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| ====== Welcome to Scouting ====== | ====== Welcome to Scouting ====== | ||
| - | //If you have a new group of Otters or you scout on a yearly schedule as opposed | + | //This makes a great first meeting |
| * Opening Ceremony | * Opening Ceremony | ||
| * Name Game & Welcome New Scouts | * Name Game & Welcome New Scouts | ||
| - | * Sing Otters on a Cedar Log | + | * Read the Old Wolf's Story |
| - | * Demonstrate | + | * Teach the Timberwolf Law |
| - | * Talk about what scouting is and where it comes from | + | * Teach the Timberwolf Promise |
| - | * Who was Robert Baden-Powell? | + | * Teach the Timberwolf Motto |
| - | * Read a Book About Otters | + | * Demonstrate the Timberwolf Sign and Salute |
| - | * Talk about the difference between sea otters and river otters. | + | * Teach the Grand Howl |
| * Steam Off Game | * Steam Off Game | ||
| - | * Raft game: the leader calls out "Rafts of [number]" | + | * Wolves |
| - | * Build a Holt | + | * Learn about the History of Scouting |
| - | * Have the kids collect sticks and build a holt | + | * The three B-Ps |
| - | * Friends of the Forest and Snack Time | + | * The worldwide scouting movement |
| - | * Use Friends of the Forest to introduce the Otter Motto, Law, and Promise | + | * Review |
| - | * Ask the kids whether the otters in the story are sea otters or river otters. How do they know? | + | * Practice |
| - | * Steam Off Game | + | * Team Building |
| - | * Red Light/Green Light where when they get caught they are frozen until they say the motto/ | + | * Extreme Rock Paper Scissors |
| + | * Flip the Tarp | ||
| + | * Tenderpad Tests | ||
| + | * Investitures | ||
| * Closing Ceremony | * Closing Ceremony | ||
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| - | * [[sections: | + | * Timberwolf Handbooks |
| ===== Badge Requirements Covered: ===== | ===== Badge Requirements Covered: ===== | ||
| - | === Investiture | + | === Tenderpad |
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| - | * Learn a little about otters | + | |
| - | * Know a little about the Jones family from Friends of the Forest | + | |
| - | * Learn a little about the history of scouting | + | |
| - | * Say the Otter Law | + | |
| - | * Show the Otter Salute and Sign | + | |
| - | * Say the Otter Promise | + | |
| - | * Participate in an opening and closing ceremony | + | |
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| - | === Blue Activity Paw === | + | |
| - | * Learn the names of every otter in your den | + | * Explain what it means to enter the Pack as a Timberwolf. |
| + | * Recite from memory the Timberwolf Law, and explain its meaning | ||
| + | * Recite from memory the Timberwolf Promise, and explain its meaning in your own words. | ||
| + | * Demonstrate the Timberwolf Salute. | ||
| + | * Take part in a Pack and Six activity. | ||
| + | * Show that you know how to do the Grand Howl. | ||
| + | * Recite from memory the Timberwolf Motto, and explain its meaning in your own words. | ||
| + | * Talk with your Pack about the Baden-Powell Family, or the history of scouting. | ||
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