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Bughouse Chess Game
Bughouse Chess Game One of the challenges of teaching chess to a group of Scouts is that you will probably have different proficiency levels in the group. Some of them will already know how to play the...
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Using Chess Notation
Using Chess Notation Both the Chess pin from the Cub Scout Academics and Sports program and the Chess merit badge for Boy Scouts have requirements related to using chess notation and recording chess...
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Atomic Chess Game
Atomic Chess Game This month I am featuring a chess theme. Do you think regular chess is boring? Then try atomic chess. In atomic chess, pieces don’t just capture other pieces, they explode! Both...
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Chess Terminology Scramble Puzzle
Chess Terminology Scramble Puzzle Earlier this month, I wrote about basic chess terms. So today I am presenting a word scramble puzzle to reinforce the meanings of some of those terms. This would make...
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Antichess Game
Antichess Game Do you feel like you always lose when you play chess? If you are better at getting your own pieces captured than capturing your opponents pieces, then Antichess is the game for you. In...
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Chess Pin for Cub Scouts
Chess Pin for Cub Scouts This month I am featuring a chess theme for Cub Scouts. If your Cub Scout has already earned the Chess belt loop from the Cub Scout Academics and Sports program, and he still...
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Tips for a Great Table Top Display
Tips for a Great Table Top Display Table top displays are a way to show off a hobby, collection, event, or other project. Or you can showcase your unit’s program. As part of the Hobbies Troop Program...
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BSA Bear Den Meeting Plans # 11 – The Past Is Exciting and Important and...
BSA Bear Den Meeting Plans # 11 – The Past Is Exciting and Important and Information, Please BSA provides den meeting plans for den leaders on the Scouting.org website. These plans are full of Bear den...
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Mathematics Pin for Cub Scouts
Mathematics Pin for Cub Scouts My background is in electrical engineering. I have always found science and mathematics fascinating. If you have a Cub Scout who is really into math, have him look at...
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BSA Webelos Den Meeting Plan 15 – Scholar and Artist
BSA Webelos Den Meeting Plan 15 – Scholar and Artist BSA provides Webelos den meeting plans for Cub Scout den leaders on the Scouting.org website. These meeting plans are full of Webelos den meeting...
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Language and Culture Belt Loop for Cub Scouts
Language and Culture Belt Loop for Cub Scouts Children like to learn what is different and what is the same for kids in other countries. Cub Scouts who enjoy learning about life in other parts of the...
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Collections Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
Collections Merit Badge for Boy Scouts If your Boy Scouts aren’t interested in the Coin Collecting merit badge or Stamp Collecting merit badge, maybe they will like the more general Collections merit...
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Reading and Writing Pin for Cub Scouts
Reading and Writing Pin for Cub Scouts My kids all enjoy reading. I often find them sitting in a quite corner reading a book. Cub Scouts who are interested in books and writing can earn the Reading...
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Law Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
Law Merit Badge for Boy Scouts Boy Scouts from our troop often earn the Law merit badge at a skill center at the historic Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis – a great venue to see how law has shaped...
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Computers Pin for Cub Scouts
Computers Pin for Cub Scouts Some kids today seem to be more proficient at using computers than their parents. For your Cub Scouts who know their way around a keyboard and mouse, there is the Computers...
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BSA Bear Supplemental Den Meeting Plan F – Jot It Down
BSA Bear Supplemental Den Meeting Plan F – Jot It Down BSA provides Bear den meeting ideas for den leaders on the Scouting.org website. These Cub Scout Bear den meeting plans are step by step guides to...
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Genealogy Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
Copyright Scouter Mom - A resource for adults and youth involved in Scouting Boy Scouts who enjoy delving into their family history can earn the Genealogy merit badge. There is a local LDS church...
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Journalism Merit Badge for Boy Scouts
Copyright Scouter Mom - A resource for adults and youth involved in Scouting The Journalism merit badge provides Boy Scouts who like to write or report the news with a way to investigate the various...
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BSA Arrow of Light Den Meeting Plan 13 – Communicator
BSA provides Webelos den meeting ideas for Cub Scout den leaders on the Scouting.org website. The thirteenth in the Arrow of Light series of Webelos den meeting plans covers part of the Communicator...
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BSA Wolf Supplemental Den Meeting Plan O – Say It Right
BSA provides Wolf den meeting plans for Cub Scout den leaders. Today’s plan is a supplemental den meeting plan in which Wolf Cub Scouts learn about language and storytelling to fulfill some...
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