About the Tiger Cub Program
The Tiger Cub Scout program is for boys and their parents who have completed Kindergarten (or are age 7). The Tiger Cub Scout and parent (or other adult partner) go to meetings together and work together on achievements and electives, with the help and coordination of the tiger den leader and assistant den leader.
Bobcat Requirements
The first rank that EVERY boy MUST earn when entering the Cub Scouting Program is the Bobcat rank. A Cub Scout may only earn this rank once. To earn the Bobcat rank the new Cub Scout must do the following:
1. Learn and say the CUB SCOUT PROMISE and complete the Honesty Character Connection.
Honesty Character Connection:
1. Know: Discuss these questions with your family. What is a promise? What does it mean to “keep your word?” What does honesty mean? What does it mean to “do your best?”
2. Commit: Discuss these questions with your family. Why is a promise important? Why is it important for people to trust you when you give your word? When might it be difficult to keep your word? List examples.
3. Practice: Discuss with family members why it is important to be trustworthy and honest and how can you do your best to be honest when you are doing the activities in Cub Scouting.
Cub Scout Promise:
“I …..(name)…. promise to do my best
To do my duty to God and my country,
To help other people, and
To obey the Law of the Pack. ”
2. Say the LAW OF THE PACK. Tell what it means.
Law of the Pack:
“The Cub Scout follows Akela.
The Cub Scout helps the pack go.
The pack helps the Cub Scout Grow.
The Cub Scout gives goodwill.”
3. Tell what WEBELOS means
“WE’ll BE LOyal Scouts “
4. Show the CUB SCOUT SIGN. Tell what it means.
5. Show the CUB SCOUT HANDSHAKE. Tell what it means.
6. Say the CUB SCOUT MOTTO. A motto is a guiding principle.
Cub Scout Motto:
“Do Your Best”
7. Give the CUB SCOUT SALUTE. Tell what it means.
8. With your parent or guardian, complete the exercises in the booklet, How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse (found in the tiger cub handbook).
Tiger Cub Rank Requirements/Achievements
To earn the Tiger Cub rank the Tiger Cub Scout must complete a Family Activity, a Den Activity, and a “Go See It” Activity in each of five achievement areas, for a total of 15 achievements. These areas are:
1. Making My Family Special
2. Where I Live
3. Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe
4. How I Tell It
5. Let’s Go Outdoors
As he completes each Achievement, he is awarded a bead which is hung from the Totem.
- He earns a WHITE bead for each required FAMILY Activity.
- He earns an ORANGE bead for each required DEN Activity.
- He earns a BLACK bead for each required GO SEE IT Activity.
1. Making My Family Special
- 1F – Family Activity
- Think of one chore you can do with your adult partner. Complete it together.
- Character Connection: Responsibility
- 1D – Den Activity
- Make a family scrapbook
- 1G – Go See It Activity
- Go to a library, historical society, museum, old farm, or historical building, or visit an older person in your community. Discover how family life was the same and how it was different many years ago.
2. Where I Live
- 2F – Family Activity
- Look at a map of your community with your adult partner.
- 2D – Den Activity
- Practice the Pledge of Allegiance with your den, and participate in a den or pack flag ceremony.
- Character Connection: Citizenship
- 2G – Go See It Activity
- Visit a police station or a fire station. Ask someone who works there how he or she helps people in your community.
3. Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe
- 3F – Family Activity
- a. With your family, plan a fire drill then practice it in your home.
- b. With your adult partner, plan what to do if you became lost or separated from your family in a strange place.
- 3D – Den Activity
- Make a Food Guide Pyramid
- Character Connection: Health and Fitness
- 3G – Go See It Activity
- Learn the rules of a game or sport. Then, go watch an amateur or professional game or sporting event.
4. How I Tell It
- 4F – Family Activity
- At a family meal, have each family member take turns telling the others one thing that happened to him or her that day. Remember to practice being a good listener while you wait for your turn to talk.
- Character Connection: Respect
- 4D – Den Activity
- Play “Tell It Like It Isn’t”
- 4G – Go See It Activity
- Visit a television station, radio station, or newspaper office. Find out how people there communicate with others.
5. Let’s Go Outdoors
- 5F – Family Activity
- Go outside and watch the weather
- Character Connection: Faith
- 5D – Den Activity
- With a crayon or colored pencil and a piece of paper, make a leaf rubbing.
- 5G – Go See It Activity
- Take a hike with your den.
After completing the fifteen Achievements, the Tiger Cub is awarded the Tiger Cub Patch.
Tiger Cub Electives
After completing all 15 achievements required for the Tiger Cub Rank, the Tiger Cub can be awarded Tiger Track Beads, which are YELLOW disks attached to the Totem. One bead is awarded for each group of TEN Electives the Tiger Cub completes. A boy can work on both Achievements and electives at the same time, but he can’t receive Tiger Track beads until he has earned the Tiger Cub Badge. Also, each elective may be done up to 10 times, but it is highly recommended that a scout tries a variety of electives.
1. Think of a time when your family celebrated something, and tell the den about it and how it made your feel.
2. Make a decoration with your family or your den. Display it or give it to someone as a gift.
3. With your family, play a card or board game, or put a jigsaw puzzle together.
4. Make a frame for a family picture.
5. Make a family mobile.
6. Along with your adult partner, teach a song to your family or to your den and sing it together.
7. Make a musical instrument and play it with others. The others can sing or have instruments of their own.
8. Invite a religious leader from your place of worship to your home or to your den meeting.
9. Help a new boy or girl get to know other people.
10. Along with your adult partner, help an elderly or shut-in person with a chore.
11. Help collect food, clothing or toys for needy families with your den or pack.
12. Make at least two cards or decorations and take them to a hospital or long-term care facility.
13. Using US pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, choose the correct coins to make the following amounts: 15 cents, 50 cents, 29 cents, 60 cents, 35 cents, 59 cents.
14. Together with your adult partner, read a short story or a magazine article.
15. Mix the primary colors to make orange, green and purple.
16. With your den, show or tell about something you like to collect, OR tell your den about a favorite hobby or activity.
17. Make a model. (This includes a pinewood derby car or rain gutter regatta boat).
18. Sew a button onto fabric.
19. Learn a magic trick and show it to your family or den.
20. With your den, make up a PSA (Public Service Announcement) kit to tell people about Tiger Cubs.
21. Make a puppet.
22. With your family or with your den, have a picnic — indoors or outdoors.
23. Find out what kind of milk your family drinks and why.
24. Help the adult who is preparing the family meal to set the table and clean up afterwards.
25. Make a snack and share it with your family or den.
26. With a toy phone, or a disconnected phone, practice making phone calls and answering the telephone.
27. Talk to your adult partner about what to do if these things happened:
- The adult who is caring for you becomes ill.
- You are alone with someone who makes you feel uncomfortable.
28. With your adult partner, check the batteries in the smoke detector in your home or another building.
29. Talk with your adult partner about when you should use sunscreen. Find out whether you have any in your home and where it is kept. With your adult partner, look at a container of sunscreen and find out whether it still protects you when you are wet. Also find out how long you are protected before you have to put on more. Look for the expiration date and make sure the sunscreen is not too old.
30. Plant a seed, pit, or greens from something you have eaten.
31. Learn about an animal.
32. Make a bird feeder and then hang it outdoors.
33. With your den or family, play Cleanup Treasure Hunt.
34. With your adult partner, think of a way to conserve water or electricity and do it for one week.
35. Play a game outdoors with your family or den.
36. With your family or your den, go see a play or musical performance in your community.
37. Take a bike ride with your adult partner.
38. Visit a bike repair shop.
39. Visit the place where your adult partner or another adult works.
40. Together with an adult partner, go swimming or take part in an activity on water.
41. Visit a train station, bus station, airport or boat dock.
42. Visit a zoo or aquarium.
43. Visit a veterinarian or animal groomer.
44. Visit a dairy, a milk-processing plant, or a cheese factory.
45. Visit a bakery.
46. Visit a dentist or dental hygienist.
47. Learn about what you can recycle in your community and how you can recycle at home. Learn about things that need to be recycled in special ways, such as paint and batteries.
48. Take a ride on public transportation, such as a bus or train.
49. Visit a government office such as the mayor’s office, the state capitol building, or a courthouse.
50. Visit a bank.