tiger cubs

The Tiger Cub program is for first grade (or ages 6-7) boys and their adult partners. There are five Tiger Cub achievement areas. The Tiger Cub, working with his adult partner, completes 15 requirements within these areas to earn the Tiger Cub Badge. These requirements consist of an exciting series of indoor and outdoor activities just right for a boy in the first grade.

Tiger Cub Promise:
I promise to love God, my family and my country, and to learn about the world.

Tiger Cubs is an exciting introduction to the scouting program for first grade boys to get excited to get going! Tiger Cubs do stuff - lots of stuff - with their adult partners. This program is intended to open up the world to inquisitive minds along with the caring guidance of adults. The first steps along the Boy Scout Trail are laid here and every rank advancement through the scouting program builds on the basic categories of activity done as tigers.

The Tiger Cub program runs on two levels. The scout and his adult partner meet weekly to do activities centered around the family. Then, the scout and adult partner meet with the rest of the tiger den to fulfill Den Activity and Go See It requirements.

More Tiger Scout Information to use. Some of these links will direct you to other websites. Use your browser Back button to return to this page:

Tiger Scout Leaders - Responsibilities of the Tiger den leader
Tiger Scout Achievements - Tasks to perform to earn the Tiger recognitions
Tiger Scout Electives - Extra things to do to earn Tiger Track beads
Tiger Scout Awards - see what awards are available to Tiger scouts
Tiger Scout Games - den or pack games just right for 1st graders
Tiger Scout Graces - fun meal graces
Tiger Scout Jokes - funny, gross, and silly jokes for scouts
Tiger Scout Projects - community or conservation projects for your Tiger den
Tiger Scout Recipes - easy recipes you can make with your tigers for fun snacks or on family campouts
Tiger Scout Skits - skits that Tiger Scouts like to do
Tiger Scout Songs - songs for scouts
Tiger Scout Stories - choose stories that Tiger scouts will enjoy and understand
Tiger Scout Uniform - make sure you put all those badges and patches in the right spots
Cub Scout Academics & Sports - extra recognition opportunities
Tiger Scout Schedule - sample schedule of meetings and activities

Tiger Cub Den Leader:

An energetic, well-trained, and caring Den Leader is critical to the success of a Tiger Den. The Den Leader plans the program of activities for the year and makes that plan available to all the adults. But, the den leader does not organize and run every den meeting and outing, instead the actual running of the program is done through shared leadership with the adult partners. A Tiger Den relies on the support and enthusiasm of its families! Each adult partner should sign up to lead at least one month's meeting and Go See It outing. This shared leadership helps ensure participation by all, provides a sense of ownership to all, and gives each scout a chance to work on leadership skills - skills that he will work on all the way through Eagle Scout.

Tiger Cub Den Leader is a registered volunteer BSA position. Every Tiger Den is required to have a registered den leader whose responsibilities are:

Work directly with other den and pack leaders to ensure that their den is an active and successful part of the pack.
Coordinate shared leadership among the Tiger Cub adult partners, ensuring that den meetings and outings are planned, prepared for, and conducted by all adult partners on a rotating basis, and that the den activities provide advancement opportunities for the boys in the den.
Attend pack leaders' meetings.
Lead the den at the monthly meeting and pack activities.
Ensure the transition of boys in the Tiger Cub den into a Wolf den at the end of the year.

TIGER CUB SCOUT ACHIEVEMENTS

The Tiger Cub badge is presented to boys who have completed all 15 parts of the five separate achievements - five Family activities, five Den activities, and five Go See It outings. Once a boy, or all the boys in a den, earn their Tiger Cub badge, it should be presented to the scout's adult partner at a pack meeting, who then presents it to the boy. The badge is placed in the special location of the Tiger Cub belt totem.

The den activities and Go See It events should be completed with the entire den. Attendance at den events is important - for both the scout and adult partner. Of course, if a scout has a conflict with a den event, he can perform that activity with his adult partner at some other time.

Beginning August 1, 2004, Tiger Cubs will join their brother Cub Scouts by wearing the complete blue Cub Scout uniform with appropriate Tiger Cub insignia. The orange T-shirt will continue to be available for Tiger Cubs to wear as an activity shirt and will continue to be the official uniform for adult Tiger Cub partners.

The change, announced at the Boy Scouts of America's 2004 National Annual Meeting, is part of the Scouting movement's continuing effort to promote Tiger Cubs as an integral part of the Cub Scout pack.

Alan Westberg, national director of Cub Scouting, says the new uniform will help build enthusiasm for the program among Tiger Cub Scout-age boys and their parents. "Many boys get their first taste of Scouting in Tiger Cubs. We believe that by offering a uniform that is more similar to those worn by older Cub Scouts, we will help our newest members feel even more a part of the Scouting program."

The uniform has been an integral part of Scouting since the earliest days of the movement. The uniform builds a sense of belonging and team within the unit, and positively influences recruitment and retention.

The change occurs in time for the 75th anniversary of Cub Scouting. Westberg says that while the change is coincidental, the new uniform option will be highlighted during the year-long celebration.

The Boy Scouts of America is the nation's foremost youth-serving organization. More than 4.7 million young people participated in Scouting programs last year-1.9 million of those are Cub Scouts. For more information, contact the Boy Scouts of America at 972-580-2000.