My Tiger Jungle requirements (Tiger)

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, My Tiger Jungle, 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 My Tiger Jungle 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: With your parent/guardian or other caring adult

Close requirements 1 and 2 of My Tiger Jungle.

• Walk the route before the meeting and pick the two places you will stop to cover "With your parent/guardian or other caring adult (referred to in the handbook as "your…".
• 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.
• Then requirement 2: cover "Take a 1-foot hike" outside while you are already walking, rather than sitting the den back down.

Requirement 1 Requirement 2

0:32 · 12 min

Activity 2: Point out two different kinds of birds

Close requirements 3 and 4 of My Tiger Jungle.

• Put the answers where the den can find them: three stations, a set of cards, or a chart for "Point out two different kinds of birds that live in your area".
• Give the den five minutes in pairs to work it out, then bring the answers together on one sheet.
• Go round the circle so every Scout says one answer out loud in their own words.
• Then requirement 4: set the materials out on a second table and let them build "Be helpful to nature by planting a plant, shrub, or tree" while you move between the two.

Requirement 3 Requirement 4

0:44 · 11 min

Activity 3: Build and hang a birdhouse

Close requirement 5 of My Tiger Jungle: Build and hang a birdhouse.

• Show a finished example first so every Scout can picture "Build and hang a birdhouse" before they start.
• Set materials out at two or three tables so nobody stands waiting for the scissors.
• Move table to table while they work and ask each Scout to tell you what they are making and why.
• Give a five minute warning, then have every Scout hold up what they made and say one thing about it.

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.