Cycling
Leader Minutes
Cycling
This leader minute will help Cub Scouts understand how cycling relates to the Scout Oath and Law.
Den or Pack
Both
Supply List
None
Set-Up:
None
Directions
Before the Ceremony
Leader: Raise the Cub Scout sign and wait for quiet and attention.
Then say, “As we close our meeting today, I’d like to share a final thought with you,” and read Leader Minute.
During the Ceremony
Have you ever heard the saying “It’s as easy as riding a bike?” People say that when they mean that once you learn to ride a bike, you can remember how to do it easily. You don’t have to think hard about balancing, pedaling, and all the things you think about as you are learning. At our den and pack meetings, we repeat things like the Scout Oath & Law because we want these things to become a part of who you are. We want them to be something you can do easily without really thinking about it. That is why we practice saying them and talk about the Scouting values like being trustworthy, friendly, and obedient over and over, so that these things become “as easy as riding a bike’” to each one of you.
