New address for Cub Scout Talk

For reasons not fully understood, Yahoogroups deleted the Cub-Scout-Talk e-mail group in late November.

Fear not, the group administrators turned around and created a new on-line group for discussing all things Cub Scout.  They replaced the hyphens in the name with underscores and debuted http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cub_Scout_Talk/.

I have updated the listing in the Cub Scout Links.

Book Review: Cub Scout Leader How-To Book

Older cover - How-To Book

The Cub Scout Leader How-To Book is a wondrous resource for anyone working with Cub  Scouts.  It contains hundreds of ideas to use in den and pack meetings (especially when Plan B isn’t working either).  Den doodles, magic tricks, behavior incentives, fire building, the Cubmobile, skits, games, stories, crafts – it’s all in there!  Having this book handy can rescue a meeting gone awry and can help to plan meetings that Cubs will remember for years after.

For Scouters who like a paper book at hand, click here to order or stop by your local Scout Shop.
http://www.scoutstuff.org/cub-scout-leader-how-to-book.html

The current cover uses the 2010 design scheme, but Scout Stuff assures that the content is the same as the older How-To books.  Currently the price is $7.99, which is a bargain – my own copy has a price tag of $9.95.

For Scouters online, the book is available for free in Portable Document Format (.pdf) – all 288 pages.
http://www.scouting.org/filestore/hispanic/english/33832_WEB.pdf

Depending on your computer’s limitations, the document should be searchable, but the table of contents and the index are also available. 

The book is divided into seven main topics, with several sub-topics for each.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1.    Accentuate the Positive
2.    Crafts
3.    Games
4.    Outdoors
5.    Razzle Dazzle
6.    Special Pack Activities
7.    Cub Scouts with Special Needs
Resources
Index

Cub Scout New Leader flyers

National BSA provides four-page flyers to help inform new parent volunteers realistically about the tasks included in the position, what is expected during den meetings, and a resource guide.  Print and use these when recruiting new adults.

New Tigers Leader: http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/510-233.pdf

New Den Leader: http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/510-239.pdf

New Webelos Leader: http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/510-247.pdf