2024 – Mountain Lion

Scouting America’s current 2024 Cub Scout program.


Lion is the Kindergarten level of the Cub Scout program.

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Our Summary* of requirements:

  1. Demo what you do with each Cub Scout Six Essentials.
  2. Take a 20-minute outdoor walk, using the Six Essentials, and identify natural vs. man-made objects.
  3. Learn the S.A.W. (Stay, Answer, Whistle) method.
  4. Identify common animals in your area and classify them as wild or domesticated.

* – This summary is based off the Scouting America’s activity choices.

Scouting America Information and Details

Four requirements are needed to complete this adventure:

  1. Identify the Cub Scout Six Essentials. Show what you do with each item.
  2. With your den, pack, or family, take a walk outside spending for at least 20 minutes exploring the outdoors with your Cub Scout Six Essentials.  While outside, identify things that you see with your Lion adult partner that are natural and things that are manmade.
  3. Discover what S.A.W. means.
  4. Identify common animals that are found where you live.  Separate those animals into domesticated and wild.

Go to the Official Scouting America Mountain Lion page.

What is a good Den Meeting Plan?

Some of the older program den meeting plans can be adapted for the new 2024 requirements.

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