Webelos Scouts

1. Webelos Scouts Exciting Program ! Lisa A. Vroman – Troop 68, Windsor

2. Why worry about an exciting program now? • During the 4th and 5th grade years – our scouts have the opportunity to get involved with many more community programs • Make them see why scouting is just (if not more) important than sports • Hard to get a scout back after he leaves – so make him not want to leave

3. What is different about Webelos ? • Everything!!

4. Uniforms • Webelos are encourage to wear the khaki colors • Plaid neckerchief

5. Advancement Differences • No more beads • No more arrow points • No more “Quick Recognition” • Webelos earn: • “Activity Badges” • Compass Emblem • Arrow of Light

6. Webelos Dens • Begin to create a Patrol environment • Give the scouts more of a voice • Let them help to choose the schedule • Rotate leadership within the patrol • Refer to them as the “_______ Patrol” when they are recognized at Pack Meetings, etc.

7. Opening the meeting • Begin your Patrol meeting with: • Pledge of Allegiance • Cub Scout Promise • End your Patrol meeting with: • Scout Oath • Scout Law

8. Patrol Meetings • Patrol “Beads” {Reward} – • Preset what the reward will be – Build upon each full bottle • Indoor snowball fight • Make your own Sundaes • Pizza party • Small Empty Water Bottle & Beads • Each scout gets to add a bead to the bottle • Be Prepared – Uniform, Book, Assignment • Gathering Quiz – pull a card from the bag • Square Knot • Scout Oath • Scout Law • ETC.

9. Parents • Encourage the scout to have Patrol Leader(s) sign off requirements – not Mom or Dad • This helps get them ready for Boy Scouts

10. How long is this program? • Webelos is an approximately 18-20 month program for boys in 4th and 5th grades. • Bridge from Bear to Webelos in May/June of 2009 – begin Webelos I • Bridge from Webelos I in May/June of 2010 – begin Webelos II • Bridge to Boy Scouts in Spring 2011

11. Webelos Book • The Webelos Book covers the entire 20 month program – there is not a different book for Webelos I and Webelos II • Nor is there a book for Arrow of Light • Don’t be overwhelmed that you need to complete this book within 1 year (like, Tiger, Wolf and Bear)

12. Activity Badges • These are actually pins that are earned and placed on the Webelos Tri-colors • There are 20 Activity Badges that can be earned • Only 8 are required for Arrow of Light

13. Webelos Tri-Colors • This can be presented to a Webelos Scout upon the decision of the Pack/Den/Patrol

14. Academics & Sports Program • This is a great supplement to the Cub Scout Program – especially at the Webelos Level • Many of the Webelos Activity Badges have belt loops and/or pins as an option to meet the requirements.

15. Academics and Sports

16. Webelos Requirements • Record Keeping is the key to success! • www.bpcouncil.org • “forms” -> Cub Advancement • Create your own “quick recognition” • Use charts

17. Requirement #1 • Parent Guide

18. Requirement #2 • Be an active member for 3 months • This can be achieved early if you have an activity each month over the summer months

19. Requirement #3 • Know/explain meaning of Webelos Badge • The emblem is made up of a tan Scout badge with a blue "W," for Webelos, on it. It shows that you are moving from Cub Scouting to Boy Scouting.  

20. Requirement #4 • Know/explain 3 parts of the Webelos Uniform • Plaid Webelos Neckerchief • Webelos Cap • Webelos Slide • Tan/Khaki Colors • Blue Shoulder Loops

21. Requirement #5 • Earn Fitness, Citizen + 1 more Activity Badges

22. Requirement # 6 • Plan and lead a flag ceremony • Pack meeting • Community event • Flag Day at school • Veteran’s Day Service • Memorial Day Service • Resident / Summer Camp

23. Requirement #7 • Boy Scout • Scout Salute • Scout Sign • Scout Handshake • Scout Oath • Scout Law • Scout Motto • Scout Slogan • Outdoor Code

24. Requirement #8 • Faith • Know: Tell what you have learned about faith. • Commit: Tell how these faith experiences help you live your duty to God. Name one faith practice that you will continue to do in the future. • Practice: After doing these requirements, tell what you have learned about your beliefs.

25. Faith Continued… • Earn the religious emblem of your faith OR

26. Faith Continued… • Complete 2: • Attend the religious organization of your choice, talk with your religious leader about your beliefs. Tell your family and your Webelos den leader what you learned. • Discuss with your family and Webelos den leader how your religious beliefs fit in with the Scout Oath and Scout Law, and what character-building traits your religious beliefs have in common with the Scout Oath and Scout Law. • With your religious leader, discuss and make a plan to do two things you think will help you draw nearer to God. Do these things for a month.

27. Faith Continued… • For at least a month, pray or meditate reverently each day as taught by your family, and by your religious group. • Under the direction of your religious leader, do an act of service for someone else. Talk about your service with your family and Webelos den leader. Tell them how it made you feel. • List at least two ways you believe you have lived according to your religious beliefs.

28. Fitness Activity Badge • Requirement #1 – • With your parent, guardian, or Webelos den leader, complete the Health and Fitness Character Connection. • a. Know: Tell why it is important to be healthy, clean, and fit. • b. Commit: Tell when it is difficult for you to stick with good health habits. Tell where you can go to be with others who encourage you to be healthy, clean, and fit. • c. Practice: Practice good health habits while doing the requirements for this activity badge.

29. Requirements 2-8 {choose 6} • With a parent or other adult family member, complete a safety notebook, which is discussed in the booklet "How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse“ • Read the meal planning information in the Webelos Handbook. With a parent or other family member, plan a week of meals. Explain what kinds of meals are best for you and why. • Keep a record of your daily meals and snacks for a week. Decide whether you have been eating foods that are good for you. Consider talking with a Nutritionist about positive choices – understanding carbohydrates, proteins, etc. -> Local Hospitals, Health Department, Colleges

30. Tell an adult member of your family about the bad effects smoking or chewing tobacco would have on your body. • Tell an adult member of your family four reasons why you should not use alcohol and how it could affect you. • Tell an adult member of your family what drugs could do to your body and how they would affect your ability to think clearly. • Read the booklet Take A Stand Against Drugs! Discuss it with an adult and show that you understand the material. Consider asking – Drug Awareness Program Counselors

31. Citizen Activity Badge • Requirement #1 – • With your parent, guardian, or Webelos den leader, complete the Citizenship Character Connection. • a. Know: List some of your rights as a citizen of the United States of America. Tell ways you can show respect for the rights of others. • b. Commit: Name some ways a boy your age can be a good citizen. Tell how you plan to be a good citizen and how you plan to influence others to be good citizens. • c. Practice: Choose one of the requirements for this activity badge that helps you be a good citizen. Complete the requirement and tell why completing it helped you be a good citizen.

32. Requirments 2 – 8 {Do All} • Know the names of the president and vice-president of the United States, elected governor of your state, and the head of your local government. • Describe the flag of the United States and give a short history of it. With another Webelos Scout helping you, show how to hoist and lower the flag, how to hang it horizontally and vertically on a wall, and how to fold it. Tell how to retire a worn or tattered flag properly. • Explain why you should respect your country's flag. Tell some of the special days we fly it. Tell when to salute the flag and show how to do it. • http://www.scoutingweb.com/scoutingweb/Traditions/Patriotic.htm

33. Repeat the Pledge of Allegiance from memory. Explain its meaning in your own words. • Tell how our national anthem was written. • Explain the rights and duties of a citizen of the United States. Explain what a citizen should do to save our natural resource. • As a Webelos Scout, earn the Cub Scout Academics belt loop for Citizenship. At a Webelos den meeting, talk about the service project Good Turn that you did.

34. US Heritage Silver Award www.nationstrails.com

35. Citizen Activity Badge # 9 – 17 {Choose 2} • Tell about two things you can do that will help law enforcement agencies. • With your Webelos den or your family, visit a community leader. Learn about the duties of the job or office and tell what you have learned. • Write a short story of not less than 50 words about a former U.S. president or some other great American. Give a report on this to your Webelos den. • Tell about another boy you think is a good citizen. Tell what he does that makes you think he is a good citizen • List the names of three people you think are good citizens. (They can be from any country.) Tell why you chose each of them. • Tell why we have laws. Tell why you think it is important to obey the law. Tell about three laws you obeyed this week. • Tell why we have government. Explain some ways your family helps pay for government. • List four ways in which your country helps or works with other nations. • Name three organizations, not churches or other religious organizations, in your area that help people. Tell something about what one of these organizations does.

36. SCOUTING • There is “outing” in Scouting • Getting your patrol outdoors will help keep them involved • Looking to area groups for “speakers” • The same person all the time can lose their interest {especially if leader = parent}

37. Boy Scout Troop Involvement • By Spring of Webelos I • Start getting together with a nearby Troop for events/activities • Visit different Troops (if an option) • Cubs choose where they want to go – the whole pack does not have to move up together

38. Moving Forward… • Once the Webelos Rank has been achieved… • Compass Emblem • Arrow of Light • All 20

39. Keeping Scouts Involved Equals Scouts Keep Advancing

40. A Look to the future… • Webelos Activity Badges are a preview of many of the Boy Scout Merit Badges.

41. A Look to the Future continued… • Attending an Eagle Scout Ceremony can be a huge burst of inspiration for a Webelos Scout!

42. Resources • www.usscsouts.org • www.meritbadge.com • www.boyscouttrail.com/webelos • www.bpcouncil.org • www.nationstrails.com