Cub Scout Tiger Den Second Meeting Plans

Ready to embark on your second Tiger Cub Scout meeting with your Tiger Den? Hopefully you’ve been following along with our previous plans for your First Tiger Scout Den Meeting and our Tiger Scout Campout Plan. These two meetings are amazing and will help you set up your Tiger den for an excellent year of scouting. Our first Tiger Scout meeting helps Tiger leaders to build the foundation to control the chaos that can become Cub Scouts, while our Tiger Scout Campout meets ALL the requirements for earning Tiger Rank!

Welcome New Cub Scout Den Leaders

We are so excited that you have decided to help lead your scout’s den. This is an incredibly amazing opportunity for you and will help you scout to have the very best experience. In addition, your energy will carry over to the other Tiger Scouts and their families. However, getting started as a new scout leader can be a little overwhelming. Don’t worry, we are here to help!

Den Leader Responsibilities

If you haven’t already, be sure to set your Tiger Scouting year calendar. We walk you through the process and a few different areas to consider. It’s important to look at scouting as one piece to the entire picture for both scouts and families. Be sure to host your first parent meeting and discuss roles for each family to do to support your den.

To assist with your calendar creation, we have created two special Cub Scout resources posts that detail Tiger Scout meetings and Tiger Scout outings. Cub Scout Tiger Den Meeting plans provide some useful tools for the den leader. We break down the agenda for the new Tiger leader. In addition, we group some of the adventures together so that leaders can better plan their meetings. While the Tiger Scout outing plan looks at which adventures have outings and what outings are required to make rank.

Now that you’ve got your general calendar created and hopefully have some family support, it’s time to dive into your meetings. We start with an overview of the Tiger Scout meeting area. This post teaches how to best optimize your space for efficiency and ease for your cub scout program.

Tiger Cub Scout Uniform

Let’s take a moment to discuss the Tiger Cub Scout uniform. Most likely you will receive a lot of questions on the Tiger uniform. First, each scout should have a Class A and Class B uniform. The Class A uniform is a blue button up shirt, neckerchief, belt, and hat. Some scouts love to also have the Cub Scout pants. We highly recommend buy the blue uniform a little bigger, since scouts can wear the same uniform for five years. Each scout will also need to purchase the Tiger Cub Scout handbook. Each family will need to purchase these from their local Cub Scout Council shop or online.

The Class B uniform is more of a low-key dress. This is usually a Cub Scout Pack t-shirt and their Tiger Scout hat. We use these for many of our informal outdoor events and any messy Tiger Scout meetings. Sometimes Cub Scout packs will figure out the price for the uniform and handbook, then purchase all the needed Cub Scout handbooks and uniforms from the store, asking parents to pay the pack instead of each parent making a trip to the Cub Scout store.

A Note on Bobcat Rank for Tiger Cub Scouts

Your Tiger Scouts, even if they were Lion Scouts last year, will need to earn their Bobcat Rank this year. Bobcat Rank is fairly easy to earn but it can also be very dry. We try to incorporate Bobcat Rank into our Cub Scout Tiger den meeting plans to add a little more fun and excitement while working on these skills. To earn Bobcat Rank, your Tiger Scouts will need to complete 7 different steps.

1. Learn the Cub Scout Oath
2. Learn the Cub Scout Law
3. Know the Cub Scout sign and what it means
4. Use the Cub Scout handshake and know what it means
5. Say the Cub Scout Motto and know what it means
6. Do the Cub Scout Salute and know what it means
7. With parents, complete the How to Protect Your Children from Child Abuse: A Parent’s Guide in the Tiger Scout handbook.

We incorporate the beginning of each of the first six steps into this second meeting. Your Tiger Scouts will need more practice in the next few meetings, so plan to add in a few additional times to practice as a Tiger den and be sure to ask families to practice at home. Step 7 should be completed individually with the scouts family so each family can talk to their scouts at a level they feel comfortable. It’s best to never assume a child’s or family’s prior life experiences.

Second Tiger Scout Meeting Agenda

Phew! If you’ve made it this far, you’ve done so much all ready to creating a wonderful Tiger experience for your scouts. We will dive into our suggested Cub Scout Tiger Den Meeting plans to make planning easy for new Tiger leaders. This is our typical agenda that we follow each meeting to help everyone stay on task and keep our meetings to no more than an hour each week. See our Cub Scout den meeting agenda template below.

What Is a Den Meeting Plan and How Do We Use Them?

We love to create a den meeting plan for each of our meetings. A den meeting plan is just your scout meeting agenda that highlights each of your Cub Scout den meeting ideas so that your meeting runs smoothly. Our den meeting plan lists the Tiger Cub Scout electives or advancements we are focusing on at our meeting. We print one copy for each leader, an additional copy for the parent volunteer who is stamping books, and have a digital copy for any scout who misses the meeting.

On our meeting plan, we include a gather activity for scouts when they first arrive. Then we plan for our talk time so we can share all the important pack and den news. This is a great time for leaders to share advancement specific information that works best as a conversation. Next we like to plan some Tiger Cub Scout games and activities to get our scouts moving. We conclude our Tiger Cub Scout meetings with reminders and a home assignment for our scouts.

Before the Meeting, Assign Your Scouts A Task

As we will be diving into the Tiger adventure Earn Your Stripes, one of the requirements involves asking your Tiger scouts to each bring in 5 orange items. At your first Tiger den meeting, we suggest assigning this task to your scouts. However, if you forget, it’s okay to send a quick e-mail or text message to each family asking them to bring in 5 orange items to your meeting. Even if you did assign this at your last den meeting, you’ll want to send a reminder.

Some leader preparation is needed for this meeting. Type up and print out a copy of the Scout Law and Scout Oath in larger font. We use one color font or paper for the Scout Law and a separate color font or paper for the Scout Oath to make the activity a little easier. Then cut each into strips with one line per strip. We love to use this activity multiple times throughout the year, so if you can laminate each strip and recollect these from the scouts.

Prepare one extra cut up copy of the Scout Law for one of the activities. You may also wish to print signs for the Cub Scout Motto, Cub Scout handshake, Cub Scout sign, and Cub Scout salute to assist the scouts with these during the first activity. Be sure to print out a sign-in sheet so you know which Tiger scouts attend the meeting.

Tiger Scout Gathering Activity to Get your Den Started

As your scouts arrive, have them check in at the leader table. Each scout can drop off their Tiger Scout handbook and pick up the meeting reminder note. Introduce the Cub Scout handshake when you greet each scout. Every meeting one of our leaders stays near the table and practices the Cub Scout handshake as each scout arrives. Earning Your Stripes 4

Then hand the scout and their family an envelope. Inside the envelope are the strips of both the Scout Law and the Scout Oath. For the gathering activity, scouts will work with their adult partner to organize the strips to recreate the scout law and scout oath. Parents can offer support, reading the law and oath together, and slowly have their scout do this activity by themselves with less and less support. Scouts should keep practicing until you are ready to begin your meeting. Bobcat 1 & 2

Talk Time for Tiger Scout Den Meeting

We begin our talk time reciting the Scout Law and the Scout Oath together. In the beginning of the year, this is best to do as a call and repeat activity where one leader reads a line of the law or oath. Then your scouts repeat the line. Remind your scouts of your Cub Scout den rules from your Code of Conduct you created at your first meeting.

Afterwards, share any Cub Scout pack news, important dates, and other Tiger den notes. If your Cub Scout pack has a special ceremony for Bobcat Rank planned or Tiger Rank, you’ll want to share these dates and instructions with your families as soon as possible. In addition, if your pack has any sales coming up, be sure to share with your families the pack expectations and how-to for Cub Scout den sales.

Then we let the Tiger Scouts share their 5 orange items. Have the scouts place their orange items in a straight line in front of them. Start at one end of the line and let each of the scouts share their 5 items and why they picked their items. We like to do this rapid fire and challenge the scouts to share quickly so this takes less than 10 minutes. Earning Your Stripes 1

Tiger Cub Scout Activities for your Den Meeting

We like to plan for two to three activities for each den meeting. The activity time tends to be our longest time. Our gathering activity and talk time tend to be around 10 minutes, while our activity time is the bulk of our den meeting. Our Tiger Cub Scout Den meeting activities tends to last about 30 minutes.

Activity 1: Akela Says Tiger Cub Scout Game

Our first activity focuses on earning Cub Scout advancement for Bobcat Rank. We introduce the Cub Scout Motto, Cub Scout handshake, Cub Scout sign, and Cub Scout Salute. Take a moment to explain each to the scouts and what they mean. Then play a game of Akela Says with your scouts. If you are unfamiliar with Akela, Akela can be anyone who acts as a leader to the scouts. This is a game of Simon Says but our commands are limited to say the Cub Scout motto, show us the handshake, do the Cub Scout sign, and perform the Cub Scout salute.

This activity lets the scouts practice in a low pressure way and gives lots of practice in a quick 5 – 10 minute game. If a scout does the wrong directions or doesn’t wait for Akela says, ask them a Cub Scout question to continue on in the game. If the question is one where they are unsure, let them confer with their fellow Tigers before answering. This builds team rapport and helps your scouts to learn to trust each other. Bobcat 3 – 6

Cub Scout Motto

DO YOUR BEST

The Cub Scout Motto is to “Do Your Best.” This is something that most scouts will understand and be able to explain to their leaders, so let your scouts try. The key understandings that you want the scouts to walk away with are that everyone’s best may look a little different, best doesn’t mean perfect, and as you grow, your best will change too. If all your scouts do their best, your Tiger Cub Scout den will be a wonderful place for everyone.

Cub Scout Handshake

The Cub Scout handshake is a little different than a regular handshake. First, scouts need to learn to shake with their right hand. We use the index and middle finger a little differently for this handshake. Cub Scouts will make a fist, then stick out their index and middle finger on their right hand. The fingers should be touching. Using this grip, we shake hands with the other scouts.

These two fingers indicate that Cub Scouts help others and live by the Scout Oath and Law.

Cub Scout Sign

The Cub Scout sign uses the index and middle finger on the right hand. Your scouts will hold these up just like the quiet sign in school; the two fingers won’t be touching. Be sure scouts hold their arm up straight without bending their elbow.

Just like with the scout handshake, the two fingers have mean. For the scout sign, the index and middle finger represent the Scout Oath and Scout Law and the two ears of the wolf. Cub Scouts use the scout sign whenever they are saying the Scout Oath or Scout Law. They should also give the Cub Scout sign when they see a leader put up the scout sign, as this signals to the scouts that their Akela, or leader, wants their attention.

Cub Scout Salute

Again, we use our right hand when we do the Cub Scout salute. Just like with the handshake, use the index and middle finger on your right hand. The fingers should be touching. Then touch the extended fingers to your forehead above your eyebrow or to the brim of the scout’s hat.

We use this to salute the flag when the scouts are in uniform and to show respect to their den and pack leaders.

Activity 2: Good Knights Charades

Our second activity dives into the Scout Law. Using the extra copy of the cut up Scout Law, ask each scout to take one strip (or one line of the Cub Scout Law). Give them the task to determine how a knight would show this behavior. We like to have our scouts act out the knight using this behavior so the other scouts can guess. Set a timer for 2 minutes and ask the scouts to brainstorm with their adult partner. When the scouts return, have them take turns acting out the knight using their specific line of the Cub Scout Law. All the other scouts can try to guess which line the scout is acting out.

If you have less than 12 scouts, that’s okay. Leaders or adult partners can act out some of the lines as examples for the scouts. If you have more than 12 scouts, you can either pair some of the scouts up or print out an extra copy as the scouts will act their specific line out differently. Good Knights 1 & Bobcat 2

Home Assignment for Tiger Cub Scout Meeting

To complete the Earn Your Stripes Adventure, your scouts will need to do some work outside of the den meeting. Your scouts will need to demonstrate loyalty at school or in their community for one week. Earning Your Stripes 2 The scouts will also need to do a new task to help their family. Earning Your Stripes 3 Finally, to complete the Good Knights Adventure, your scouts will need to complete a community service project. Good Knights 6

These all work well together and help your scout get into the mindset of helping others. We love to make our community service project an outing and usually join in with the entire Cub Scout pack for this. However, scouts can also do community service with just their den or family. If you added the service project in to your Beginning of the Year Tiger Campout, you could have completed Good Knights 6 and Earning Your Stripes 6 already.

Final Notes on Earning Your Stripes and Good Knights Tiger Scout Adventures

We completed Good Knights 2 and 3 at our Tiger Scout First Meeting. If you haven’t worked on these two requirements, we highly suggest adding these early into the Tiger Scouting year. Good Knights 2 focuses on creating a Code of Conduct, which is really helpful for keeping your squirrely scouts behaving during meetings. Good Knights 3 works on creating a personal and den shield. We love using the den shield any time we go out with our scouts so they can easily find us. Good Knight 6 and Earning Your Stripes 6 could have been completed at the campout.

We added Earning Your Stripes 5 into the campout as well. While playing different games with our Tiger Scouts, we asked them to share how they played politely. Use our 1st two meetings and our campout plans helps you to earn both Good Knights and Earning Your Stripes elective Tiger Scout adventure.

Cub Scout Leader: Helpful Secret Hints

As a Cub Scout leader, we love to simplify our life whenever we can. A few quick tips to make the behind the scenes management a little easier, start with your Tiger Cub Scout meeting agenda. At the top of each agenda, write the specific Tiger Cub Scout advancements you will work on at the meeting. We like to include page numbers too. This helps leaders to keep track of which parts of the adventures you have completed and what your scouts still need to complete.

Ask parents to help out with the Cub Scout application. During the meeting, you can have your adult partners log in to the Tiger Cub Scout achievement tracker that you use. The families can enter in the Tiger Scout advancements that you are completing into the Cub Scout app at the end of each meeting. Then as a leader, you only need to approve the advancements.

If you have a scout who is absent, snap a picture of the meeting agenda and send it off to the family. This lets the family know exactly what they missed and should try to complete if they want to earn the Tiger advancement with the other scouts.

We appreciate it if you could take a moment and leave us a comment below letting us know if you found this meeting agenda helpful. Visit our October Tiger post for a Tiger Safe and Smart agenda or November Tiger post for Tiger Tales and Family Stories agendas. Looking for more Cub Scout ideas and practical solutions to real-life problems, be sure to subscribe to our newsletter below.

Hi, I’m Nicole.

Here at Creatingbutterflies we provide families with practical solutions to real life problems for everything parenting, scouting, dual language, and enjoying time outdoors. We are a family of 6 with 4 wonderful becoming bilingual children who loves scouting, camping, and hiking with their family. Mom is an educator and dad is a firefighter/paramedic.