Webelos Fourth and Fifth Graders
Webelos dens are for boys who have completed third grade (or reached age 10). The Webelos den program is different from the Cub Scout den program. Everything in the Webelos Scout program is more challenging than what younger boys in the pack do. Webelos Scouts get to work on the 20 Webelos activity badges in 5 different groups:
Physical Skills
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Community
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Outdoor Activity
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Mental Skills
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Technology
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Webelos Scouts work on requirements during their weekly den meetings. Once a
boy learns a skill, he practices it at den meetings and at home on his own. His
family helps him at home. Webelos Scouts bring the projects they do at home to
the den meetings to show others, and to have the Webelos den leader approve
their projects.
When a boy has done the requirements for an activity badge, the Webelos den
leader or activity badge counselor, rather than a parent, approves most of the
activity badges. It takes three activity badges, including Fitness and Citizen,
to earn the Webelos badge.
Besides earning activity badges, Webelos Scouts can earn the compass points
emblem. This emblem is awarded after a Webelos Scout has earned seven activity
badges. For each four activity badges a Webelos Scout earns after that, he
receives a compass point—east, west, north, and south.
Arrow of Light
The highest rank in Cub Scouting is the Arrow of Light Award. Earning this rank prepares a Webelos Scout to become a Boy Scout. Webelos Scouts who have earned the Arrow of Light Award have also completed all requirements for the Boy Scout badge.
This award is the only Cub Scout badge that can be worn on the Boy Scout
uniform when a boy graduates into a troop. Adult leaders who earned the Arrow of
Light Award when they were young may also show their achievement by wearing a
special square knot on their adult uniform.
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