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Cub Scouting

Youth of different ages have different ranks in Cub Scouting. As you go from Lion Cub (Kindergarten, or age 6) to Arrow of Light Scout (Fifth Grade, or age 11), you learn new things and new skills that you use to meet new challenges as you get older.

* Lion Scouts. Kindergarteners entering Cub Scouts will join as Lions. They work with their adult partner to complete adventures in order to have fun while earning their Lion Badge. Parents have a shared responsibility to lead adventures.
* Tiger Scouts. First-graders join a Tiger Cub den, where each Cub Scout works with their adult partner on the requirements to earn their Tiger Cub badge. Parents have a shared responsibility to lead adventures.
* Wolf Cub Scouts. Second-graders 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. Cub Scouts 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 kids this old have enough knowledge and skill to take on more of the work by themselves.
* Webelos Scouts. Youth in the fourth and fifth grades become Webelos Scouts. Webelos Scouts do more advanced activities to get ready to graduate into Scouts BSA.

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.