miss cindy

Greetings from America!! I am not sure what all you may be interested in, however i have found a number of sites that may interest you. please email me at florinapearl@worldnet.att.net. I will give you the sites, but more importantly, perhaps we could start a den pen pal event across the seas. Look forward to hearing from you!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!! and welcome to the club. i do public speaking to a large degree at work and am an assistant cubmaster with a cubmaster who can sometimes get a little dry. we spark it up with not being afraid to embarass ourselves, crack jokes, keep it short and to the point. use skits, run-ons and engage the boys. ask them questions and use silly questions also. allow yourself to "act larger than life". i jump up and down in front of my cm's face to get his attention while he ignores me and i get the kids into trying to get him to pay attention for example. dont be nervous, no one will know you are nervous. that pause that feels like an hour is only a few seconds and no one really notices. if the natives get restless, then you know its too long. dont make excuses to the kids that you are nervous or dont know what you are doing. just have fun. you obviously took this position because you cared, let it shine through (and dont forget to use the sparklers book, skits and program helps for some silly things to do). good luck!!!!!!!!!!

this is my 2nd year as a leader. last year we had virtually 100% participation from parents and kids in my den. it was an excellent year!! this year, we have some new kids who perhaps will come to a meeting and their parents are not really involved. i have attempted to speak to the new parents by phone, sent a news letter and am not sure what to do next to get to these parents. their lack of interest causes problems for their kids regarding dues, outings and the level of detail done at the meeting. i am very spoiled, i guess, by the excellent year we just had. i want to repeat that but i feel like i am always chasing after some kids and families and cant concentrate on providing quality activities......HELP!!!!!!