By joining the Cub Scouts, you've taken your first step on the Scouting trail.
Many people stay in Scouting, one way or another, for many years. Some stay
for a lifetime.
Cub Scouting
Boys of different ages have different ranks in Cub Scouting. As you go from
Tiger Cub (age 7) to Webelos Scout (age 10), you learn new things and new skills
that you use to meet new challenges as you get older.
- Tiger Cubs. First-grade boys join a Tiger Cub den, where
each boy works with an adult partner on the requirements to earn
his Tiger Cub badge.
- Wolf Cub Scouts. Second-grade boys graduate into a Wolf
den. They go to weekly den meetings on their own, but their
families still help them work on the requirements for the Wolf
badge.
- Bear Cub Scouts. Boys in the third grade are members of
a Bear den. They also work with their families to do the
requirements for the Bear badge, but boys this old have enough
knowledge and skill to take on more of the work by themselves.
- Webelos Scouts. Boys in the fourth and fifth grades
become Webelos Scouts. Webelos Scouts do more advanced activities
to get ready to graduate into Boy Scouting.
Where you begin in Cub Scouting depends on your age at the time you join.
If you join when you're in first grade, you will begin as a Tiger Cub. If you
do not join until the third grade, you'll begin as a Bear Cub Scout. You won't
have to go back and earn the Tiger Cub and Wolf badges.