Lion's Honor requirements (Lion)

0:00 · 10 min

Gathering: pack the bag

Give the Scouts who arrive first something to do, so the meeting starts the moment they walk in.

• Spread the Cub Scout Six Essentials and four things that do not belong on a table by the door.
• The card on the table says: pick the six you would carry, and be ready to say why.
• As Scouts arrive they join in, so the ones who came early are never left sitting.

0:10 · 5 min

Opening

Flag ceremony, Scout Oath and Scout Law. The same five minutes every week, run by the Scouts.

• The denner calls the den to order and leads the flag ceremony.
• Say the Scout Oath and the Scout Law together. New Scouts read from a card and nobody makes anything of it.
• One sentence on tonight's adventure, Lion's Honor, and the one thing everybody will get done.

0:15 · 5 min

Talk time

Den business while everyone is still sitting down, and a look at what is coming.

• The two dates parents need: the next den meeting and the next pack event.
• Ask who already did part of Lion's Honor at home, and write the names down so it gets recorded.
• Take one question from the den. Answer it or say when you will.

0:20 · 12 min

Activity 1: Show the Cub Scout sign

Close requirements 1 and 2 of Lion's Honor.

• Do it once yourself at normal speed, then once slowly while you narrate every step.
• Put the den in pairs so each Scout practices "Show the Cub Scout sign" while their partner watches for the one thing that matters.
• Go round the circle and have every Scout show you once, in their own way.
• Mark it off as each Scout finishes rather than trying to remember at the end.
• Then requirement 2: put the den in pairs and have every Scout show you "Repeat the Cub Scout motto" once, in their own way.

Requirement 1 Requirement 2

0:32 · 12 min

Activity 2: Show the Cub Scout salute

Close requirements 3 and 4 of Lion's Honor.

• Do it once yourself at normal speed, then once slowly while you narrate every step.
• Put the den in pairs so each Scout practices "Show the Cub Scout salute" while their partner watches for the one thing that matters.
• Go round the circle and have every Scout show you once, in their own way.
• Mark it off as each Scout finishes rather than trying to remember at the end.
• Then requirement 4: run it as a game, one practice round and one for real, to cover "Show teamwork and good sportsmanship by playing a game with your den".

Requirement 3 Requirement 4

0:44 · 11 min

Activity 3: Participate in an outing

Close requirement 5 of Lion's Honor: Participate in an outing.

• Walk the route before the meeting and pick the two places you will stop to cover "Participate in an outing".
• Line the den up in pairs, check that every Scout has the Six Essentials, and set the turnaround time.
• Stop at both spots so every Scout gets a turn, not just the three who are always in front.
• Back at the door, ask each Scout for one thing they noticed, then mark the requirement off.

Requirement 5

0:55 · 5 min

Closing

End on time, and make sure every Scout leaves knowing what they finished.

• Cubmaster's minute: one short thought tied to what the den just did. Sixty seconds, no lecture.
• Read back what got finished tonight, requirement by requirement, so the Scouts hear their own progress.
• Send the den off with the den yell, and catch the parents who need to hear something at pickup.