recipients can use it in their pack activities. You may want to choose your winners in different ways each month—from a hat, draw names of those attending, mark name tags in a special way, or randomly place a tag under the participants’ chairs. Refreshments Knowing that a healthy snack or refreshing beverage awaits, may be just the incentive one needs to attend the roundtable. Sometimes simple is best. 2016 – 2017 CS RT PLANNING IS ISSUED!!! You can obtain a copy at the Roundtable Support page of the National Commissioner's page: Page 5 of the 2016-2017 Cub Scout Roundtable Planning Guide (CS RT PG) states – "There is an exciting new look to the Cub Scout Roundtable this year." With which I must agree. There have been very exciting changes in the CS RT PG for 2016-2017. The contents are summarized on the following pages. Be sure to get your copy and check it out -
CUB SCOUT RT SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS Per 2016-2017 Roundtable Planning Guide RT Program Pack Meeting Theme and Scout Law Point Roundtable Interest and Scout Law Point Pack Meeting Law Point Pack Meeting Theme Roundtable Scout Law Point Roundtable Interest Topic Oct 2015 Nov 2015 Courteous Cubs in Shining Loyal Family Involvement Nov 2015 Dec 2015 Cheerful Celebrate Friendly Working as a Team Dec 2015 Jan 2016 Obedient Cub Scout City Council Brave Recognition Jan 2016 Feb 2016 Reverent Passport to Other Lands Reverent Duty to God Feb 2016 Mar 2016 Loyal Our National Treasures Cheerful STEM Activities Mar 2016 Apr 2016 Thrifty Power Up Obedient Aqua Cubs Apr 2016 May 2016 Clean A Picnic with Pizzazz Clean Cub Scout Hiking May 2016 Jun 2016 Brave Roaming Reptile Alert Helpful Cub Scout Camping Jun 2016 Jul 2016 Trustworthy Let the Begin Kind Campfire Etiquette Jul 2016 Aug 2016 Friendly #CUBSCOUTS Courteous Enjoying Nature RT Month DL Breakout Topics WL Breakout Topics CM Breakout Topic Comm Breakout CS Leader
Oct 2015 Combined Session - Family Too Little or Too Much, Family Involvement in Advancement Nov 2015 Teams in your dens Den Less parents, Prep for teams in Boy Scouts The CM and the Pack Team The Pack Committee team Dec 2015 Recognition in Dens Recognition in Dens, Recognize leadership How to recognize youth & adults Recognizing Pack Adults Why, how, & when we recognize & adults Jan 2016 Combined Session - Duty to God Duty to God Adventures & religious emblems Feb 2016 STEM Adventure Rqmnts (Hands On) Discussion of STEM Nova & Supernova Awards STEM Adventure Rqmnts (Hands On) Discussion of STEM Nova & Supernova Awards Combined Session - STEM - Review STEM Nova and Supernova Awards on line. Then discuss Overview of CS STEM Nova and Supernova Mar 2016 Review Reqmnts for water realated Adventures Review Reqmnts for water realated Adventures Adv Rqmnts, BSA Swim policies and local swim areas Water Safety Aquatic Adevntures, Areas, Safety Apr 2016 Preparing for a hike Review Webelos Walkabout The CM and Den & Pack Hikes Hike Planning Various Hiking Topics for all levels May 2016 Combined Session - CS Camping BALOO Training, BSA Camping Rules, Types of Camps, Camp Logistics, Resources Jun 2016 Combined Session - Campfire Etiquette Part 1 - Etquette, Safety, LNT Part 2 - Program Material, Positive Emphasis, Resources Jul 2016 Nature is NATURE-al in Scouting Nature is NATURE-al in Scouting Combined Session - Nature Nature is NATURE-al in Scouting Safety, 2 Deep, Buddy System Overview of Nature is NATURE-al Cub Scout Adventures To Highlight at RT RT Month Tiger Adventure Wolf Adventure Bear Adventure Webelos Adventure Arrow of Light
Oct 2015 Family Stories Duty to God Footsteps Paws for Action Project Family Nov 2015 Team Council Fire Paws for Action Project Family Dec 2015 Jan 2016 My Family’s Duty to God Duty to God Footsteps Fellowship and Duty to God Duty to God and You Duty to God in Action Feb 2016 Backyard Jungle; Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical Mysteries; Sky Is the Limit Adventures in Coins; Air of the Wolf; Code of the Wolf; Council Fire; Digging in the Past; Germs Alive!; Grow Something; Motor Away Baloo the Builder; Forensics; Fur, Feathers, and Ferns; Make It Move; Robotics; Super Science; A World of Sound Adventures in Science; Build It; Earth Rocks!; Engineer; Into the Wild; Into the Woods Mar 2016 Floats and Boats Spirit of the Water Salmon Run Aquanaut Apr 2016 Backyard Jungle Paws on the Path Fur, Feathers, and Ferns Webelos Walkabout May 2016 Call of the Wild Bear Necessities Camper, Castaway Jun 2016 Tiger Theatre Call of the Wild Bear Necessities, Grin & Bear It, Roaring Laughter Jul 2016 Backyard Jungle, Tigers in the Wild Call of the Wild, Grow Something, Paws on the Path Fur, Feathers, and Bear Goes Fishing Webelos Walkabout, Into the Wild, Into the Woods
DEN MEETING TOPICS Remember – Boys want to be active!! See, too, that they earn awards (Never say GET. You get sick, you do not get awards – You earn awards. A little CD Philosophy). Big Rock Ideas – suggestions for Big Rocks that fit Interest Topics or seasonal activity. If years are next to an item (e.g. 13-14) that suggested Big Rock is in that Roundtable Planning guide and on-line at CHARACTER COMPASS DECEMBER - ADVENTURES with a CHARACTER COMPASS pointing to CHEERFUL: TIGER – Tigers In The Wild(Core) Floats and Boats (Elec) WOLF – Howling at the Moon (Core) Code of the Wolf (Elec) BEAR – Bear Necessities (Core) Roaring Laughter (Elec) WEBELOS CORE – Webelos Walkabout (Core) OF LIGHT CORE – None (Core) WEBELOS & AOL ELECTIVES – Adventures in Science (Elec) JANUARY - ADVENTURES with a CHARACTER COMPASS pointing to OBEDIENT: – Tigers in the Wild (Core) Floats and Boats (Elec) Rolling Tigers (Elec) WOLF – Call of the Wild (Core) Air of the Wolf (Elec) BEAR – Bear Claws (Core) Salmon Run (Elec) WEBELOS CORE – None (Core) ARROW OF LIGHT CORE – Scouting Adventure (Core) WEBELOS & AOL ELECTIVES – Aquanaut (Elec) THEME RELATED STUFF CELEBRATE RELATED ADVENTURES All Adventures are fun. – TIGER – Family Stories, Requirements related to family history could be turned into celebration items. (Elec) WOLF – Hometown Heroes, Requirement 6 (Elec) BEAR – NONE WEBELOS CORE – NONE ARROW OF LIGHT CORE – NONE WEBELOS & AOL ELECTIVES – Project Family, Requirement 2 (Elec) TEAM RELATED ADVENTURES All Adventures are fun. – TIGER – Team Tiger ALL (Core) Games Tigers Play Requirement 1a (Core) Tigeriffic Requirement 6 (Elec) WOLF – Hometown Heroes, Requirement 6 (Elec) Paws of Requirement 4 & 6 (Elec) BEAR – NONE WEBELOS CORE – NONE ARROW OF LIGHT CORE – NONE WEBELOS & AOL ELECTIVES – Project Family, Requirement 2 (Elec) Aquanaut, Requirement 8 (Elec) Sportsman, Requirement 3 (Elec) PACK MEETING THEMES AND PLANS
August Friendly If you are using a paper copy the link to all the Pack Meeting Plans is: UPCOMING MONTHS For December, the suggested Pack Meeting theme, CELEBRATE, emphasizes the Scout Law point, CHEERFUL. Month Year Theme CHEERFUL (Themes for Cooperation & Positive Attitude) January 2009 A-MAZE-ing Games September 2010 Cooperation January 2011 Positive Attitude September 2011 Cooperation January 2012 Positive Attitude September 2012 Hometown Heroes January 2013 Abracadabra September 2013 Amazing Games January 2014 Lights, Camera, Action September 2014 Under the Big Top January 2015 Yes, I Can Potential "CELEBRATE" Months 1964 Gras December 1964 Winter Festival April 1973 Fiesta February 1974 Mardi Gras December 1976 Winter Festival March 1986 Gras January 1991 Fiesta August 1995 Fiesta December 1998 Let's Celebrate February 2004 Fiesta! June 2006 Invent a Reason to Celebrate DECEMBER HOLIDAYS Months December 1939 Pack Christmas Party December 1946 Cub Scout Santa Claus December 1952 Old-Fashioned Christmas December 1956 Christmas In America December 1957 Holiday December 1962 The Magic of Christmas December 1963 Old-Fashioned Christmas December 1966 Yuletide Everywhere December 1974 Old Fashion Christmas December 1980 Happy Holidays December 1983 Giving Gifts December 1987 Happy Holidays December 1988 Holiday Magic December 1990 Giving Gifts December 1993 Holiday Magic December 1999 Holiday Magic December 2000 What do You do at Holiday Time? December 2007 Celebrations Around the World December 2008 Holiday Lights December 2009 of Art December 2012 Holiday Lights December 2015 Winter Wonderland For January, the suggested Pack Meeting CUB SCOUT CITY COUNCIL, emphasizes the Scout Law point, OBEDIENT. The core value highlighted next month is: June's point of the Scout Law, OBEDIENT, will use the theme, CUB SCOUT CITY COUNCIL. A SCOUT IS OBEDIENT A Scout follows the rules of his family, school,
and pack. He obeys the laws of his community and country. HOW DOES “CUB SCOUT CITY COUNCIL” RELATE TO THIS POINT OF THE SCOUT LAW? A Cub Scout follows the rules of his family, school, and pack. He obeys the laws of his community and country. At this pack meeting we will have a mayor, council members, and lots of commendations for the great work that each Cub Scout has done this month. Month Year Theme OBEDIENT (Themes for Respect) May 1962 The World Around Us November 1967 Around the World December 1973 Customs of Countries April 1978 The World Around Us December 1979 Customs of Other Lands 1981 The World Around Us July 1988 The World Around Us December 1989 Customs of Countries December 1994 Customs of Other Lands February 2001 Passports to Other Lands January 2007 Poles Apart December 2010 Respect December 2011 Respect December 2013 Passport to Other Lands Potential for CS CITY COUNCIL (Citizenship Themes) September 1960 Cub Citizens September 1972 Cub Scout Citizens October 1980 Cub Citizen July 1983 Stars and Stripes October 1988 Cub Scout Citizens February 2003 Uncle Sam Depends on You November 2010 Citizenship November 2011 Citizenship November 2012 50 Great States November 2013 Your Vote Counts November 2014 Give Goodwill December 2014 Stars and Stripes September 2016 To The Rescue See the of this pack’s Webelos Den at a City Council Meeting – BE UP TO DATE The Program Updates page has been regrouped. Since the CS Adventure is in full swing, the emphasis on getting ready for it has been reduced. The downloads are still all there. And great information about three new Cub Leader courses at next summer. There is a lot of information now on etting ready and implementing the changes to the Boy Scout program. Check it all out – stay current!! Same is true for Boy Scout Leaders!! CUBMASTER THOUGHTS Crabs in a Pot. Mark, Cubmaster, Pack 161, OLOPP (OLOPP – Our Lady of Perpetual Peace) Mark wrote and asked if he could depart from his usual because of a discussion he had with leader that wanted to leave Scouting. He told me, “We have all been here – sometimes dragging others up, sometimes being dragged up. Sometimes working to succeed, sometimes working to block others. This is a “Mark
(1-19) See Safe Toys and Gifts Month Spiritual Literacy Month Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking (TANYRSS) Universal Human Rights Month Worldwide Food Service Safety Month Write a Friend Month Week Celebrations: Tolerance Week: 1-7 1-7 Clerc-Gallaudet Week: 3-10 (First Week) National Hand washing Awareness Week:4-10 International Coelenterate Biology Week: 5-9 : 5-9 Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week: 4-10 Computer Science Week 5-11 Out Human Rights Week: 10-17 Halcyon Days: 14-28 (Always 7 days before and 7 days the Winter Solstice) (Week Before Christmas) : 12/14-1/5 16-24 17-23 It's About Time Week: 25-31 26-1/1 December Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days: 1 1 1 2 Try 3 4 – We hope you are on the "Nice" list 4 5 5 - The 21st Amendment ends Prohibition 6 6 6 7 Try 7 7 7 – Would you like some fairy floss? 7 8 8 8 9 9 10 11 12 12 13 Try 13 13 14 14 15 15 Make 16 16 17 Try 18 18 19 Make an 19 20 See 21 21 21
Utah National Parks Council Materials: Small Christmas Tree, paper, stickers, markers, glitter, etc. to make decorations Directions: As they arrive have the boys and their families make decorations to place on the Christmas Tree to be given to a family in need. During the Pack Meeting announce and talk about the purpose of the tree. That it is to be donated to a family in need with all your lovely, handmade ornaments adorning it. Christmas Cheer Song Match Utah National Parks Council Directions: Match the phrase with the song title. Lyrical Phrase Was a jolly soul Are you listening? In a one horse open sleigh No crib for his bed Let receive her King As they shouted out with glee The lights are brightly shining Now you say there’s no such thing as Santa Like the ones I used to know us some figgie pudding Sing, choirs of angels All is bright She didn’t see me creep He knows when you’re awake Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square Song Title I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer Frosty the Snowman Joy to the World Jingle Bell Rock Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Oh Come, All Ye Faithful Away in a Manger Silent Night Jingle Bells O Holy Night We Wish You a Merry Christmas Christmas Winter Wonderland Rudolph Answers: 1-C, 2-N, 3-J, 4-H, 5-D, 6-O, 7-K, 8-B, 9-M, 10-L, 11-G, 12-I, 13-A, 15-F, 15-E
emergency broadcast system. Had this been an actual emergency, you would have heard…” Cub Scouts scream in panic and run around waving their hands. 'We Have No Skit' Skit You can use as many Cub Scouts as you would like for this skit. Cub 1 walks up and slaps his forehead. Cub Scout 1: “Oh, no!” Cub Scout 2 walks up. Cub Scout 2: “What’s wrong?” Cub Scout 1 whispers into Cub Scout 2’s ear. Cub Scout 2: “Oh, no!” Repeat this for each Cub Scout only one Cub Scout is left. He runs up to the group. Last Cub Scout: “What’s wrong?” All Cub Scouts: “We have no skit!!!” Wolf Skits
sections, which involves higher level math than I felt like using… Step 2: your circles with colored penciles, if desired. Step 3: On the largest circle, make small pencil marks 3/8″ apart on the outside edge. You should end up with 27 sections. Detail is important in this step! This was where we got into trouble. We were trying to make three identical decoders. I had 28 sections on my first try, and Aidan had 24. Obviously, those two decoders were not going to be compatible! We figured out what we were doing differently, and we decided that I would make all of the outside pieces so that they would be the same. We had to start over on the large circles, and I made 3 with exactly 27 sections each. Step 4: Poke a hole through the center of the largest circle and the middle circle. Attach them with the fastener. The best way to find the middle of the circle is to use the compass. Then, use the ruler to draw a straight line from the paper fastener to each edge mark. Again, detail is important. You really want each of the sections to be equal in size, or your decoder will be difficult to use. Step 5: Write the alphabet on the outside circle and put a ? in the 27th section. For the middle circle, you can either write the alphabet in order or mix it up. Aidan wanted a random alphabet in the middle circle – I think it made it feel more secret! Then add the smallest circle to the decoder. To write a message: set the code. The post on Spoonful suggests setting the decoder where the “A” on the outside circle matches the first letter of the day of the
week. Aidan wasn’t wild about that idea. We thought of sending a “code word” along with each message and setting the decoder where “A” on the red circle matches the first letter of the code word. Or, come up with your own system! To write a message, find the letter you want on the outside (red) circle and write down the corresponding letter on the middle (blue) circle. To read a message, find the letter on the middle (blue) circle, and write down the corresponding letter from the outside (red) circle. The post on has additional directions for making the decoder into something that can be worn around your neck – kind of fun if you want to add that step! The Thomas Jefferson Cipher Wheel – Here’s an interesting tidbit from history… Thomas Jefferson created a cipher wheel which was used to send encrypted messages in a similar way. The wheel was made from 36 discs on an axle that could be turned to spell out a message. To encrypt the message, the sender would copy down any other row from the cipher wheel other than the intended message (which would appear to be nonsense). The receiver would line up the discs on his (identical) cipher wheel so that they matched the nonsense message and then turn the cipher wheel until they saw a row with the hidden message. Click here to read more about the – it’s quite interesting! You can also purchase a replica (that really works) from . BEAR Bear Adventure: Bear Necessities While working on your Bear badge, camp overnight with your pack. If your chartered organization does not permit Cub Scout camping, you may substitute a family campout or a daylong outdoor activity with your den or pack. Attend a campfire show, and participate by performing a song or skit with your den.