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Thanks to all. What I'm hearing from you is that we can examine what's best for the boy and his circumstances. In the particular case I'm facing, going with age acutally makes more sense because it keeps him with a friend he has in the pack. It's great to know there's always help from the Scouter community!

When a boy enrolls who is repeating or has repeated a grade, which takes precedence, his grade or age? For instance, if a boy is new to Scouting and is repeating second grade, does that make him a Bear (his age) or a Wolf (his grade)? Or is it up to the judgement of the parent and/or leaders? Obviously, this issue must be handled delicately, privately, without any embarassment to the boy.

If anyone who has asked me for this skit still hasn't received it, please reply to this with your email address and I will send it to you. I think I've taken care of everybody. Steve

I have a large Bear den and had the same problem. I took the portion of 'The Jungle Book' from the front of the Bear handbook, edited it down a bit for length, and made it a responsive reading skit. Basically, when I said "Shere-Khan", the boys led the audience in a tiger growl, etc. I also grabbed coloring book-type pictures of the various animals mentioned (not the Disney version!) and had the boys color them and mount them on cards. Each held a different animal (some animals had more that one boys with a sign, but that's ok). When we got to that animal, they held up the sign, sort of like a for that sound. We did this at the Blue and Gold and it was a big hit. It had the added advantage of the boys not having to remember anything or get nervous on the big stage since I was the narrator. If you want the actual edited version, send me a private message and I'll scan it for you.