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Bear
Cub Scouts If a Cub Scout has completed the second grade (or is 9 years old) and has earned the Bobcat Badge, he may start earning the Bear rank. He receives a Bear Scout handbook and Bear neckerchief, but continues to use the Wolf neckerchief slide when beginning the Bear portion of the boy scout trail. He will continue to use the blue Cub Scout Uniform. This part of the boy scout trail is intended to take one school year, preparing the scout to begin earning his Webelos rank after he completes third grade.
In
the Bear scouting program, there are 4 general achievement groups:
God, Country, Family, and Self and a total of about 120 individual
achievement tasks. In each group, a certain number of achievements are
required to earn the Bear rank badge. After earning the Bear badge,
the scout may earn arrow points by completing additional achievement
tasks.
The Bear badge must be earned first before any arrow points are awarded. A gold arrow point is awarded for the first 10 achievement tasks over the Bear requirements. A silver arrow point is awarded for each additional 10 tasks completed. Since all arrow points are awarded after the Bear badge is awarded, your scouts would not receive any awards until February at the earliest. To provide frequent recognition, Bear scouts can earn Progress Beads - you need to buy these Progress Towards Ranks Kits at a Scout Shop. For completing the requirements of 3 of the Achievements listed below, one RED bead is awarded and placed on the Progress Towards Ranks totem. This provides the scout with a total of 4 beads culminating in the award of his Bear badge. These beads are awarded at the den level rather than at Pack meetings.
Much of the advancement for the Bear rank is done by the scout with his family outside of the den, similarly to the Wolf rank. The parent signs off in the scout's handbook and the Den Leader records the advancements from the handbook to tracking chart or software program. The Bear program relies heavily on family involvement, but you will see this gradually change with the scout doing more with his den and more individual direction as he reaches Webelos and Boy Scouts.
More Bear Scout Information to use. Some of these links will direct you to other websites. Use your browser Back button to return to this page: Bear Scout Achievements - Tasks to perform to earn the Bear badge Bear Scout Electives - Tasks to perform to earn arrow points Bear Scout Awards - see what awards are available to Bear scouts Bear Scout Games - den or pack games just right for 3rd graders Bear Scout Graces - fun meal graces Bear Scout Jokes - funny, gross, and silly jokes for scouts Bear Scout Projects - community or conservation projects for your Bear den Bear Scout Recipes - easy recipes you can make with your scouts for fun snacks or on family campouts Bear Scout Skits - skits that Bear Scouts like to do Bear Scout Songs - songs for scouts Bear Scout Stories - choose stories that Bear scouts will enjoy and understand Bear Scout Uniform - make sure you put all those badges and patches in the right spots Cub Scout Academics & Sports - extra recognition opportunities Bear Scout Schedule - sample schedule of meetings and activities
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