What are the 10 things you wish your primary pres knew about Scouts? I've been thinking about it-- but if you've got this anywhere, can you please post it?

Does anyone have any great ideas on getting scouts to complete their Faith in God also?

It's so easy for the girls, but a lot of extra work for boys! Most of our boys are graduating from Primary without earning their Faith in God award! I'm a new Primary Pres. and would love suggestions!

Our Stake Presidency has asked the Stake Primary to do a Mini Camp Philmont. I would love to have the information on "10 Things You Wish Your Primary President Knew About Scouts." Is there any way I an get this? Thanks

We were having the same problem with our boys not earning their Faith in God Award. On the first week of every month we have a Faith in God activity for the boys. This replaces their scouts for the week. We have someone who is called as the "Faith in God for Boys teacher". This is all part of our cub scouts. It has been very successful.

Earning the Faith in God award has become a cinch in our ward since someone divided the program up and assigned portions out to each den. So many of them correlate with the Scouting program that they can easily include it in one of their monthly den meetings. And by the time they get to Webelos they are that much closer to earning their rank as well by completing their Religious knot requirements.

For Jeri,
How can I get a copy of the talk you referred to: "10 Things You Wish Your Primary President Knew About Scouts."

Thanks bunches,

Got a pack mtg coming up and my mom is in-charge of the wolfs and we need help coming up with jokes or riddles the theme is rain gutter regatta where can we get a list of them.

I would love to have a copy of the "10 things you wish your primary president knew about scouts."

Me too! If you are able to get a copy of "The ten things you wish your primary president knew about Scouts." I would surely appreciate it!!! (Having just been released as a Primary President and now a bear cub leader.) I'm SOOOO new to scouts that every little bit of information I can get will be so appreciated!Funny...I've served in EVERY other position possible to women in the church...EXCEPT scouts...and now here I am. Feeling kinda overwhelmed!

I also would like a copy of the 10 things you wish your primary leader knew about scouts. Our pres is new and so is the den mom and pack leader (and me too so I might not even have the right titles) and we could use all the help we can get with the program.
As far as the Faith in God book goes, one ward I was in, I was also in the Primary presidency and we had a night once a month where we got all of the 8+ kids together at one of the presidency's homes for some fun and to work on/check off two of those goals and of course we had treats. With the Primary leadership doing two goals once a month most everyone got things done and then even the less active families could let their children come and get things accomplished. I thought this was something the primary pres was supposed to do- but perhaps it was not in the manual.
Thanks for all your ideas.

I would like to jump on the bandwagon...could I please get a copy of the 10 things you wish your Primary Pres knew about Scouts, too? Thank you!

There is a great list someone has put together that shows which cub scout requirements correlate with which Faith in God. Many of them can be accomplished simultaneously. I think you can find it through the BSA site or lds.org ??? It has been a lifesaver for us.

I found a site that has the Faith in God listed along side correlating cub scout requirements! Woo hoo! http://pack152.net/FaithInGodPrimary/ FaithinGodPrimary.htm Hope that helps!

Can I add my name to get a copy of the "10 Things... " list? TIA-

]Can I add my name to get a copy of the "10 Things... " list?

I would also like the 10 things you wish your primary pres.knew. Thanks

Does anyone have ideas on how to teach the boys respect? Trying to keep the reverence theme in Primary in cub scouts too.

Take a look at the requirements for the new "manners" belt loop and pin. The character connection for respect also falls into a lot of the ideas from the "fun for the family" book, which could be incorporated into a den meeting.

I would also like the 10 things you wish your primary pres.knew. Thanks

I would also like a copy of the 10 things you wish your primary pres knew about Scouts. Thanks.

HAs anyone received a copy of the 10 things I wish my primary president knew about cub scouting? I would love to use this for my primary training this next month? Thanks so much!

I am a cubmaster and for this month's packmeeting we are awarding the 100 year Ribbons to the boys and I was wondering has anyone out there come up with a ceremony for this yet?

We have our Stake Leadership Training coming up, and I would like to see that "10 Things" list also. Has anyone seen it?

I need a cute (and cheap) thank you gift for our Cub Scout den leaders and our Cubmaster. Any ideas?

How can I get a copy of the "10 Things I Wish My Primary President knew about Cub Scouting"?

I see there are lots of ideas for tracking sheets this is the BEST I have found and have been using it for years. love it love it. http://trax.boy-scouts.net/cubtrax.htm

You can also find these posters at you local scout store. Only 1.99 great visual aid for the boys we put stickers on the achievements they have earned.

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"Does anyone have any great ideas on getting scouts to complete their Faith in God also?

It's so easy for the girls, but a lot of extra work for boys! Most of our boys are graduating from Primary without earning their Faith in God award! I'm a new Primary Pres. and would love suggestions![/quote][/quote]

I sent Melanie my year curriculum and I used the list you refered to. I made sure that the den meetings (we only have den meeting twice a month) will match up to the requirements. So many of the faith in god activities correlate that you don't need to have a separate faith in god activity day. Email me at shelleyrnash at gmail dot com and I'll be happy to send you my wolf, bear, and webelos den meeting plans that incorporate the religious knot emblem, faith in god, and the appropriate rank for each den. I also have a nicer looking copy of the faith in god requirements that match up to cub scout requirements which I've sent to melanie as well.

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I am looking for a cute and inexpensive ideas for recognizing and thanking scout leaders at blue and gold banquet. Any ideas?

I need some advice!! Im in the primary pres. and im over the scouts. My steak pres has been on me about scout and I dont know what Im supposed to be doing!! I do what im told but can someone please tell me where I fit in and what exactly it is im supposed to be doing?

Need LOTS of ideas for Arrow of Light Ceremonies. We have 2-3 boys earn this award every month. I want to make it fun and special for them every month.

Try contacting your district's OA (Order of the Arrow) leader. He can bring with him some other OA members and do an awesome program for you. Good luck.

Speaking as a Stk Primary President...attending Roundtable is always a great place to get help and support. Also, you need to talk to her and ask her for more training. She needs to spell out exactly what she expects from you.


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One of the requirements for cubs to get their Faith in God knot patch is to help plan a primary quarterly activity. Now that the new handbook doesn't have quarterly activities, do we know if the church has substituted anything else? I was going to talk to our primary and have my boys do something different for the primary, but didn't know if there was some official word yet.

I had this same question as well, and found the answer on the church website (http://lds.org/service/serving-in-the-church/ primary/for-parents-and-primary-leaders?lang=eng& query=primary+quarterly+activities). A different requirement has been subsituted since the quarterly activities have been discontinued.

We are having a MAJOR problem with our Bears being disrespectful and crazy wiggley in den meetings. Our den leaders are ready to throw in the towel. Does anyone have suggestions??

My Suggestion - Fine Motor, Gross Motor. In other words, have sitting and listening - 10 minutes, then moving and talking - 10 minutes. Before and during sitting/listening remind them that their chance is coming. Hope that helps.

:-) the new "Scouting Handbook for Church Units in the United States" is now available ONLINE ONLY. All Primary presidents, Counselors over Cub Scouts, and any other registered Scout Leaders in the LDS Church should be familiar with it. If your Bishopric or Cub Scout or Boy Scout committees or leaders aren't aware of this, please let them know.
Here is the direct link: http://lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/english/ pdf/scouting-handbook-2011.pdf?lang=eng
or you can go use the following links:
www.lds.org
Serving in the Church
Aaronic Priesthood
Leader Resources
Scouting
Scouting Handbook

Answer:
The church has also updated the the Faith in God Booklet to omit that requirement and to add the religous square knot to the requirement above that one that talks about reading the 12th article of faith. Go to lds.org, serving in the church, primary, Faith in God, and then finally adapting Faith in God.....you will get your answers... there are chages for the girls Faith in God booklet also.. hopefully new versions of the Faith In God Booklet will be printed soon..... Hope this helps.

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I found this book at Dessert Book store.
"Primarily for Cub Scouts by Trina Boice". This book has great ideas and helpful hints.

Does anybody have a sample scouting budget for LDS scouts? I need to put together a budget but I am not sure what exactly I need to budget for. I know basic things like the Pinewood Derby and the Blue and Gold but I am not sure how much to budget for den meetings, pack meetings and awards. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
mlcowan@hotmail.com

I am looking for some information I can give/print out to better help our new Primary President with the understanding of her and her counslers important role in Cub Scouts. Thanks, H. west51215@yahoo.com

I've been Cub Scouts for 3 years now and have used an AWESOME Webelos tracking sheet that was on here. My twins are now Webelos and I was going to print off the sheet for them but it no longer exists or the link is "broken".
Please help, this was the best tracking sheet I've found. Parents & leaders both loved it! This was the link...
http://downloads.sugardoodle.net/ Webelos_Path_to_Arrow_of_Light_NEW_TRACKINGfor_PDF .pdf

Kristi, is this the one you are looking for? http://sugardoodle.net/ Webelos_Path_to_Arrow_of_Light_NEW_TRACKINGfor_PDF .pdf

Kristi, is this the one you are looking for? http://sugardoodle.net/ Webelos_Path_to_Arrow_of_Light_NEW_TRACKINGfor_PDF .pdf[/quote]
Thanks Julie!!! That's it

I found crosswords on PBSkids.org to aid scouts with requirements 6 and 7.

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/alcohol/ print_crossword.html

http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/body/drugabuse/ print_crossword.html

I made my own word scramble for requirements 5.

Tobacco causes damage to every ______________ in your body. (rogna)

Tobacco causes many different kinds of ______________ . (ancecr)

College kids who smoke tend to have lower ______________ . (gareds)

Smoking increases the risk for ______________ illnesses, like major depression.
(tnemal)

More ______________ are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.
(daehts)

______________ ______________ smoke causes disease in and kills children and adults who don’t smoke.
(scenod hnad)

It takes a lot of help to pull off a pinewood derby. We had a brother in our ward put in a lot of time helping the cubs with their cars and with the track so we wanted to give him a special thanks. We had each boy color a printout of a derby car. Then we attached lifesavers for the wheels. The cars were then attached to a folded poster board. It was a giant thank you from all the boys.

Here is a link to pictures and more instructions. http://www.macayatplay.com/2013/01/a-wheelie-big- thank-you-card.html

Wow.What a site. Man this...AWSOME