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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is a Cub Scout Bear but they don’t do much. They are doing pinewood derby next month and have random meetings every 3 weeks with all the grades K-5, but we have never gotten any patches.  I don’t know how they are supposed to be earning badges or adventures or whatever? I thought each scout needs to complete the grade’s assigned adventures. They don’t need to do this every year to advance and become an Eagle Scout after the final project? [/quote]

The badges and ranks for Eagle start when you join a Troop (5th grade or later).  A lot more independent work at that point.  Elementary is a good time to get used to and learn the skills needed at the troop level.[/quote]

What are the skills needed at the troop level that your expect them to be working on at this stage? I’m not from a Scouts family at all but DS is very motivated by badges, levels, and little trinkets, along with outdoorsy stuff, so I thought Scouts would be up his alley. [/quote]

NP, and a leader at our Scout Troop. We will welcome kids whether they were Cub Scouts or not, and teach them what they need to know ... but there are some things that they tend to catch on to more quickly if they did it as a Cub Scout.
- Basics of camping, how to set up a tent, being comfortable sleeping in a sleeping bag. In Cub Scouts, parents camp with their kids, but in a Troop, parents don't have to go at all.  So it definitely helps if the kids show up with a tent that they have helped set up before.
- Some basic tool and pocketknife safety - these are covered in Cub Scouts, we do them again as a Troop but it's easier if they've seen it before
- How to dress for the weather
- What to bring with you on a hike (water bottle, clothing layers, etc)

Again, these are all things that they can learn in the Troop, they'll just be a lot more comfortable the first year if they've been exposed to it before (whether that's through Cub Scouts or family activities).[/quote]

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