Following is a slightly modified version of the meeting minutes I sent to the parents for our latest Cub Scout Den meeting. As usual, names have been removed.
To start things off, a few of the Scouts had completed a number of home assignments and earned a second Tracking bead on their way to earning their Wolf Badge. Following is a list of all the home assignments and the achievements they correspond to:
- Healthy Habits Chart- Achievement 3a
- Emergency Contacts- Achievement 4a
- Family Fun- Achievement 10
- Duty to God- Achievement 11
- Making Choices- Achievement 12
In their notebooks we’d handed out earlier this year, their was a Healthy Habits chart as well as Emergency Contact worksheet to complete. I’ve also included some pdf’s of worksheets I made to help out with the other assignments.
There have also been a number of “lesser” home assignments related to things like chores, making their own breakfast, and doing the dishes.
After getting the administrative stuff out of the way, we played a little touch football outside to take advantage of the nice weather. All the Scouts enjoyed that. I played QB for both teams and miraculously, the game ended in a 6-6 tie (no extra points in touch football).
After that, the rest of the evening belonged to the Scouts. Everyone brought a collection to show and talk about for a few minutes. We got a chance to see Pokemon card collections, hockey card collections, a coin collection, a couple of rock collections, a crystal collection and a dinosaur collection. All the kids did a nice job of presenting and listening.
After last night, all of the Scouts have done enough to earn a 2nd tracking bead. Those Scouts who have also completed all the home assignments will have earned a 3rd tracking bead. With only 3 achievements remaining, I don’t see any problems with them earning their Wolf Badges this year.