Parents,

Tiger Cub activities and advancements are meant to be done together. Please read the Tiger Cub handbook and work with your Tiger Cub on his advancement trail. Throughout the handbook you will see reference to Akela, which means "good leader" . As your Tiger Cub's adult partner, you are his Akela. You should initial your Tiger Cub's handbook as he completes the various parts along his trail and bring that to den meetings so that it may be recorded there. Also it is important to remember that there are no performance requirements for a boy. Simply participating and doing one's best in an activity constitutes completion.


The Tiger Cub Badge

Once a Tiger Cub earns his totem he can start work on his Tiger Cub badge. There are 15 requirements for the Tiger Cub Badge divided into three types of activities, Family, Den and "Go See It".
These are in 5 categories in each type of activity:

Making My Family Special
Where I Live
Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe
How I Tell It
Let’s Go Outdoors

A colored bead is awarded for each of the fifteen required activities, white for family, orange for den, and black for Go See It activities.

Below are the required activities. Please see the Tiger Cub handbook for additional details.


Family Activities

1. Think of one chore you can do with your adult partner. Complete it together.
2. Look at a map of your community with your adult partner.
3a. With your family, plan a fire drill and then practice it in your home.
3b. With your adult partner, plan what to do if you become lost or separated from your family in a strange place.
4. At a family meal, have each family member take turns telling the others one thing that happened to him or here that day. Remember to practice being a good listener while you wait your turn to talk.
5. Go outside and watch the weather.


Den Activities

1. Make a family scrapbook.
2. Practice the Pledge of Allegiance with your den, and participate in a den or pack flag ceremony.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
3. Make a Food Guide Pyramid.
4. Play "Tell It Like It Isn’t."
5. With a crayon of colored pencil and a piece of paper, make a leaf rubbing.


Go See It Activities

1. Go to a library, historical society, museum, old farm, or historical building or visit an older person in your community. Discover how family life was the same and how it was different many years ago.
2. Visit a police station or fire station. Ask someone who works there how he or she helps people in your community.
3. Learn the rules of a game or sport. Then, go watch an amateur or professional game or sporting event.
4. Visit a television station, radio station, or newspaper office. Find out how people there communicate to others.
5. Take a hike with your den.






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