Running With the Pack requirements (Wolf)

0:00 · 10 min

Gathering: tallest tower

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

• Put scrap cardboard, painter's tape and two pairs of safety scissors on the gathering table.
• The task on the card: build the tallest thing that stands on its own before the opening.
• Scouts join whichever table has room, so nobody waits alone for the meeting to start.

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, Running With the Pack, 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 Running With the Pack 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: Play catch with someone in your den

Close requirements 1 and 2 of Running With the Pack.

• Mark the play area and walk the rules through once, slowly, before anyone runs.
• Play one practice round and one for real so "Play catch with someone in your den or family who is standing 5 steps away from you" gets a fair try.
• Rotate teams between rounds so the same Scout is not last twice.
• Close with the sportsmanship question: what did somebody else do well tonight?
• Then requirement 2: cover "Practice balancing as you walk forward, backward, and sideways" outside while you are already walking, rather than sitting the den back down.

Requirement 1 Requirement 2

0:32 · 12 min

Activity 2: Practice flexibility and balance by doing

Close requirements 3 and 4 of Running With the Pack.

• Do it once yourself at normal speed, then once slowly while you narrate every step.
• Put the den in pairs so each Scout practices "Practice flexibility and balance by doing a front roll, a back roll, and a frog stand" 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 "Play a sport or game with your den or family, and show good sportsmanship".

Requirement 3 Requirement 4

0:44 · 11 min

Activity 3: Do at least two of the following

Close requirements 5 and 6 of Running With the Pack.

• Walk the route before the meeting and pick the two places you will stop to cover "Do at least two of the following: frog leap, inchworm walk, kangaroo hop, or crab walk".
• 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 6: set the materials out on a second table and let them build "Demonstrate what it means to eat a balanced diet by helping to plan a healthy menu for a meal for your den or family" while you move between the two.

Requirement 5 Requirement 6

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.