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CHAPTER 12<br />
CHAPTER 13<br />
Here is an excerpt from a planning<br />
template that can help you and<br />
your Beaver Scouts plan your<br />
meetings. You can find the full<br />
version at Canadianpath.ca.<br />
CUB SCOUTS—WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE<br />
“Now Chil the Kite brings home<br />
the night<br />
That Mang the Bat sets free<br />
The herds are shut in byre and hut,<br />
For loosed till dawn are we.<br />
This is the hour of pride and power,<br />
Talon and tush and claw.<br />
Oh, hear the call! Good hunting all<br />
That keep the Jungle Law!”<br />
(The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling)<br />
Cub Scouting is for youth ages 8 to 10. The theme of the Cub Scout program is<br />
inspired by The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling, in which a jungle wolf pack in India<br />
adopts an abandoned young boy.<br />
Youth of Cub Scout age come together in small groups called Lairs. Lairs are usually<br />
made up of six to eight youth. Collectively, Lairs make up a Cub Pack.<br />
The Canadian Path<br />
The Canadian Path involves:<br />
• A non-formal approach to learning<br />
• The seven components of the Scout Method<br />
• The Four Elements (Youth-led, Plan-Do-Review, Adventure and SPICES)<br />
• A balanced program in six Program Areas: Environment & Outdoors, Leadership,<br />
Active & Healthy Living, Citizenship, Creative Expression and Beliefs & Values<br />
• A journey of personal growth<br />
The Canadian Path and the Cub Scout Program<br />
1. NON-FORMAL APPROACH TO LEARNING<br />
Non-formal learning in Cub Scouts is the knowledge developed through youthplanned<br />
activities. Cub Scout activities are engaging, enjoyable, hands-on<br />
experiences. Learning by doing allows youth to develop a wide range of knowledge<br />
and skills by engaging in adventures, individually, in small groups and within larger<br />
groups. Youth progress to more challenging activities through these experiences.<br />
2. SEVEN COMPONENTS OF THE SCOUT METHOD FOR CUB SCOUTS<br />
All Sections in Scouting follow the Scout Method.<br />
• (Cub Scout) Law and Promise<br />
• Learning by Doing<br />
• The Patrol (Team) System in Cub Scouts is Lairs<br />
• The Symbolic Framework used is “The Jungle”<br />
• Nature<br />
• Personal Progression<br />
• Volunteer Support (Pack Scouters)<br />
138 SCOUTER <strong>MANUAL</strong>—A SCOUTER’S GUIDE TO THE CANADIAN PATH<br />
SCOUTER <strong>MANUAL</strong>—A SCOUTER’S GUIDE TO THE CANADIAN PATH 139
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