Personal Bubble

Before the meeting: 

1. Print Personal Bubble worksheet, one for each Cub Scout. 
2. Set up meeting space with a place for Cub Scouts to work on their Personal Bubble worksheet. 

During the meeting: 

1. Provide a pencil and worksheet to each Cub Scout. 
2. Discuss our personal space bubbles and who we are most comfortable being close to. 
   • Explain that we feel more comfortable being close to people we know well and prefer to keep some space between us and strangers. 
   • The space directly around us is our intimate space. This space is just for us, although we may also allow family in this space. 
   • Next is our personal space, which goes all around us as far as the ends of our outstretched fingertips. We are usually comfortable with friends and family in this space. 
   • After that is social space. We’re most comfortable hanging out with friends or talking in groups in this space. 
   • Last is public space, which is where we’re most comfortable with strangers or people out in public. 
3. Have Cub Scouts write the names of people who they would feel comfortable having in each space circle.
   Personal space would have the names of friends or family members. Public space can describe a stranger, like a mailman or a neighbor. 
4. Share with the Cub Scouts, Why do we feel more comfortable with certain people in certain spaces around us? All Cub Scouts to respond.  Share with the Cub Scouts that it is important for us to be aware of these spaces in order to be able to tell others when they are too close to us. If someone comes into our personal space and we don’t want them to, we can tell them politely to move away. We can also be forceful if they don’t listen. It is important for us to feel safe and comfortable, and we all have to respect each other’s personal space bubbles.