Is your unit busily planning for the upcoming Year in Scouting? If you’ve read my post, Cub Scout Leadership: Annual Pack Program Planning, you know that a unit calendar is an integral piece of your planning process. A “living document,” which is one that is regularly undergoing updates, is a great way to ensure your unitContinue reading “Customizable Pack Family Calendar”
Category Archives: ScoutBook
Cub Scouts: New 2024 Cub Scout Rank Tracking Google Sheets
The new Cub Scout program officially launches on June 1st, 2024, and with it will come a tremendous amount of planning for your upcoming Year in Scouting. Having been there, done that, I’m hoping my updated 2024 Cub Scout Rank Tracking Google Sheets will help unit leaders keep track of their Scout’s achievements (alongside ScoutBook,Continue reading “Cub Scouts: New 2024 Cub Scout Rank Tracking Google Sheets”
Scouting Tech: Bitmoji Scout Setting Expansion Winter Holidays!
See my original post, Scouting Tech: Bitmoji Den and Pack Meeting Settings, for the Base pack and Scouts Expansion pack, as well as a video tutorial to learn how to use Bitmoji! ‘Tis the season to be, well, a whole lotta things… jolly being at the top of the list! I have been blissfully and intentionallyContinue reading “Scouting Tech: Bitmoji Scout Setting Expansion Winter Holidays!”
Scouting Tech: Building Your Unit Website with New Google Sites
This tutorial teaches Scouters how to develop a Unit website utilizing New Google Sites. A Scout is a lot of things, as we all know. They’re all 12 Points of the Scout Law and so much more; and if this year is any indication of our enduring Scout Spirit, then I’d say with confidence thatContinue reading “Scouting Tech: Building Your Unit Website with New Google Sites”
Scouting Tech: Bitmoji Den and Pack Meeting Settings
Edited: 9/27/2020 to include a video tutorial!Edited: 11/7/2020 to include a link to Scouting Tech: Bitmoji Scout Setting Expansion Winter Holidays! By my count, it’s day 146 of self-isolation, and I think it’s finally sent me into the deep end. Units across the world are finding new ways of meeting online, and for some of us,Continue reading “Scouting Tech: Bitmoji Den and Pack Meeting Settings”
Pack-to-Troop Transitions: Final Reporting and Unit Transfers in ScoutBook
It’s finally happened. Those adorable Tigers (or Lions) of yesterday have completed the Cub Scout program and are bursting out of the nest, soaring toward their next big adventure. We usher them out in ceremony and are sometimes so distracted by the to-do lists and the emotions that we forget to wrap up the digitalContinue reading “Pack-to-Troop Transitions: Final Reporting and Unit Transfers in ScoutBook”
Cub Scout Activities: SCOUTStrong PALA Rank-Specific Scavenger Hunts
As of December 31, 2020, the SCOUTStrong PALA Award has been discontinued. The resources below will no longer help you to qualify for this award, but are still a great opportunity for adventurous Scouts to get out and enjoy nature! 3/3/22 Since my last post, Cub Scout Activities: SCOUTStrong PALA & the “Where in theContinue reading “Cub Scout Activities: SCOUTStrong PALA Rank-Specific Scavenger Hunts”
Cub Scout Activities: SCOUTStrong PALA & the “Where in the World is my Cub Scout Leader” Game
What is the SCOUTStrong PALA Award? Leaders familiar with the SCOUTStrong Healthy Unit award know that this special series of activities fit perfectly into the den setting. You can incorporate healthy snacks, water, and physical activities into just about every adventure and easily earn this special award as you go. In particular, my den enjoyedContinue reading “Cub Scout Activities: SCOUTStrong PALA & the “Where in the World is my Cub Scout Leader” Game”
Scouting Tech: Youth Protection in a Virtual World
This article includes references to the Cyber Chip, which retired in 2022. Cub Scouts are now referred to “The Protect Yourself Rules” video series found at https://www.scouting.org/programs/cub-scouts/preview-adventures/protect-yourself-rules/. It seems to me that social distancing has brought the world closer than ever, from apartment complexes in Italy and China singing in concert, to authors performing Facebook LiveContinue reading “Scouting Tech: Youth Protection in a Virtual World”
Cub Scout Activities: How to Run a Virtual Pack Meeting
The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Robert Burns Well, if you’re doing your part to flatten the curve by sitting on your couch and brainstorming all of the ways you and your Pack can Scout in these difficult times, welcome to the One Hour A Week Club. We’re starting campfires withContinue reading “Cub Scout Activities: How to Run a Virtual Pack Meeting”
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