Tiger Cub rank Options

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The Tiger Cub program is for first-grade (or age 7) boys and their adult partners. There are five Tiger Cub achievement areas. The Tiger Cub, working with his adult partner, completes 15 requirements within these areas to earn the Tiger Cub badge. These requirements consist of an exciting series of indoor and outdoor activities just right for a boy in the first grade.

After earning the Bobcat Badge, to begin his path to the Tiger Cub Rank, a boy must do the following to earn the Tiger Cub Totem:

Learn the Cub Scout Motto: Do Your Best
Learn the Cub Scout Sign
Learn the Cub Scout Salute

Once he earns the Totem, to earn the Tiger Cub rank the Tiger Cub Scout must complete a Family Activity, a Den Activity, and a "Go See It" Activity in each of five Achievement Areas:

Making My Family Special
Where I Live
Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe
How I Tell It
Let's Go Outdoors
As he completes each Achievement, he is awarded a bead which is hung from the Totem.

He earns a WHITE bead for each required FAMILY Activity.
He earns an ORANGE bead for each required DEN Activity.
He earns a BLACK bead for each required GO SEE IT Activity.

Making My Family Special
1F - Family Activity
Think of one chore you can do with your adult partner. Complete it together.
Character Connection: Responsibility

1D - Den Activity
Make a family scrapbook

1G - Go See It Activity
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.

Where I Live
2F - Family Activity
Look at a map of your community with your adult partner.

2D - Den Activity
Practice the Pledge of Allegiance with your den, and participate in a den or pack flag ceremony.
Character Connection: Citizenship

2G - Go See It Activity
Visit a police station or a fire station. Ask someone who works there how he or she helps people in your community.

Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe
3F - Family Activity
a. With your family, plan a fire drill then practice it in your home.
b. With your adult partner, plan what to do if you became lost or separated from your family in a strange place.

3D - Den Activity
Make a Food Guide Pyramid
Character Connection: Health and Fitness

3G - Go See It Activity
Learn the rules of a game or sport. Then, go watch an amateur or professional game or sporting event.

How I Tell It
4F - Family Activity
At a family meal, have each family member take turns telling the others one thing that happened to him or her that day. Remember to practice being a good listener while you wait for your turn to talk.
Character Connection: Respect

4D - Den Activity
Play "Tell It Like It Isn't"

4G - Go See It Activity
Visit a television station, radio station, or newspaper office. Find out how people there communicate with others.

Let's Go Outdoors
This achievement is also part of Cub Scouting's Leave No Trace Award.

5F - Family Activity
Go outside and watch the weather
Character Connection: Faith

5D - Den Activity
With a crayon or colored pencil and a piece of paper, make a leaf rubbing.

5G - Go See It Activity
Take a hike with your den.
After completing the fifteen Achievements, the Tiger Cub is awarded the Tiger Cub Patch.

Also, after completing the achievements, the Tiger Cub can be awarded Tiger Track Beads, which are YELLOW disks attached to the Totem. One bead is awarded for each group of TEN Electives the Tiger Cub completes. A boy can work on both Achievements and electives concurrently, but he can't receive Tiger Track beads until he has earned the Tiger Cub Badge. Click Here to see the Tiger Cub Electives.