Boys and girls of different ages have different ranks in Cub Scouting. As you go from Lion (kindergarten) to Arrow of Light Scout (age 10), you learn new things skills that you use to meet challenges as you get older.
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 earlier badges.

Lion

 

Grade K

Kindergarteners join a Lion den, where they are introduced into the world of Cub Scouts.

Tiger

 

Grade 1

Here in the Tiger den, each child works with an adult partner on the requirements to earn the Tiger badge.

Wolf

 

Grade 2

These kids attend 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

 

Grade 3

Boys and girls at this age are members of a Bear den. These scouts still work with their families, but are old enough with knowledge and skill to take on more of the work by themselves.

Webelos

 

Grade 4

In the fourth grade, children can become Webelos Scouts. Webelos Scouts do more advanced activities to get ready to graduate into Scouting.

Arrow
of
Light

Grade 5

The final group is the Arrow of Light (AOL) Den, the highest achievement in Cub Scouting. It’s also one of the only Cub Scout awards that Scouts can proudly wear on their uniform when they move up to the older Scouts BSA program.