Stronger, Faster, Higher requirements (Webelos)

0:00 · 10 min

Gathering: keep it up

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

• Put a beach ball or a balloon in the middle of the room and start a den count.
• The den's job is to keep it off the floor and beat the count from last week.
• Stop it the moment the opening is ready, mid-count, so it stays fun and short.

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, Stronger, Faster, Higher, 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 Stronger, Faster, Higher 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 you den or family

Close requirements 1 and 2 of Stronger, Faster, Higher.

• Show a finished example first so every Scout can picture "With you den or family, plan, cook, and eat a balanced meal" 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 2: read "Be active for 30 minutes with your den or at least 1 other person that includes both stretching and moving" out loud, work it in pairs, and mark it off as each Scout finishes.

Requirement 1 Requirement 2

0:32 · 12 min

Activity 2: Be active for 15 minutes doing personal

Close requirements 3 and 4 of Stronger, Faster, Higher.

• Read the requirement to the den in plain words: "Be active for 15 minutes doing personal exercises that include cardio, muscular strength, and flexibility".
• Work it in pairs or small groups for most of the block while you move between them.
• Bring the den back together and have each Scout tell you what they did.
• Mark requirement 3 off as each Scout finishes rather than trying to remember afterwards.
• Then requirement 4: read "Do a relaxing activity for 10 minutes" out loud, work it in pairs, and mark it off as each Scout finishes.

Requirement 3 Requirement 4

0:44 · 11 min

Activity 3: Review your BSA Annual Health and Medical

Close requirement 5 of Stronger, Faster, Higher: Review your BSA Annual Health and Medical record with your parent or legal guardian. Discuss your ability to participate in den and pack activities.

• Sit the den in a circle, or in small groups if you have more than eight Scouts.
• Read "Review your BSA Annual Health and Medical record with your parent or legal guardian" out loud and give the den ten seconds of quiet before anyone answers.
• Take one answer from every Scout. Nobody gets skipped and nobody gets rushed.
• Write the den's answers on a flip chart so parents can read them at pickup.

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.