Scouting, Volume 62, Number 3, March-April 1974 Page: 42
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CUB SCOUT
ADVENTURELAND
In order to help Cub Scout pack and den leaders in their
planning for the year ahead here is a synopsis of each of
the suggested Cub Scout program themes and activities
for the next 12 months, May through April.
Reproduce copies of this page for distribution to your
parents at the next pack meeting so they will know what
the monthly programs are. Ask parents to read the page
and write their names next to the themes and activities
they would like to help with — indicating first, second and
third choice. Collect these sheets and prepare a master
list, by themes and activities, of parents who agree to help.
(Return the sheets to the parents.) Use this list with the
committee to recruit parents' help each month.
MAY — KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL — Cub Scouts can
have fun taking part in conservation projects around their
home, apartment house, school, church or pack meeting
place. Conduct a bike safety clinic for your community and
hold a bike rodeo at the pack meeting so your Cub Scouts
can be better prepared to ride their bikes to see
America.
JUNE— FAMILY FROLIC-HONOR DAD — Hold a pack pic-
nic to start the summer program with family fun games,
contests, ceremonies and songs to honor Dad. Say
"Thanks" to other adults for making this fun program pos-
sible. Invite boys who are not Cub Scouts to bring their
families and take part in the fun of Cub Scouting. Have
dad-and-son trips to local sports events. Start your "Every
Cub Scout Learn to Swim" activity.
JULY — WATER FUN — Teach your Cub Scouts and Web-
elos Scouts to swim this month or to swim better in a full
den and pack aquatics program. Have fun with a den pic-
nic again this month around somebody's backyard pool,
motel or community swimming area. Use the safe swim
plan at all times. Build toy sailboats for a sailboat regatta^
Teach your boys water games.
AUGUST — MY HOME STATE — This is the month for
your boys to learn all about their-home state. Have your
parents get road maps of your state for use at home and
den meetings and learn all they can about reading a map.
Visit historic sites, museums, parks and zoos on a family
and den basis. Have your boys take imaginary trips over
old highways and historic trails to famous places in your
state of today and yesterday. On all den or pack trips, use
the buddy system.
SEPTEMBER — MUSCLE BUILDERS — This is physical
fitness month. Have fun with your Cub Scouts as you help
them develop their muscles and physical ability with feats
of skill and fitness demonstrations at home, den and pack
meetings. Play games and contests like those found in the
Activities section of the Den Chief's Denbook. Set up an
obstacle course and have the boys learn and do exercises
that will help build their muscles.
OCTOBER — LAND OF MAKE-BELIEVE — Cub Scouts
are creative. Help your Cub Scouts' favorite story charac-
ters come true at den and pack meetings through skits and
costumes. They can make Anderson's or Grimm's Fairy
Tales, Hiawatha, Paul Bunyan, all come to life at your pack
meeting through the imagination and magic of Cub Scout-
ing. Find out who your boys' favorite people are in the
"Land of Make-Believe," then guide them as they develop
their den skits for the pack meeting.
NOVEMBER — PILGRIMS — It's Thanksgiving time and
time to go back to 1621 when the Pilgrims observed their
first Thanksgiving. Here's another chance for becoming
somebody else — one of the early Pilgrims or Indians, who
helped the Pilgrims learn to live in a new land, America.
Encourage the parents to help their Cub Scout sons make
Pilgrim costumes or items that were used by the Pilgrims
350 years ago. Cub Scout skits are appropriate this month
also. Involve all the boys in a service project to do some-
thing for other people, an important factor in citizenship.
DECEMBER — OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS — Start
making decorations now for your Cub Scouts' home or
pack Christmas tree as you prepare your boys to celebrate
an old-fashioned Christmas with their families. It's a merry
time of the year, so have your Cub Scouts invite a friend
who isn't a Cub Scout to bring his family to your pack
meeting to see the fun you all have in Cub Scouting. Don't
neglect to help the Cub Scouts learn the real meaning of
Christmas as you play Christmas games and sing carols.
JANUARY — SPACE ADVENTURERS — No matter where
a Cub Scout lives, he can look up and out and become a
Space Adventurer. Plan with your boys to make things that
fly — a rocket for the pack meeting space derby or rocket
race, gliders, planes, parachutes, satellite models, space
helmets and astronaut costumes to wear at the pack meet-
ing. Arrange for family or den visits to a planetarium, ob-
servatory, museum, industry or airport, where spaceships
and rockets may be on exhibit.
FEBRUARY — BIRTHDAY-BSA — Everyone likes to go to
a birthday party! This month we celebrate the birthday of
Scouting — 65 years old — and Cub Scouting — 45 years
old. Each one wears his uniform and takes part in the den
and pack anniversary celebrations, religious services,
school programs, blue and gold dinners. Hold uniform in-
spection for correct uniform and insignia. Invite prospec-
tive Cub Scouts and their families to celebrate.
MARCH — CUB SCOUT CIRCUS — The most colorful and
adventurous circus in the world is your pack circus. It's fun
and excitement as Cub Scouts and parents prepare at
home and den meeting for the Cub Scout's part as a lion-
tamer, acrobat, strong man, clown, tightrope walker or
whatever your den will be doing at the BIG CUB SCOUT
CIRCUS. Start off with a Grand Parade at pack meeting.
Make sure every Cub Scout and Webelos Scout takes part
in this boy-centered fun and action theme. *
APRIL — CUB SCOUT NATURALISTS — Encourage your
Cub Scouts to plant some seeds, grow a plant or a garden
and learn more about the world of nature around them. The
more they know about the world of nature, the more they
can be at home in the out-of-doors. Help them learn about
birds, trees, flowers, frogs, insects and fish and how they
all contribute to a balanced world of nature. Take the den
to a city park, vacant lot, country woods and have fun in a
Cub Scouting outdoor conservation project, hike or fishing
trip (with the dads).
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