December 2020 Scouting@Home Program

Council Monthly Program Calendar
December 2020
Program Theme:		Winter Wonderland
Scout Law Emphasis:		Reverent
Date	Event/Resource	How to Access
	Monthly Theme Resource Guide	SAH Webpage Media Social
Cub Scout Program Items
	Recommended Cub Scout Pack Meeting
	Winter Wonderland	National PDF
	Recommended Cub Scout Adventures	DL Videos
	Lion: Animal Kingdom	DL Videos
	Tiger: Tiger Circles* or Family Stories	DL Videos
	Wolf: Duty to God Footsteps* or Hometown Heroes	DL Videos
	Bear: Fellowship and Duty to God*	DL Videos
	Webelos: Duty to God and You*	DL Videos
	AOL: Duty to God in Action Adventure or Project Family	DL Videos
	Virtual Den Chief’s Minute	Council YouTube
	Virtual Den Chief’s Minute	Council YouTube
	Virtual Den Chief’s Minute	Council YouTube
	Recommended Cub Scout Award
Scouts BSA Program Items
	Monthly Merit Badge Classes	SAH Webpage Social Media
	Snow Sports Merit Badge Course Notes Snow Sports Requirements
	Wilderness Survival Wilderness Survival Merit Badge lesson plan
	American Cultures
	Pathfinders Online – Video 1	Council YouTube
	Pathfinders Online – Video 2	Council YouTube
	Senior Patrol Leader’s Council Mtg.	Zoom/Virtual
	Recommended Scouts BSA Award
Special Events & Activities
December 9th	Scout Bytes: Merit Badge Technology How-To	Webinar
December 16th	Scout Bytes: Volunteering in a Socially Distanced World	Webinar
December 30th	Scout Bytes: How to Hold a Virtual Pinewood Derby	Webinar
January 6th	Scout Byes: Summer Camp Staff – Everything you ever wanted to know

 

Cub Scout Meeting Ideas

• Talk about winter fests in different cultures
• Maybe a virtual tour to Mosque and/or temple and ???
• Special guest from different culture
• Holiday Icebreakers
  • Does your family have any interesting Christmas traditions?
  • What act might land you on the naughty list?
  • What act might land you on the nice list?
  • What is the strangest Christmas present you ever received?
  • What one question would you ask Santa?
  • Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning?
  • What is your favorite holiday food?
  • What is your favorite Christmas flick?
• Holiday (Silent Night) Charades
  
  • Holiday movies, like Home Alone or The Nightmare Before Christmas (Act out the name or the plot.)
  • Carols and holiday songs, like Silver Bells or I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
  • Seasonal traditions like sleigh rides or mistletoe
  • Christmas characters like Mrs. Klaus or Frosty the Snowman
• Yuletide Pictionary
• Chubby Elf
  
  • Fill mouth full of marshmallows
  • Recite a Christmas story
  • Scouts guess the story
• Twenty Questions: Guess the Gift
  • Wrap up so scouts can see the size and shape
  • They can “shake it”
  • They can feel how heavy it is
• Holiday Reading:
  • The Night Before Christmas
  • The Polar Express
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • A Christmas Carol
  • The Nutcracker
  • – Consider making a “picture book” with PowerPoint so that scouts and “read along” or setting up a camera to view a picture book. 
• Name that Holiday Tune:
  • All I Want for Christmas is You
  • Feliz Navidad
  • The Chanukah Song
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing
  • The Dreidel Song
  • Rocking Around the Christmas Tree
  • Carol of the Bells
  • Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
  • Run Rudolph Run
  • Last Christmas
• Holiday Scavenger Hunt 
• Holiday-themed trivia 

 

Scouts BSA Meeting Ideas