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Lion – Kindergarten
Pick My Path
Elective
Requirement 1

You Can’t Put It Back

Lion – Kindergarten
Pick My Path
Elective
Requirement 1

You Can’t Put It Back

Snapshot of Activity

Trying to put toothpaste back into the tube makes the connection that choices have consequences.

Indoor
2
2
2
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  • Travel size tube of toothpaste, one for each Cub Scout 
  • Paper plates, one for each Cub Scout 
  • Plastic spoons , one for each Cub Scout 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Set up the meeting location so Cub Scouts and adult partners can complete the activity together. 

During the meeting: 

  1.  Gather the Cub Scouts and adult partners and share with them that being a Cub Scout means that we try to always do our best to live by the Scout Law.  Explain that in this activity they are going to play with toothpaste.    
  2. Hand out the paper plates, spoons, and toothpaste to each Cub Scout.   
  3. Have Cub Scouts squeeze the toothpaste out of the tube onto the paper plate, trying to get all of it out. 
  4. Instruct the Cub Scouts to now try and put the toothpaste back in the tube using their spoon. 
  5. Share with the Cub Scouts that the tube of toothpaste is like our mouth and the toothpaste are the words that come out of our mouth.  Once we say something, especially something that is hurtful, you can’t take those words back. 
  6. Make the connection that there are things that we do in our life that we cannot take back.  When we are mean to other people we can’t take that back.  When we lie, we can’t take that back.  The things we do we can’t take back, so it is important to always think about our actions before we do them. It is also important to think about what we are going to say before we say it.

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Lion – Kindergarten

Catch a Lion by the Tic-Tac-Toe

Indoor
2
2
1

Play a game of Tic-Tac-Toe and discuss how choices have consequences in the game and in life. 

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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.