Cub Scout Den Meeting: December 11, 2013

DATE: December 11, 2013    

Theme:    Music                                                     

TIME	ACTIVITY	EQUIPMENT NEEDED	BADGE REQUIRMENTS MET
3:45	Gathering Activity:  Puzzle	Puzzle
4:00	Opening Ceremony      - Opening Prayer: _____________      - Grand Howl      -Attendance: ________________	Attendance Book Stamp and Ink
4:05	GAME:  I Like People Who…
4:15	BADGEWORK: Note Tree	Note and rest flash cards	Musician #1
4:20	THEME ACTIVITY: Play a Simple tune on the piano	Jingle Bells You Tube Instruction	Musician 3a
4:40	GAME:  The Gingerbread Man
5:00	THEME ACTIVITY: Karaoke – Sing a short solo	Karaoke	Musician 3e
5:10	BADGE WORK:  Note Tree	Notes and rests matching game	Musician #1
5:15	SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP      -Spiritual Thought: __Preston__________	Assignment: Tell the pack your favorite Christmas tradition you do with your family.
5:20	Closing Ceremony      -Cub Promise (review line 2)      -Closing Prayer      -Badge worksheets or other information
5:30	Dismiss and Go Home

Gathering Activity: Puzzle

Materials:

·         Puzzle the boys can put together

Set the puzzle up on its own table and as the boys begin to gather direct them to the puzzle until everyone arrives.

Game: The Gingerbread Man

Have everyone sit in a circle. The leader silently picks one chair to be the oven chair. The den is now the bakery and one person is the gingerbread man next. Can you figure out who it will be next?

·         Remembering who was sitting in the designated chair. All the cubs have to get up and change chairs to try to capture the Gingerbread Man.

·         The leader then asks, “Do you know who will be the gingerbread man next”?

·         Let the boys guess by pointing at the cubs sitting around the circle.

·         The leader now points to the student who WAS sitting in the ‘Oven’.

·         Can the boys figure out why it was this person?

·         The leader needs to remember who is sitting in the ‘Oven’ in THIS round and let the cubs get up and change chairs again.

·         The game continues until someone figures out the pattern.

·         The answer to the question, “Do you know who will be the gingerbread man next?” is the person who was sitting in the oven chair in the PREVIOUS round.  

Game: I Like People Who…

Everyone needs a place marker to stand on – tape, rubber spot or even a chalk mark.

Everyone forms a circle and stands on their spot. One cub is in the middle, his spot is removed. He calls out “I like people who . . .”

Suggestions: like camping, eat cereal for breakfast, love Brownies. Anyone who falls into that category must change places with another person in the circle to whom the statement applies. “It” tries to get a spot also and the person who is left in the middle makes the next statement. You may not take a space next to you!

THEME ACTIVITY: Play a Simple Tune on the Piano

Materials Needed

You Tube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KuN_-RZYOs)

Piano

Have each boy take a turn playing this tune or set each one up on a different octave and play together.

Badgework: Note Tree Introduction

Materials Needed for Each Boy:

Worksheet to build the tree

Badgework: Note Value Matching Game

Create a matching game with cards. For each match draw the note and on the matching card draw the number of beats it gets. Same for the rests.  Make another match for the same notes drawing this time the note and a pie.

THEME ACTIVITY: Sing a Short Solo

Materials Needed

Karaoke game with the kids

December Badge Worksheet

Badge-work for December

Please read through the following badge work and try to make a point of completing these requirements in the month of December. Have your parents initial and date each requirement as you complete it and be sure to bring this sheet back to Cubs so we can track your progress!

COMPUTER BADGE:

_________________ 5.              Do the following:

q  Describe how to protect yourself and others by safe use of a computer. If your school has a computer lab, explain why there is an "appropriate use" policy, and why each rule exists.

q  Explain what a computer virus is, what it can do to your computer, and how you can protect your computer..

FAMILY SAFETY BADGE: 

_________________  6. Tell of demonstrate what to do if:

q  The lights go out in your home

q  A fuse blows or circuit breaker trips

q  There is a broken water pipe

q  There is a smell of natural gas

q  The drains back up

CLIMATE CHANGE CREST:

_________________ Save hot water this month by:

q  I turn off the tap when I am not using the water

q  I take a shower instead of a bath.

Cub Scout Pack Meeting: December 4, 2013

DATE: December 4, 2013

Theme:    Music                                                                                                Objective: _______________________________

                                                                                                                                     _______________________________

Attendance Assignment: _________________                               Spiritual Thought Assignment: ___________________

TIME	ACTIVITY		EQUIPMENT NEEDED		BADGE REQUIRMENTS MET
PACK MEETING ADGENDA
5:00	Display		Show projects from previous weeks
5:05	GAMES: Ownership Musical Chairs Have boys draw some ways animals capture or eat food.	BUSINESS: -Badge worksheets -Date for Investiture -February Meetings -Snow Days	Chairs	Brief Outline of Business Upcoming dates to mark on calendar.
5:15	RECOGNITION:      - This month’s theme – Music      - Certificates		Assignment Sheets Certificates Badges
5:25	SPIRITUAL THOUGHT:
5:27	WRAPUP PACK MEETING: -Handout detailed calendars for upcoming month -Badge worksheets for at home work -Pertinent information to upcoming activities CLEAN UP & SEND EVERYONE HOME		Calendars Badge worksheets
3:45	Gathering Activity: How Many Instruments Can You Find?		The Music Room Poster
4:00	Opening Ceremony      -Opening Prayer: _____________      -Attendance: ________________      -Welcome/Introduction		Attendance Sheet
4:05	GAME: Gingerbread Man
4:15	BADGEWORK: Simon Says Musical Terms				Musician #2
4:25	THEME ACTIVITY: Maracas p. 147 Cub Book		Wheat Tubes Duct Tape		Tawny Star #6 Musician #3d
4:45	GAME: I Like People Who…
4:55	Set up for Pack Meeting		Hand out assignments for Pack Meeting

Gathering Activity: How Many Instruments Can You Find?

Materials:

·         Poster

Have the boys observe the photo and count how many instruments are in it. If they finish that and time allows have them begin to name the instruments. See who can come up with the most correct names for the pictured instruments.

Game: Ownership Musical Chairs

This is a variation of Musical Chairs, where each player marks a chair as his or her own before the music starts. When the music stops each player has to find his or her own chair and sit on it. The last person to do so is eliminated and his or her chair removed. The organizer may make the game more lively by giving different instructions as to how the players should move around the chairs. For example, they could be asked to walk backwards or to move quickly or slowly.

Game: The Gingerbread Man

Have everyone sit in a circle. The leader silently picks one chair to be the oven chair. The den is now the bakery and one person is the gingerbread man next. Can you figure out who it will be next?

·         Remembering who was sitting in the designated chair. All the cubs have to get up and change chairs to try to capture the Gingerbread Man.

·         The leader then asks, “Do you know who will be the gingerbread man next”?

·         Let the boys guess by pointing at the cubs sitting around the circle.

·         The leader now points to the student who WAS sitting in the ‘Oven’.

·         Can the boys figure out why it was this person?

·         The leader needs to remember who is sitting in the ‘Oven’ in THIS round and let the cubs get up and change chairs again.

·         The game continues until someone figures out the pattern.

·         The answer to the question, “Do you know who will be the gingerbread man next?” is the person who was sitting in the oven chair in the PREVIOUS round.  

Game: I Like People Who…

Everyone needs a place marker to stand on – tape, rubber spot or even a chalk mark.

Everyone forms a circle and stands on their spot. One cub is in the middle, his spot is removed. He calls out “I like people who . . .”

Suggestions: like camping, eat cereal for breakfast, love Brownies. Anyone who falls into that category must change places with another person in the circle to whom the statement applies. “It” tries to get a spot also and the person who is left in the middle makes the next statement. You may not take a space next to you!

THEME ACTIVITY: Maracas

Materials Needed

Toilet Paper tube for each boy

Duct tape

Colored Paper

Stickers, paper cutouts, or craft foam to decorate maracas

Wheat

Follow the instructions on p. 147 of the Cub Book.

Badgework: Simon Says Musical Terms

Materials Needed for Each Boy:

Piano	An instruction in sheet music to play softly. Abbreviated by a “p”.	Boys make small quiet movements
Forte	A symbol indicating to play loud.	Boys make large confident movements
Moderato	Moderate(ly)	Boys move normally
Staccato	Short detached notes, as opposed to legato.	Boys move in a choppy fashion – like a robot
Largo	Slow	Boys move very slowly
Pianissimo	Very Soft	Boys make tiny minute movements – quiet like a mouse
Fortissimo	Very Loud	Boys make exaggerated bold movements – loud like a lion

Caller will say phrases like: “March largo style” – boys will march very slowly

                                                “Walk piano sytle” – boys will walk with small quiet movements

                                                “Jump fortissimo style” – boys will jump their largest boldest jumps

Additional actions may include waving, running, rolling, spinning, nodding, dancing, hopping, skipping, clapping, or any other movement you can think of. Simply add “Simon Says” before each command you wish the boys to do. If they follow instructions that Simon does not specify, they step out of the game.

Play until all the boys have a good understanding of the musical terms they need to know.

Cub Scout Den Meeting: November 20, 2013

    DATE: November 20, 2013    

Theme:    Our Natural World                                                      

TIME	ACTIVITY	EQUIPMENT NEEDED	BADGE REQUIRMENTS MET
3:45	Gathering Activity:  Astronomy Word Search	Word Search Pencils
4:00	Opening Ceremony      - Opening Prayer: _____________      - Grand Howl      -Attendance: ________________	Attendance Book Stamp and Ink
4:05	GAME:  Meteorite Madness
4:15	BADGEWORK: Constellation Story
4:20	THEME ACTIVITY: Dying with Natural Fibers	Onion dye extracted from onion skins T shirts	Naturalist #2
4:40	GAME:  Big Truck Relay
5:00	THEME ACTIVITY: Peromones		Naturalist #9
5:10	BADGE WORK:  Astronomy		Black Star 11A Astronomer #1,#3
5:15	SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP      -Spiritual Thought: __Jamie__________	Assignment: Tell how Heavenly Father answers your sincere prayers.
5:20	Closing Ceremony      -Cub Promise (review line 2)      -Closing Prayer      -Badge worksheets or other information
5:30	Dismiss and Go Home

GATHERING ACTIVITY: 

Word Search

GAMES: Meteorite Madness

Materials:

•        Medium sized rocks to serve as meteorites

•        2 jump ropes

Set Up:

·         Gather the suggested items.

·         Take one jump rope and make it as lay it on the ground as big as you can in a circle to serve as the Earth's atmosphere.

·         Use the second jump rope to make a smaller circle inside the other first to serve as the actual Earth.

·         Guide the game.

How to Play:

·         Astronomy games such as this Meteorite Madness can help children learn the difference between the some of the confusing cosmic terminology. Players take turns using hand eye coordination to try to toss a 'meteor' (rock) to Earth to score the most points. When a player throws their meteor, ask them what they think they created; a meteor(which only goes through the Earth's atmosphere), meteorite( which lands on the Earth's surface) or meteoroid (which stays in space). If they get the answer wrong, their points for the throw get cut in half but if they get it right, they get awarded the full point value for their throw.

·         Meteoroids - Landing outside of the circles (in space) = 5 points

·         Meteors - Landing inside the outer circle (Earth's Atmosphere) = 10 points

·         Meteorites - Landing inside the smallest circle (Earth's Surface) = 20 points

·         Whatever player has the most points at the end of the game wins!

GAMES: Big Truck Relay

Materials:

•        Pillows and stuffed animals

•        Laundry Basket

•        Stopwatch if desired

How to Play:

Have players move a pile of soft objects (like pillows and stuffed animals) from one spot in the room to another. To move, players must crawl on their hands and knees with the “load” piled on their backs. Assign each “truck” a laundry basket that the load must be dumped into. Any items that land of the floor don’t count–only the ones that make it into the basket!!

THEME ACTIVITY: Dying with Natural Fibers

Materials Needed:

q  Onion Skins – the more the better – water to cover

q  Aluminum Pot

q  T Shirts

Bring the water to a boil and let simmer for an 1 hour

Remove the onion skins from the pot (I suggest using a colander)

Soaking the dyestuff a few days before is an alternative or aid in extracting color from dyestuff

Evenly soak fibers in hot water before placing them in the dyebath (this helps achieve even color)

Place pre-wet fibers into the dyebath

Heat dyebath for 1 hour, using a spoon or stick to submerge fibers and free air bubbles

To achieve even color avoid crowding the dyepot

Let the fibers cool in the dyebath this will give brighter results

Most dye artist let the bath sit and cool overnight or even a few days, longer is stronger

Remove the fibers from dyebath, rinse with cold water until water runs clear

Hang to dry.

BADGEWORK: Astronomy

Show pictures of stars and constellations. Have the cubs identify constellations that they see using the chart below.

THEME ACTIVITY: Pheromones

Materials Needed:

q  YouTube video:  Honey Bees – Natural History – 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7cX2cjFunw&list=WLE97043FA9C2D013E)

q  YouTube video:  Animal Communication (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsMbn3b1Bis&list=WLE97043FA9C2D013E)

q  Nature Works: Chemical Communication (http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/nwep3d.htm)

Watch videos and discuss with cubs how animals communicate using scent using the pdf Nature Works document

BADGEWORK: Constellation Story

Materials Needed

- Orion

The Hunter

The ancient Greeks gave us a lot of great stories – many of them very different from each other. One might say that Orion was a great hunter who was banished to the sky for bragging on how many animals he could kill and the two bright stars which follow him represent his hunting dogs. Another says Orion fell in love with a goddess and was killed by an arrow when the goddess’ brother was tricked into shooting him. Still another says he was killed by a sting from Scorpio, the Scorpion. No matter which tale you may care to listen to, the fact remains that cultures all over the world have recognized this constellation for centuries on end and all see Orion as a human figure. But why would they notice this constellation more than any other? Maybe it’s the magic that’s just below those three stars!

If you live where the skies are dark, you’ll see another line of stars just below the trio. In myth, this represents Orion’s “sword”, but it’s a magic one. Take a close look and you’ll see a ghostly glow just about in the center of the sword. If you don’t spot it with your eyes alone, try using a pair of binoculars. It will look like a glowing cloud for a very good reason. It’s a cloud where stars are being born! This glowing gas cloud is called the Great Orion Nebula and the light you see now left on its journey to your eyes around 500 A.D. That’s about the time that King Arthur was around! Inside are hundreds of stars being born and their energy lights up the gas, just like a neon tube. While you won’t see the pretty colors with your eyes the way the camera does, you can still enjoy the magic and share what you’ve learned with your friends. All you need to do is just find three stars in a row…