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Tiger Rank

The Tiger Cub rank is for first grade (age 7) boys and their adult partners. Each Tiger Cub must have an individual registered adult partner, usually a parent or guardian. Each Tiger Den is organized by a “lead” adult partner called the Den Leader. The Tiger Cub Den Leader helps in coordinating the Den’s activities. Tiger Cubs work towards earning the Tiger Cub Rank Badge by completing 15 requirements, three types of activities in each of 5 different themes. These requirements are an exciting series of indoor and outdoor activities appropriate for boys in the first grade.  Tiger Cub Dens typically meet twice a month; once for a den meeting and once for a Go See It activity.

After earning the Bobcat Badge, a Tiger Cub 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

Achievements

Once a Tiger Cub earns the Totem, he can start working towards his Tiger Cub Rank badge.  To earn the Tiger Cub Rank Badge, a Tiger Cub must complete a Family Activity, a Den Activity, and a Go See It Activity in each of five Achievement Areas.  For each activity completed, the Tiger Cub earns a bead for their Totem: orange beads for Den activities, white beads for Family activities, and black beads for Go See It activities.  There are no performance requirements and Tigers complete activities and earn beads simply by participating in and doing one's best in an activity.  A summary of the required Achievements is listed below, but each Tiger Cub and adult partner should consult the Official Tiger Cub Handbook for clarification and more details on each item.
Making My Family Special
Den · Make a family scrapbook
Family · Think of a chore you can do with your adult partner and complete it together
Go See It · Go to a library, historical museum, old farm, or historical building, or visit an older person in your community.  Discover how family life was the same and how it was different many years ago
Where I Live
Den · Practice the Pledge of Allegiance with your den, and participate in a den or pack flag ceremony
Family · Look at a map of your community with your adult partner
Go See It · Visit a police station or a fire station.  Ask someone who works there how he or she helps people in your community
Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe
Den · Make a Food Guide Pyramid
Family · Plan a fire drill with your family, and then practice it with your family in your home; and then plan what to do if you become lost or separated from your family in a strange place
Go See It · Learn the rules of a game or sport, and then go watch an amateur or professional game or sporting event
How I Tell It
Den · Play "Tell It Like It Isn't"
Family · At a family meal, have each family member take turns telling the others one thing that happened to them that day; remember to practice being a good listener while you wait for your turn to talk
Go See It · Visit a television station, radio station, or newspaper office.  Find out how people there communicate with others
Let's Go Outdoors
Den · Make a leaf rubbing with a crayon or colored pencil
Family · Go outside and watch the weather
Go See It · Take a hike with your den

Electives

Once Tiger Cubs have earned their Tiger Cub Rank Badge, they can be awarded yellow disks for their Totem by completing various Electives.  The Electives can be completed at any time during the year, even before the Tiger Cub Rank Badge is earned, but the yellow disks can only be awarded after the rank badge is earned.  One yellow disk is awarded for each group of ten completed Electives.
1. Think of a time when your family celebrated something, and tell the den about it and how it made your feel.
2. Make a decoration with your family or your den. Display it or give it to someone as a gift.
3. With your family, play a card or board game, or put a jigsaw puzzle together.
4. Make a frame for a family picture.
5. Make a family mobile.
6. Along with your adult partner, teach a song to your family or to your den and sing it together.
7. Make a musical instrument and play it with others. The others can sing or have instruments of their own.
8. Invite a religious leader from your place of worship to your home or to your den meeting.
9. Help a new boy or girl get to know other people.
10. Along with your adult partner, help an elderly or shut-in person with a chore.
11. Help collect food, clothing or toys for needy families with your den or pack.
12. Make at least two cards or decorations and take them to a hospital or long-term care facility.
13. Using US pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, choose the correct coins to make various amounts.
14. Together with your adult partner, read a short story or a magazine article.
15. Mix the primary colors to make orange, green and purple.
16. With your den, show or tell about something you like to collect, OR tell your den about a favorite hobby or activity.
17. Make a model.
18. Sew a button onto fabric.
19. Learn a magic trick and show it to your family or den.
20. With your den, make up a PSA (Public Service Announcement) kit to tell people about Tiger Cubs.
21. Make a puppet.
22. With your family or with your den, have a picnic -- indoors or outdoors.
23. Find out what kind of milk your family drinks and why.
24. Help the adult who is preparing the family meal to set the table and clean up afterwards.
25. Make a snack and share it with your family or den.
26. With a toy phone, or a disconnected phone, practice making phone calls and answering the telephone.
27. Talk to your adult partner about what to do if these things happened:
   a) The adult who is caring for you becomes ill.
   b) You are alone with someone who makes you feel uncomfortable.
28. With your adult partner, check the batteries in the smoke detector in your home or another building.
29. Talk with your adult partner about when you should use sunscreen. Find out whether you have any in your home and where it is kept. With your adult partner, look at a container of sunscreen and find out whether it still protects you when you are wet. Also find out how long you are protected before you have to put on more. Look for the expiration date and make sure the sunscreen is not too old.
30. Plant a seed, pit, or greens from something you have eaten.
31. Learn about an animal.
32. Make a bird feeder and then hang it outdoors.
33. With your den or family, play Cleanup Treasure Hunt.
34. With your adult partner, think of a way to conserve water or electricity and do it for one week.
35. Play a game outdoors with your family or den.
36. With your family or your den, go see a play or musical performance in your community.
37. Take a bike ride with your adult partner.
38. Visit a bike repair shop.
39. Visit the place where your adult partner or another adult works.
40. Together with an adult partner, go swimming or take part in an activity on water.
41. Visit a train station, bus station, airport or boat dock.
42. Visit a zoo or aquarium.
43. Visit a veterinarian or animal groomer.
44. Visit a dairy, a milk-processing plant, or a cheese factory.
45. Visit a bakery.
46. Visit a dentist or dental hygienist.
47. Learn about what you can recycle in your community and how you can recycle at home. Learn about things that need to be recycled in special ways, such as paint and batteries.
48. Take a ride on public transportation, such as a bus or train.
49. Visit a government office such as the mayor's office, the state capitol building, or a courthouse.
50. Visit a bank.

Awards

In addition the Tiger Cub Rank Badge and Electives, Tiger Cubs can also receive awards for participating in certain activities. See the Awards page for more details.
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