Tiger Cubs
Your boy is growing up fast. Just look at how quickly he outgrows his clothes! Ten years from now, he'll be 16 or 17 years old. Wow! As he is growing, you can give him something that can help him develop self-assurance as he builds respect for other people. And he and you will both have fun doing it.
This adventure with him begins with Tiger Cubs - a program of exciting indoor and outdoor activities just right for a boy who is in first grade and/or is 7 years old. You are there with him as his support and guide, but you don't do things for him. He will learn by doing things himself. And as he learns and grows, your relationship with him will grow, too.
At the end of the school year, he will graduate into a Wolf Cub Scout den. Later, he will be in a Bear den, and then he'll become a Webelos Scout.
Bobcat-First Rank
All boys, regardless of age, earn the Bobcat badge first by learning the Cub Scout Promise, Law of the Pack, handshake, salute, sign, motto, and the meaning of "Webelos". After the Bobcat badge, the boy works on requirements based on his age.
Wolf
A Cub Scout who has completed first grade (or is age 8) works on 12 achievements to earn the Wolf badge.
The founder of Scouting, Sir Robert Baden-Powell of England, based his ideas for Cub Scouts on a Rudyard Kipling book called Mowgli's Brothers. The story is part of Kipling's Jungle Books series and is set in India.
In the story, a young boy is separated from his family when his village is attacked by a tiger named Shere Khan. A family of wolves finds him and raises him. When the boy grows older, the family asks Akela, the great leader of the wolf pack, if he may join the pack. The pack council allows him to join so that they can protect him from Shere Khan and other dangers in the jungle.
Before he can become a Wolf Cub Scout, each boy must earn his Bobcat badge. He then begins the Wolf Trail, where he must complete a series of 12 Achievements to earn the Wolf badge.
Bear
A Cub Scout who has completed second grade (or is age 9) works on 12 of 24 achievements from four different thematic groups (God, Country, Family and Self) to earn the Bear badge. After he earns his Wolf or Bear badge, a boy may work on electives in different interest area's until he is old enough to begin work on his next rank. For every 10 electives a boy completes, he earns an Arrow Point.
In the story of Mowgli's Brothers, the young boy named Mowgli is brought before the Wolf pack council for a decision on whether he may join the pack. Akela the leader asks whether anyone will speak for the man cub. Baloo the bear, who teaches the wolf cubs the law of the pack, says that he will. As he grows older, Baloo teaches Mowgli the law of the pack and the secret words that let him talk to the jungle animals.
Webelos
When a Cub Scout has completed the third grade (or becomes 10 years old), he transfers to a Webelos den, led by an adult Webelos leader. The boy works on requirements for the Webelos badge, 20 activity badges, and the Arrow of Light Award (the highest award in Cub Scouting) which prepares him for Boy Scouting. The program emphasizes more independent work and individual responsibility on the part of each Scout, and differs in a number of respects from the Cub Scout experience of the younger boys Instead of working on achievements and electives, each Webelos Scout works to complete a series of hobby and career Activity Badges
The emphasis shifts from home-centered activities to a series of group-centered activities conducted by the Webelos den
Webelos Scouts are encouraged to participate in several overnight adult/son overnight camping trips and other activities that will prepare them for the Boy Scouts
Arrow of Light
Cub Scoutings Highest Award
When a boy earns the Arrow of Light or reaches 11 years of age or completes the fifth grade, he may graduate from Cub Scouting to Boy Scouting
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