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Cub Scout Monthly Themes for 2009
- 2010
Not only is it important to do your best when you try
new sports but it is important to understand the rules
of being a "good sport" no matter how the game goes.
Play ball, soccer, tennis, or any sport! Learn about a
sport that you've never played before. Have a sports
competition with another Cub Scout pack in your area.
Have athletes from a local high school or college speak
at your den or pack meeting. Ask them to teach you about
their sport. Learn a sport you can play with your
family: golf, tennis, bowling, swimming, or skating.
Have a pack sports day. Cub Scouts can create an
obstacle course for the pack to enjoy while earning the
belt loop and pin for Physical Fitness or any of the
many Cub Scout Sports subjects.
Let's go outside and have fun in the sun. Plan some
outdoor activities this month that will encourage dens
to meet and make preparations together for your pack
event. It's a great time for a pack picnic, with each
den planning a game or activity. Have a Cubanapolis
derby with dens preparing their vehicle and practicing
maneuvers during den meetings. Stress good sportsmanship
and team building during the planning stages, as well as
during the actual event. Create kites in your dens and
have a kite flying derby or a family picnic to show off
your creations! This might be a great month to work on
the Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award or a Cub Scout
Sports belt loop or pin.
What can possibly be in a Cub Scout's pocket? What is
in a boy's pocket can tell a lot about who he is and
what he likes. The boys can share and show off their
collections and maybe even start a new one! Put some
marbles in the boy's pockets and teach him how to play
the game of marbles. Pick an interest of the boys and go
on a field trip to explore and learn about it. Maybe a
trip to a rock quarry in search of fossils, or a nature
hike around the den meeting site to pick up items. This
is also a great month to educate the boys on what can go
on their uniform and then make some goals to accomplish
their rank advancement, special awards, belt loops and
pins, and involvement in camps and council events. This
might be a good month to work on the Collecting or
Marbles belt loop and pin.
Help boys discover fun and adventure in the wilds of
Scouting. Take them on a month-long safari. Learn why
Africa is special to our founder Lord Baden-Powell. Find
out how the Jungle Book story connects to Scouting. Use
it and its characters to highlight den meeting games,
crafts, and costumes for the pack meeting. Learn about
the things you need if you are going on a safari and how
would you survive. What do Scouts in Africa do? What are
their uniforms like? Take a den trip to a local zoo,
animal rescue facility, or wildlife refuge. Work on the
Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award or the Wildlife
Conservation Academic belt loop and pin.
This month Cub Scouts salute those heroes who help
keep us safe and secure each and every day. Can only
adults be heroes? Heroes are often ordinary kids who did
something out of the ordinary! A den can decide what
makes a hero and who the heroes of tomorrow might be by
looking at people they know today. Learn about heroes in
your own community, as well as Scouting heroes who have
earned BSA heroism awards. Have your Cub Scouts invite
their hometown heroes to a den or pack meeting. Perhaps
your den can become "silent heroes" by performing
service for others without seeking any recognition.
Visit a fire station, veteran's hospital (Veterans Day
is this month), police station, or teacher's classroom
and learn about their heroic deeds and reciprocate with
a "Scout salute" for their contributions. You might work
on the Citizenship belt loop and pin.
December is a time of celebration and giving. This is
a perfect month for involving friends in doing good
deeds and creating holiday magic through art. Cub Scouts
use their artistic abilities to create holiday
decorations, gifts, or cards. This artwork might be put
on display in nursing homes, in churches, schools, or
homes, and at the pack meeting or at a meeting of the
chartered organization. Boys can make cards and
ornaments and share them with residents of a local
nursing or retirement home, children's hospital, or
community center and do a "Good Turn for America." Boys
can discover different forms of art, write poems, attend
a musical or performing art show, or visit a local art
museum. Works of art can become gifts for family
members. The Academic belt loop or pin in Art or Music
could be worked on in conjunction with these projects.
JANUARY 2010 - POWER UP! - Character
Connection: Responsibility
Boys explore the science of energy through solar,
electrical, and wind power and how this energy is used
in their everyday lives. They can explore different ways
to conserve energy and protect the world we live in.
Work on the Science or Weather belt loop and pin. Boys
can invite friends to join in the pinewood derby and
discover the power behind those little cars. What types
of things are powered up by the flip of a switch? A
field trip to the local water works or power plant might
be part of the den's monthly plan. Finish up the month
with a real power-packed pack meeting. The boys can
power up by being physically fit and working on the
Physical Fitness belt loop and pin.
FEBRUARY 2010 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, B.S.A. -
Character Connection: Honesty
It's time to celebrate with a big birthday bash. Boy
Scouts of America is 100 years old this year. Learn the
history of how Scouting came to the United States. Find
out about those who have given us this great Scouting
legacy such as Daniel Carter Beard, James E. West,
Ernest Thompson Seton, Waite Phillips, and W. D. Boyce.
Let's play birthday games, make party decorations, and
have birthday cake for our blue and gold banquet.
MARCH 2010 - TAKE FLIGHT - Character
Connection: Courage
The Wright brothers had a lot of courage to accomplish
their dream to fly. Air has power to push and pull
objects so that they can fly. This month learn all about
air, what it consists of, and why it is needed to fly.
Learn about gravity. Make your own flying machines as
you hear about the Wright Brothers and their invention.
Explore different types of paper airplanes. Figure out
which ones fly farther, higher, faster, longer, and why?
Hold a pack-wide paper plane derby fun night! How many
things can you name that can fly? Study birds and their
flyways. Why do some fly in a V formation? Take flight
outdoors with a den or pack kite derby this month and
enjoy that air! Take a field trip to the airport, hobby
shop, or a science museum. Earn the Science belt loop
and pin.
APRIL 2010 - SPRING INTO ACTION - Character
Connection: Positive Attitude
This month is a good time to spring into action with
outdoor activities such as hikes, sports and games,
cleaning up litter along ponds, parks or roadsides, or
planting some trees for improved habitat. Make plaster
casts of the animal tracks you find on your hike. Visit
and talk with someone who works with wildlife
conservation and visit a fish hatchery, zoo, animal
shelter, or wildlife sanctuary. Bring along food and
supplies that they might need as part of your "Good Turn
for America." Build bird houses, bird baths, feeding
stations, or boxes for nesting materials. Do a community
service project with your chartered organization to show
your positive attitude in doing your best. This would be
a good month to work on the Conservation belt loop and
pin.
MAY 2010 - IN THE SPOTLIGHT - Character
Connection: Cooperation
It's time to perform and be in the spotlight! This month
spend some time making musical instruments to be used in
the pack meeting variety show. The variety show could be
skits, songs, puppet shows, magic trick - you name it.
Have the boys and their parents and families participate
in a variety show and have some adults record the show.
Dens can create posters announcing the show and make
programs to let everyone know what's coming. Commercials
could be videotaped by the den during their den meetings
and then be shown between acts. (Get the parents
involved) Take a photo for the local newspaper or a
video clip for the local TV station for recognition of
their achievements and put Cub Scouting in the
spotlight. Visit a television, radio, or cable station
to see how they prepare and produce their shows. Attend
a play or musical production. The Cub Scouts can earn
the Music belt loop and pin.
JUNE 2010 - HOOP-DE-DOO! - Character
Connection: Health and Fitness
This is a good time to learn and play the game of
basketball while you learn about sportsmanship. Have a
member of the high school basketball team (preferably a
Boy Scout) teach the boys the rules of basketball; then
play a game in the pack with older boys and younger boys
balancing each team. Play other games such as ring toss,
hoop games, soap bubble contests, and hoop obstacle
course. Start working on the National Summertime Pack
Award or Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award. The boys will
be able to earn the Basketball belt loop and pin or
another Sports belt loop and pin of their choice,
including the Physical Fitness belt loop and pin.
JULY 2010 - CELEBRATE FREEDOM - Character
Connection: Citizenship
Celebrate America's freedom established on July 4, 1776,
with patriotic songs, games, and family fun. Discover
what makes America so special to us. Decide on a
birthday present your pack can give to America by doing
a service project and a "Good Turn for America."
Participate as a den or pack in an Independence Day
parade. Enjoy the beauty of our country by participating
in outdoor activities. Have a pack barbeque or family
gathering and share some family heritage about coming to
our great nation. Design and serve a birthday cake and
sing to America! Earn the Citizenship and Heritage belt
loops and pins.
AUGUST 2010 - WAVES OF FUN - Character
Connection: Perseverance
Jump in and make a BIG splash with fun activities that
explore water and waves. There is an adventure waiting
in one of Earth's final frontiers, the depths of the
ocean floors. Creatures never imagined before can be
found there. What kinds of animals do live there? What
does the ocean floor look like? The den could discover
what makes a boat float, learn about different sea
vessels, and even make their own boats. The pack can
celebrate this month with a beach party (no beach
required) and family picnic as they enjoy the great
outdoors. Top it off with a raingutter regatta. Complete
the requirements for earning the National Summertime
Pack Award. This is a fun month to bring a friend! This
is a wonderful opportunity to teach water safety and
practice the buddy system while having fun and earning
the Swimming belt loop and pin.
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