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Lion – Kindergarten
Fun on the Run
Personal Fitness
Required
Requirement 1

Snack Time

Lion – Kindergarten
Fun on the Run
Personal Fitness
Required
Requirement 1

Snack Time

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts bring and share their favorite food from one of the five food groups. 

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  • Cub Scouts will need their Lion handbook, page 13 
  • Snack Time adult partner notification found in Additional Resources 
  • Crayons, enough to share 
  • Images of foods that are in the five different food groups 
  • Cub Scouts bring their favorite food from one of the five food groups 
  • Plates 
  • Napkins 
  • Access to hand washing area 
  • Cups 
  • Drinking water 
  • Forks or toothpicks 
  • Instructions for adult partners to prepare for the meeting 
  • Cleaning supplies to wipe down eating areas before and after the meeting 
  • Table for serving food samples 
  • Tables and chairs for Cub Scouts and adult partners to eat at 
  • 5 – 3” x 5” index cards 
  • Marker 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Using the USDA MyPlate, become familiar with the types of food that are in the five different food groups.  
  2. Review the “Snack Time adult partner notification” for adult partners. Make any necessary edits and send it to all parents and adult partners in the den at least two weeks before the den meeting.  You may need to adjust how many different types of food you ask each Cub Scout to bring based on the size of your den.   
  3. Send a reminder to adult partners a week prior to the meeting. 
  4. Send a reminder to adult partners a day prior to the meeting. 
  5. Confirm that at least one food item from each of the five food groups will be available.  
  6. Prepare the meeting space to have food samples and a place for everyone to eat. 
  7. Clean surfaces where food will be. 
  8. Use the 3”x5” index cards to make labels for the five different food groups. 
  9. Space the index cards on the table to label where Cub Scouts and adult partners are to place their food. 

During the meeting: 

  1. As Cub Scouts and adult partners bring in the food have them place it on the table in the appropriate food group the item belongs to. 
  2. Have each Cub Scout and adult partner talk about their food item and what food group it belongs to. 

Additional Resources

Snack Time adult partner notification

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