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Fun on the Run

Cub Scouts · Adventure, Required

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Fun on the Run is about taking care of your body. You'll learn about healthy food, clean hands, moving around, and resting. Good habits you start now can help you feel great every day.

Why it's worth it

Fun on the Run is about taking care of the body that carries you through every game, hike, and day at school. You'll learn the five food groups, how to wash away germs, how to move for fun, and how to calm down when you need to. These are habits you can use every day, and your whole family can do them with you.

Start this week

  1. At dinner tonight, point at each food on your plate and guess which food group it belongs to.
  2. Pick a song that lasts about 20 seconds, like "Happy Birthday" twice, to sing while you wash your hands.
  3. Make a list with your adult of three ways you love to move, like dancing, tag, or jumping rope.

Requirements · 4

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  1. Requirement 1

    Name the five food groups

    Tip: Look at your plate at dinner and name which food groups you see. Can you find all five in one day?

    For example: The five food groups are fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy. Make a pretend plate from paper and draw one food for each: an apple, carrots, bread, beans, and a glass of milk.

  2. Requirement 2

    Practice washing your hands and point out times when you should wash them

    Tip: Sing a short song while you scrub your hands. Talk about times to wash, like before eating and after the bathroom.

    For example: Scrub your palms, the backs of your hands, between your fingers, and under your nails. Then name times to wash: after the bathroom, before eating, after playing outside, and after sneezing.

  3. Requirement 3

    Be active for 20 minutes

    Tip: Play tag, dance, or ride a scooter for 20 minutes. Count it as fun, not exercise.

    For example: Turn 20 minutes into a game: five minutes of freeze dance, five of animal walks (hop like a frog, crawl like a bear), five of tag, and five of jumping jacks with your grown-up.

  4. Requirement 4

    Practice ways that help you rest

    Tip: Try slow belly breaths or stretching like a lazy lion before bedtime.

    For example: Try "smell the flower, blow out the candle": breathe in slowly through your nose, then blow out slowly. Or stretch tall like a giraffe and curl up small like a sleepy lion cub.

Places to visit

Ask an adult to set it up, and go with your family, den, patrol, or crew.

  • A grocery store or farmers market

    You can find foods from every food group and see how many colors of fruits and vegetables there are.

    How: Go with your adult and make it a game: find one food from each of the five groups before you leave.

Talk about it together

  • What is your favorite food, and which food group is it in?
  • When do you think germs get on your hands the most?
  • What way of moving makes you feel happiest?
  • When do you feel wiggly or upset, and what helps you feel calm again?
  • What is one healthy habit you want to keep doing every day?

Helpful reads

For leaders & parents

  • Add a short movement game to every den meeting so active time happens naturally.
  • Use a snack time to play a quick food-group guessing game.

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Tips, examples, and questions are ideas from experienced leaders, not extra requirements. Your unit leader or counselor decides when a requirement is complete.