MANUAL

CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 13
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3. THE FOUR ELEMENTS
The Four Elements are essential components of The Canadian Path. These are
explained in great detail in Chapter 1. What follows is a quick refresher.
Youth-led: Cub Scouts decide on the Scouting activities they will do, supported
by Scouters. Cub Scouts learn to generate ideas for program activities within their
Lairs, and decisions on what activities are selected is done through a team of thirdyear
Cub Scouts, supported by Scouters.
Adventure: Cub Scouts explore new things, share new ideas, learn new skills and
create new paths.
These include:
Outdoor Adventure Skills Awards: The Outdoor Adventure Skills are in nine
areas with nine stages in each. The youth continue to progress through these
awards as they move from Section to Section.
Personal Achievement Badges: These are defined by each youth, emphasizing the
youth’s own interests and creativity. They build skills in the Plan-Do-Review cycle.
Top Section Award: Each Section has a Top Section Award through which youth
demonstrate excellence in Scouting along specific criteria. The Cub Scout award is
called the Seeonee Award.
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Plan-Do-Review 1 : This is the three-step process that guides all activities in the
Cub Scout program.
SPICES 2 : SPICES are the six dimensions of personal developments that Cub Scouts
can explore and develop through their Adventures. Cub Scouts are guided in their
SPICES growth through reviewing completed Adventures. The six SPICES are: Social,
Physical, Intellectual, Character, Emotional and Spiritual.
4. A BALANCED PROGRAM IN SIX PROGRAM AREAS 3
Cub Scouts use the Jungle Map when choosing adventures. The Jungle Map helps
them visit each of the six Program Areas throughout the year. These six areas are
spread over several spots on the Jungle Map.
• Bagheera’s Hunting Grounds relates to Environment
• The Red Flower Camp relates to Outdoors
• Council Rock relates to Leadership
• The Swinging Bridge relates to Active & Healthy Living
• Elephant Turf relates to Citizenship
• Monkey City relates to Creative Expression
• Baloo’s Cave relates to Beliefs & Values
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The Jungle: The Cub Scout Symbolic Framework
LAIRS AND THE CUB PACK 1
You already know that a small group of Cub Scouts makes a Lair and that the Lairs form
a Pack. As a Scouter, you are also part of the Pack and are known as a Pack Scouter!
Each Lair is comprised of a mixture of the three age groups (grade levels) of Cub
Scouts so that everyone can learn from each other. The Cub Scouts pick a name for
their Lair. All the members of the Lair may wear a colour patch on the right sleeve of
their uniform. While Lairs may be named by the patch colour, the Lair name is up to
the creativity of the Lair.
THE SIX PROGRAM AREAS
1. Environment & Outdoors
2. Leadership
3. Active & Healthy Living
4. Citizenship
5. Creative Expression
6. Beliefs & Values
And in keeping with the Jungle Book theme, Cub Scouts have a village on the map.
This place on the map relates to linking with other Scouting Sections.
In keeping with the Jungle Book theme, each age group (grade level) of Cub Scouts
is named for a wolf characteristic. Grade 3 Cub Scouts are Runners, Grade 4 Cub
Scouts are Trackers and the Grade 5 youth are Howlers. A youth who wishes to join
Cub Scouts would start at the same level as their grade peers, regardless of when they
join. Scouters will be sensitive to the individual needs of youth who are in a grade not
consistent with their age group. Youth will always progress to the next level of
Cub Scouts.
All Cub Scouts wear a neckerchief (necker) held together with a “woggle”, which is
a cloth strip that hold the ends of the necker together. Each woggle has “whiskers”.
Runners have one line (whisker), Trackers have two and Howlers have three.
5. A PERSONAL JOURNEY OF GROWTH
The development of each Cub Scout is unique. Although they share adventures,
what Cub Scouts learn depends on the individual. Over the three years of the Cub
Scout program, there are many opportunities for personal growth in a variety of
areas. There are many ways to challenge Cub Scouts on their Scouting journey.
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