Onward to the Webelos Badge

Greetings Webelos 1 Cub Scouts!

It is November and we have a goal to earn our Webelos Badges by the end of the year.  In order to do this we have been working on things in our meetings and you have been given assignments to do at home (the big paper packet).  By the end of the year you will have earned:

Citizen Webelos Badge

Citizenship Belt Loop

Athlete Webelos Badge

Fitness Webelos Badge

Physical Fitness Belt Loop

Communicator Webelos Badge
Computer Belt Loop

Artist Webelos Badge
Art Belt Loop
Communicating Belt Loop

Webelos Badge (awarded at the January Pack Meeting)

In most cases the belt loops have duplicate requirements to the badges.  That makes them very easy to earn.  Please know that Pack 31 only pays for a belt loop once.  So if you earned the Citizenship belt loop in previous years you won't get a second one.  It never hurts to review the information for a few minutes though.

I have broken each into its own page on the website and have linked to a page that tells what we have done, what we have left and the plan to complete it, and what you need to do at home.  

This looks like a lot but remember, we have done much of the work already at den meetings.  I've pointed out what you need to do for each item to make it very easy to finish your Webelos Badge.

Please be aware that you only have to complete the requirement.  You don't have to hand write out the information unless it specifically says so even if the packet has a place to do it.  A conversation with your Akela works great.

Be sure your Akela signs your handbook when you complete something.  Let me know if you have questions or need help.  

Please post in the comments (first name only please) that you have read this.  Not the parents.  The Webelos need to read this too.

Webelos Badge

Webelos Badge

As you complete each requirement have your Akela sign your handbook.  All of the answers are in the handbook.

1.  Have your Akela read the parent guide on pages 1-22.
2.  Be active for 3 months.
3.  Know and explain the meaning of the Webelos Badge.
4.  Point out 3 parts of the Webelos uniform.  Tell when to wear it and when not to.
5.  Earn the Fitness and Citizen badges plus one other from a different group.  Artist is the other pin we are earning.  Athlete is also in progress but it is in the same group as Fitness.
6.  Plan and lead a flag ceremony in your den.
7a. Demonstrate the Boy Scout salute, sign, and handshake and know when to use them.
7b. Explain the Scout Oath, Law, Motto, and Slogan.
7c. Explain and agree to follow the Outdoor code.
8.  KNOW, COMMIT, PRACTICE  Have a discussion with your Akela about faith.

Do 2 of the following:

• Attend church and talk with your religious leaders about your faith. 
• Discuss with your family and Den Leader how your religious beliefs fit in with the Scout Oath and Law.
• With your religious leader discuss and make a plan to do 2 things you think will draw you closer to God and do them for a month.
• For at least a month pray or meditate reverently as taught by your religious group.
• Under the direction of your religious leader do a service for someone else.
• List at least 2 ways you have lived according to your religious beliefs. 

Webelos Artist Badge

Webelos Artist Badge

We will schedule a date in December to complete this badge in one afternoon.

1.  Talk to an artist about the different occupations in the art field.
2.  Create a scrapbook/portfolio for your Artist Badge Projects
3.  Draw or paint an outdoors picture.
4.  List the Primary and Secondary colors and what happens when you combine them.
6.  Use clay to sculpt a simple object.
10.  Create a collage that expresses something about you.
11.  While a Webelos earn the Art Belt Loop

1. Make a list of common materials used to create visual art compositions.
2. Demonstrate how six of the following elements of design are used in a drawing: lines, circles, dots, shapes, colors, patterns, textures, space, balance, or perspective.
3. Identify the three primary colors and the three secondary colors that can be made by mixing them. Show how this is done using paints or markers. Use the primary and secondary colors to create a painting.

Webelos Communicator Badge

Webelos Communicator Badge

We will be working on the Communicator Badge in the coming weeks.

1.  Play the Body Language Game with your den.

2.  Prepare a 3 minute talk to your den on the subject of your choice.  This is a good one to prepare at home.  

4.  Identify and discuss as many different methods of communication as you can.  

5.  Invent your own secret code and send one of your den members a message.

10.  Guest speaker who speaks another language.

The following will need to be done at home and signed by your Akela.  Use safe computer practices.

11.  Using a computer, write a letter to a friend or relative.

12. Use a computer find 5 sites that interest you.

14.  As a Webelos earn the Computer Belt Loop.  #3 can be the letter from 11 above.  

1. Explain the parts of a personal computer: central processing unit (CPU), monitor, keyboard, mouse, modem, and printer.
2. Demonstrate how to start up and shut down a personal computer properly.
3. Use your computer to prepare and print a document.

Webelos Fitness Badge

Webelos Fitness Badge

1.  KNOW, COMMIT, PRACTICE

We have worked on these in class.  Discuss them with your Akela and have them sign your handbook.  

2.  Complete a safety notebook.  Page 19 of the parent insert in the front of the handbook as well as page 247 of the handbook have information.  Make this at home and have your Akela sign it when complete.

3.  Read the meal planning information in the handbook and plan a week of meals.  There is a form in the paperwork packet for this.  

4.  Keep a record of meals and snacks eaten for a week.  Discuss it with your Akela when complete.  See the paperwork packet for forms.

5.  Talk about tobacco.  We did this in class.

6.  Talk about alcohol. We did this in class.

7.  Talk about drugs.  We did this in class.

8. Read the comic book "Choose to Refuse."  I have sent this home with all of the Webelos.  Please read it and have your Akela sign your handbook after discussing it with them.  If you have lost your copy you can find it online here. 

Webelos Athlete Badge

Webelos Athlete Badge

1.  KNOW, COMMIT, PRACTICE: We reviewed these in our meetings.  Please complete the discussion with your Akela and have them sign your handbook when complete.

2.  Explain what it means to be physically and mentally healthy.  We reviewed these in our meetings.  Please complete the discussion with your Akela and have them sign your handbook when complete.

3.  Explain what you can do to stay physically and mentally healthy.  We reviewed these in our meetings.  Please complete the discussion with your Akela and have them sign your handbook when complete.

4.  Every time you work on the exercises in the book start with 5 minutes of stretching and warm ups.

5.  Do as many of the following exercises as you can and record your results.  Show improvement after 30 days.  We tested you in class and recorded your results in your paperwork packet.  We will test you again on November 25 on the following:  sit ups (curl ups), push ups, standing long jump.  Please work on pull ups and the quarter mile walk or run at home.

If you use the road in front of the school as your route for the quarter mile, start at 172nd Pl SE and go north to 168th St SE.  That is 0.3 miles.  You can use Google Maps to calculate the distance between two points near where you live to work on this as well.

6.  Vertical Jump with improvement over 30 days.  We will start this in our den meeting.  Practice at home.

7. Do a 50 yard dash as fast as you can and show a decrease in time over a 30 day period.

Webelos Citizenship Badge

Webelos Citizen Badge

1.  KNOW, COMMIT, PRACTICE

     We have discussed these in class.  Please spend a few minutes discussing them with your Akela at home and have them sign your book.

2.  Know the names of the President, Vice President, Governor, and head of the local government.  We will test your ability to identify them at our next den meeting.

President: Barack Obama

Vice President: Joe Biden

Governor: Jay Inslee

Snohomish County Executive: John Lovick

Mill Creek City Manager: Kenneth Armstrong

3.  Describe the flag and its history and show how to hoist, fold and display it.  We have done this in meetings and at Day Camp.  If you have not had a chance to do it since being a Webelos, please read the relevant section of your handbook and let me know.  I can help you with this. I have access to a flagpole too.

4.  Talk about respect for the flag.  We did this in our meeting.  Discuss it with your Akela and have them sign your book.

5.  Repeat and explain the Pledge of Allegiance.  We did this in class.

6.  Tell how our national anthem was written.  We did this in class.  Discuss it with your Akela and have them sign your book.  If you don't remember you can find the story in your handbook and here:  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-behind-the-star-spangled-banner-149220970/?no-ist

7.  Explain the rights and duties of citizens.  We did this in class.  Discuss it with your Akela and have them sign your book. 

8.  Earn the Citizenship Belt Loop as a Webelos.

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2. Develop a list of jobs you can do around the home. Chart your progress for one week.  We worked on this in class but you need to fill out the chart in your paperwork packet.
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4. Make a poster showing things that you can do to be a good citizen.  Please bring this to the next den meeting.
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6. Participate in a family, den, or school service project.  We had a school clean up last week and are doing a food drive this week.  You need to have participated in at least one of them.

14.  Tell why we have laws.  We will be doing this at the next den meeting. Think about it in advance so you can contribute to the conversation.

15.  Tell why we have government. We will be doing this at the next den meeting.  Think about it in advance so you can contribute to the conversation.