Primarily for Cub Scouts

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Published: December 2009

by Trina Boice

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Being a Cub Scout is a lot of fun! Yet passing off requirements for both the Scout and Faith in God programs can require a lot work. But it doesn't have to. Popular author Trina Boice has created a useful resource that will eliminate the stress and confusion and help Cub Scouts pass of their requirements in a snap!

Stuffed with tons of ideas for leaders and parents, Primarily for Cub Scouts shows how to use activities to simultaneously pass off requirements for both the Faith in God and scouting programs. Helpful charts are included that make it easy to see which requirements can be filled. Inside you'll find

Fun and creative activities every Cub Scout will enjoy
Den Meeting do's and don'ts
Pinewood Derby tips
Blue and Gold banquet suggestions
Pack meeting ideas
Skits, cheers, and songs
Website resources

Cub Scouts, leaders, and parents everywhere will enjoy this fantastic helper!

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Helpful for new leaders, but has some errors

Margo, OR - January 03, 2011

I got this book because I am a long-time Cub Scout leader and have been considering writing my own book. It was full of good activity ideas to give Cub Scouts a spiritual focus. The hints on how to run a den meeting and pack meeting, how to plan and hold Blue and Gold banquets and Pinewood Derbies, etc., would be very helpful to a new leader.

Trina goes more into depth on the material in the "Faith in God Book for Boys" than any other resource I have seen. Many of us will be surprised at the number of ideas she has come up with to reinforce the ideas in the first few pages of the Faith in God book.

That said, I found a few errors in the book that gave me pause. At the beginning of one chapter it is stated "The Cub Scout goal is 'Do a good turn daily.'" "Do a Good Turn Daily" is the Boy Scout slogan. Cub Scouts are in training to become Boy Scouts, and certainly they do service, but to confuse the matter by including a Boy Scout slogan and stating that it is a Cub…