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Lion – Kindergarten
Mountain Lion
Outdoors
Required
Requirement 1

Guess the Cub Scout Six Essential

Lion – Kindergarten
Mountain Lion
Outdoors
Required
Requirement 1

Guess the Cub Scout Six Essential

Snapshot of Activity

Play a game of charades to identify the Cub Scout Six Essentials. 

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  • Cub Scouts need to bring their Lion handbook, page 9 
  • Crayons, enough to share 
  • Cub Scout Six Essentials (recommend using small youth-sized items)
    • Filled water bottle 
    • Whistle 
    • Flashlight 
    • Sunscreen, hat, sunglasses 
    • Trail mix 
    • Small first aid kit 
  • 3” x 5” index cards – 12 cards 
  • Black magic marker 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Watch the four-minute video on the Cub Scout Six Essentials.  
  2. Take notes on the Cub Scout Six Essentials so you can explain the items to the den. 
  3. Gather Cub Scout Six essentials and four other items. 
  4. Using the 3” x 5” cards write one of the Cub Scout Six Essentials on each card creating two sets of cards with the Cub Scout Six Essentials.  These will be used to play charades.  
  5. Become familiar with how to play charades.  
  6. Prepare a place for Cub Scouts and adult partners to complete the activity on page 9 of the Lion handbook. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and adult partners and share with them that whenever we go outside there are six items we always want to have with us, these are called the Cub Scout Six Essentials. 
  2. Explain each item of the Cub Scout Six Essentials. 
  3. Have adult partners work with their Cub Scouts to complete the activity on page 9 of the Lion handbook. 
  4. Divide the den into two teams keeping Cub Scouts and their adult partner together. 
  5. Review how to play charades. 
  6. Keep the rules simple.   
  7. The first team picks someone to go first.  That person picks a card from the cards and looks at what is on it without showing it to anyone.  They then do their best to act out what is on the card.  Their team then tries to guess what it is in 2 minutes.  If they guess correcting in time they get a point.  If they don’t guess correctly in 2 minutes the other team goes. 
  8. The team with the most points after going through the deck of cards wins. 

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Lion – Kindergarten

Kim’s Game Cub Scout Six Essentials

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Play Kim’s Game to help Cub Scouts learn about the Cub Scout Six Essentials. 

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Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.