Stories in Shapes requirements (Tiger)

0:00 · 10 min

Gathering: who helps here

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

• Put a sheet of butcher paper on the wall with the question: who helps our town run?
• Every Scout adds one job or one name as they come in, out loud, so the quiet ones hear ideas first.
• Leave it up through the meeting and point back at it in the closing.

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, Stories in Shapes, 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 Stories in Shapes 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: Visit an art gallery or a museum

Close requirements 1 and 2 of Stories in Shapes.

• Line the visit or the guest up a week ahead and tell them the den has fifteen minutes and one ask: "Visit an art gallery or a museum, explore an art website, or visit your library".
• During gathering, have each Scout write one question on an index card so nobody freezes.
• Every Scout asks their question, then the den thanks the guest in its own words.
• Then requirement 2: sit the den in a circle and take one answer each on "Look closely at pictures of some art with your den or a family member".

Requirement 1 Requirement 2

0:32 · 12 min

Activity 2: Create a piece of art on paper

Close requirements 3 and 4 of Stories in Shapes.

• Show a finished example first so every Scout can picture "Create a piece of art on paper, poster board, or canvas" 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.
• Then requirement 4: set the materials out on a second table and let them build "Draw or create an art piece using shapes" while you move between the two.

Requirement 3 Requirement 4

0:44 · 11 min

Activity 3: Use tangrams to create shapes

Close requirement 5 of Stories in Shapes: Use tangrams to create shapes.

• Show a finished example first so every Scout can picture "Use tangrams to create shapes" 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.