 CS RT PLANNING GUIDE!!! ............. 19 JOKES & RIDDLES .............................................. 72 CUB SCOUT RT SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS ..... 20 SKITS ........................................................................ 74 DEN MEETING TOPICS .......................................... 23 CLOSING CEREMONIES .................................... 77 CHARACTER COMPASS ........................................ 23 CUBMASTER’S MINUTES ................................. 78 THEME RELATED STUFF ...................................... 24 CUB GRUB ............................................................... 79 CELEBRATE RELATED ADVENTURES ......... 24 GAMES ..................................................................... 83 TEAM RELATED ADVENTURES ..................... 24 My.Scouting – BSA Learn Center ............................. 86 PACK MEETING THEMES AND PLANS .............. 24 Your First Pack Meeting ............................................ 87 PACK MEETING THEMES .................................. 25 DEN ADVENTURES ............................................... 90 UPCOMING MONTHS ............................................. 26 TIGER ....................................................................... 90 BE UP TO DATE ....................................................... 28 Tiger Adventure: Tigers in the Wild ..... 90 CUBMASTER THOUGHTS .............................. 28 Rationale for Adventure ..................................... 90 LIONS ........................................................................ 29 Takeaways for Cub Scouts ................................. 90 WEBELOS ................................................................. 31 Adventure Requirements (Tiger Handbook) ...... 90 WEBELOS HISTORY ............................................ 31 Animal Tracks Book .................................................. 92 VISITING A SCOUT TROOP ............................... 31 Tiger Scout Skits ....................................................... 93 How to Conduct a Reflection ................................. 33 December Crazy Holidays .......................................... 35 Tiger Elective: Floats and Boats ............ 95 BALOO'S BUGLE - (November 2016 RT / December 2016 Prog Ideas) Page 3 Types of boats ..................................................... 95 Wolf Cub Scout Requirements ............................ 114 How to Make a Floating Toy Boat ...................... 95 Bear Cub Scout Requirements ............................. 114 The Water Safety Chant: ..................................... 96 Webelos Scout Requirements .............................. 114 Cub Scout Leader Requirements .......................... 114 Buddy Tag Game ........................................... 96 LEAVE NO TRACE ........................................ 115 Make Sure the Life Jacket is Properly Fastened . 97 Focus on “Leave No Trace” ............................. 115 How to Save an Active Drowning Victim .......... 97 Cub Scout Leave No Trace Pledge ................... 116 WOLF ......................................................................... 99 ARROW OF LIGHT CORE .................................... 116 Wolf Adventure: Howling at the Moon .............. 99 WEBELOS & AOL ELECTIVES ........................... 116 RATIONALE FOR ADVENTURE .................... 99 Webelos/AOL Elective Adventure: Adventures .. 116 TAKEAWAYS FOR CUB SCOUTS ................. 99 LAST THINGS ........................................................ 118 Ideas for Adventure Requirements: .................... 99 PERMISSIONS .................................................... 118 Den Meeting Ideas for Howling at the Moon ..... 99 CHRISTMAS SPIRIT & THE GIMME PIG ..... 118 The Viper is Coming!........................................ 100 Got Any Duck Food? ........................................ 100 Invisible Bench Skit .......................................... 100 Can't Work in the Dark Skit .............................. 100 Emergency Broadcast System Skit ................... 101 'We Have No Skit' Skit...................................... 101 Wolf Scout Skits ............................................... 101 Wolf Elective Adventure: Code of the Wolf ........ 103 Block Cipher ..................................................... 104 5 SECRET CODES FOR KIDS TO WRITE ... 104 WRITE A CODED LETTER .............................. 106 CODE ACTIVITY FOR KIDS: ........................ 106 The Thomas Jefferson Cipher Wheel ................ 109 BEAR ....................................................................... 109 Bear Adventure: Bear Necessities ........................ 109 Bear Elective Adventure: Roaring Laughter ........ 110 WEBELOS CORE ................................................... 110 Webelos Walkabout .............................................. 110 Mini