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Tiger

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Tiger is the first-grade rank, earned together with an adult partner. You'll explore nature, learn about teamwork, practice staying safe, and share your family's traditions. It's a year full of games, discoveries, and time with your den.

Why it's worth it

Tiger is the first-grade year, and it's still a year you share: your Tiger does every adventure with an adult partner. What changes is how much your child can lead. Tigers say the Scout Oath, take a den job, plan a nature walk, and start to explain their own ideas. It's a year of growing independence with a grown-up close by, and it sets your Tiger up for Wolf, when Cub Scouts begin doing more on their own.

Start this week

  1. Ask your den leader for the year's plan and mark the six required adventures and the pack's big events on your calendar.
  2. Begin with Bobcat: say a line of the Scout Oath together each morning until your Tiger knows it.
  3. Check your Six Essentials from last year, or gather them now, so your Tiger is ready for Tigers in the Wild.
  4. Read the elective list together and let your Tiger choose two, like Floats and Boats, Sky Is the Limit, or Good Knights.

Plan ahead: Start with Bobcat, since the Oath, Law, and sign come up all year. Save Tigers in the Wild, Fish On, and the water and summer electives for warm months, and line up Race Time with your pack's derby or regatta date.

Stay safe

  • Tigers do every activity with their adult partner. For swimming, boating, and bikes, check the pack's plan for buddies, life jackets, and helmets before you go.

Requirements · 7

Every official requirement and part, numbered to match Scouting America, in plain language. Sign off against the official wording (opens in a new tab).

  1. Requirement 1

    Bobcat

    Tip: Bobcat is about getting to know your den and the Scout Oath, Law, sign, and salute. Practice the Oath together on the way to meetings.

    For example: Practice the Cub Scout sign and handshake at breakfast, and say the Oath together in the car. By the second month, your Tiger might lead the den in the Oath at a meeting.

  2. Requirement 2

    Tigers in the Wild

    Tip: Tigers in the Wild is a nature walk with your Six Essentials. Find a favorite tree near home and visit it often.

    For example: Pick a nearby tree to visit through the year. On your first walk, your Tiger carries the Six Essentials, follows the Outdoor Code, and tells you how the tree helps birds, shade, and air.

  3. Requirement 3

    Tiger Bites

    Tip: Tiger Bites is about food, clean hands, exercise, and sleep. Help plan a colorful snack with all five food groups.

  4. Requirement 4

    Team Tiger

    Tip: Team Tiger is about rules, teamwork, and service. Choose a den job, like line leader or snack helper, and do it well.

    For example: Your Tiger chooses a den job like flag holder or cleanup captain, plays a team game, and helps the den sort donations for a food pantry.

  5. Requirement 5

    Tiger's Roar

    Tip: Tiger's Roar teaches personal safety. Practice what to do if you get separated next time you're at a store.

    For example: Watch the Protect Yourself Rules video at home, then make a plan together for what to do if you're separated at a store or fair. Practice it on your next outing.

  6. Requirement 6

    Tiger Circles

    Tip: Tiger Circles is about family faith traditions and kindness. Plan a small, surprise act of kindness for someone.

  7. Requirement 7

    Complete any 2 elective adventures

    Tip: Pick two electives that match what you love, like magic, boats, stars, or games. Your den may do some together.

    For example: A curious Tiger might pick Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical Mysteries and Sky Is the Limit. An active Tiger might pick Tiger Tag and Rolling Tigers. Follow your child's interests.

Talk about it together

  • What was the best adventure we did together this year, and why?
  • What job did you do for your den, and how did it help?
  • What is something you can explain to someone else now that you couldn't before?
  • When did you feel proud of yourself as a Tiger?
  • What are you excited to try as a Wolf next year?

Good questions to ask your den leader

  • Which adventures will the den cover together, and which should we finish at home?
  • When are the pack's campouts, derby, and other big events this year?
  • Is there a den job our Tiger could take on at meetings?
  • How should we let you know when we finish a requirement at home?
  • What does the den do differently for Tigers compared with Lions?

Helpful reads

For leaders & parents

  • Plan meetings that mix a required adventure with an elective so Tigers get variety and lots of movement.
  • Give adult partners simple take-home ideas so families can finish parts of adventures together.

People & places that can help

Pairs well with

Tiger adventures

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