The Tiger Cub Program

The Tiger Cub program is designed for First Grade boys and the ideas are geared to their level. They are also arranged to help the boy and his adult partner interact together in a positive way.

Tiger Cubs gives parents an opportunity to provide their children with a safe, structured, and nurturing environment. Tiger Cubs and their adult partners have fun together while developing closer family relationships. Scouting can provide positive, enriching experiences and activities to complement a child's formal classroom education. Scouting and education share the common goal of helping young people grow into self-reliant, dependable, and caring adults.

Tiger Cubs is a simple, fun, easy-to-operate program that helps a boy and his adult partner gain a better understanding of and an appreciation for the community environment in which they live, and even the world at large.

Tiger Cubs offers an opportunity for boys to enter the Scouting family at an important age. Research has shown that early involvement in values-based programs is vital to strong character development. The longer a boy stays in Scouting, the more likely he is to develop the values and skills needed to become an ethical and productive citizen.

The Tiger Cub dens are a part of the Pack. Tiger Cub dens meet once a week as a den, plus once a month for a “Go See It” activity, and they attend all pack meetings. There are Tiger Cub resource books and program helps available for the Tiger Cub Den Leaders, and a Tiger Cub Handbook for each Tiger Cub. Tiger Cubs introduces boys and their adult partners to the excitement of Cub Scouting as they "Search, Discover, and Share" together.

After earning the Bobcat Badge, to begin his path to the Tiger Cub Rank, a boy must do the following to earn the Tiger Cub Totem:

• Learn the Cub Scout Motto: Do Your Best
• Learn the Cub Scout Sign
• Learn the Cub Scout Salute

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ACHIEVEMENTS

Once he earns the Totem, to earn the Tiger Cub rank the Tiger Cub Scout must complete a Family Activity, a Den Activity, and a "Go See It" Activity in each of five Achievement Areas:

• Making My Family Special
• Where I Live
• Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe
• How I Tell It
• Let's Go Outdoors

This achievement is also part of Cub Scouting’s Leave No Trace Award.

As he completes each Achievement, he is awarded a bead which is hung from the Totem. 

• He earns a WHITE bead for each required FAMILY Activity.
• He earns an ORANGE bead for each required DEN Activity.
• He earns a BLACK bead for each required GO SEE IT Activity.

Remember, there are NO performance requirements for a boy. Simply participating and doing one's best in an activity constitutes completion.

After completing the fifteen Achievements, the Tiger Cub is awarded the Tiger Cub Patch. 

Also, after completing the achievements, the Tiger Cub can be awarded Tiger Track Beads, which are YELLOW disks attached to the Totem.  One bead is awarded for each group of TEN Electives the Tiger Cub completes.  A boy can work on both Achievements and electives concurrently, but he can't receive Tiger Track beads until he has earned the Tiger Cub Badge.