Closing One Year and Opening Another

Lots of international Scouting events happened to close out 2025! Podcast Topics Gear Recommendation: Always have a good sleeping bag for your overnight adventures , taking into account factors such as the weight and size of the bag, its temperature rating, and the weather you’ll be facing outdoors. News Stories JamCam 2025, over 2,000 young Scouts gather in Cali to celebrate continental unity 3rd Arab Parajamboree celebrates accessibility and youth empowerment Thousands gather for the 33rd Asia-Pacific Regional Scout Jamboree in the Philippines Croatian Scouts’ “Boranka” campaign wins Intercultural Achievement Award for Sustainability Scouts of Jamaica support Hurricane Melissa relief efforts Girl Scouts Cookie Season Is Here, and There’s a New Flavor to Get Excited About Gotta catch 'em all? Missouri Eagle Scout earns every merit badge in Scouting America program Scout leader celebrates five decades of service Discussion With no guests this week, Scouter Ken offers some thoughts on a three-meeting plan that will challenge youth to design a game. This can work with Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, and older youth as well. All you’ll need for supplies is some large pieces (or rolls) of paper, pencils, erasers, and pencil crayons or markers. First meeting: Just let the kids play games, and challenge them to keep playing games over the rest of the week until the next meeting. Second meeting: Start with a discussion about the elements of a game ; keep it to fifteen minutes at an absolute maximum. If possible, recall some of the games played in the previous meeting and show how these break up into the elements. Then, tell the youth to pick a game they already know, and to start changing elements bit by bit until they come up with a totally new game...and turn them loose with the supplies. Third meeting: Bring back the games the youth designed in the second meeting, and have them try and play through to the end. Encourage them to make any changes they need to in order to improve the flow (and the fun) of the games. Survival Tip: Hug a tree to survive !

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Closing One Year and Opening Another is an episode from Scouting Stuff You Should Know by The Scouting Stuff Team.

This episode is 00:31:18 long.

This episode was published on Jan 9, 2026.

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