Let’s face it, laughing makes you feel good, and it can be more contagious than a cold! With just a smile, you can meet a new friend, make someone else smile, or create a happy feeling in yourself and others.
Rationale for Adventure
Laughing provides many health benefits. From attracting others to enhancing teamwork, laughing improves alertness, creativity, and memory. Providing Bear Cub Scouts an opportunity to share in their laughter will foster a bond in the den and family activities, strengthening their relationship with each other.
Requirements
Complete at least four of the following:
- Think about what makes you laugh. Write down three things that make you laugh.
- Practice reading tongue twisters.
- Create your own short story. Remove some nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs from the story, leaving blanks. Without telling the story, have a friend insert his or her own nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in the story you created.
- With a partner, play a game that makes you laugh.
- Share a few jokes with members of your den to make them laugh.
- Practice at least two run-ons with your den, and perform them at a pack meeting or campfire program.
Takeaways for Cub Scouts
- Health benefits of laughter (releasing stress, relaxing muscles, boosting immune system, easing anxiety and fear)
- Learning social skills and how to diffuse conflict in a group
- Practicing respect for others, being courteous, and following directions
- A Scout is cheerful
Historical Requirements
2015 Handbook Requirements
Bear Handbook, page 230
Bear Den Leader Guide, page 155
Bear Elective Adventures: Roaring Laughter
- Think about what makes you laugh. Write down three things that make you laugh.
- Practice reading tongue twisters.
- Create your own short story. Remove some nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs from the story, leaving blanks. Without telling the story, have a friend insert his or her own nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in the story you created.
- With a partner, play a game that makes you laugh.
- Share a few jokes with a couple of friends to make them laugh.
- Practice at least two run-ons with your den, and perform them at a pack meeting or campfire program.
