Bowline for Tigers!

Last week I was sick and did not attend Tiger Scouts but this week I was back and we are still working on knot-tying. The bowline was the knot of the day! Teaching knots to non-native English speakers is a good exercise for any Scout! It makes you rethink in your own head how you tie each knot so you can simplify the steps and the vocabulary used to describe them. It helps you to perfect your own knot-craft!

 Loop.
 Hold.
Over.
Open.
Through.
Open.
Through.
Pull!
YAY!!!

Knotical Knots!

Tiger Scouts assemble in a circle for the flag ceremony.

 Today at Tiger we were practicing tying knots! The Tiger Scouts were learning the reef knot, which I was able to help with. Luckily, my students are currently learning about positions of objects in Science so they recognized the words over and under. I had to demonstrate left and right, but they caught on quickly. Kru T also taught me a new way to tie the bowline! And she taught me a cool way to attach a rope to your belt so it doesn't get tangled. She told me my first one was too messy and laughed at me but since the Tiger scouts still haven't figured it out either I got at least 6 of theirs landed in my lap for extra practice!!!

One of the Scouters demonstrates the reef knot.

Demonstration continued as Tiger Scouts give it a try.

Kru T jumps in to explain even though she is losing her voice!

Tiger Scouts proudly display their knots to each other!

Tiger Scouts start ravelling up their ropes at the end of the meeting.

First Day Back!

This is the first Tiger meeting after the students got back from October holidays. They were a bit out of practice for lining up quickly and quietly. Unfortunately, this cost them any time they would've had for fun activities after the ceremony part of the meeting. I am told however, that next week we are using rope. Does this mean knot-tying? Sometimes things are lost in the translation so I will make that assumption for now. Next week I will know for sure I guess!

I am also incorporating the scouting theme into our English classes on Thursday to promote oral language learning.  Today I gave them a sheet with a picture of the Cub Scout uniform from Canada and asked them to compare that uniform to the uniform the Tiger scouts wear.

I also started to teach them the song Waddaly Atcha. If you are not familiar with the song there is a (mediocre) YouTube video below that will give you the general premise!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9JElDoQbE8