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Beaver Scouts made tails out of felt to attach to their hats. These tails help everyone keep aware of the ages and aptitudes of colony members.   For those children who could not attend this week’s meeting, tails will be available for them to cut out at the beginning of next week.

Kindergarteners, just beginning their adventures, receive BROWN tails. Brown symbolizes the earth ready for planting, the paths through the forest, and the cozy warm fur of the Beaver.

Grade 1 students receive BLUE tails. Blue symbolizes the new speed at which they can travel by air and by sea. One of our new Blue Tails also told us that this is the colour the earth is from space.

Grade 2 students receive WHITE tails. White symbolizes the moon and stars, guiding lights of leadership. The White Tails have special responsibilities to lead the Blue and Brown Tails on their Beaver adventure.

Once the colony received their tails, they were sorted into LODGES. This is a small, multi-age grouping led by one or more White Tails. It is the team that works together throughout the year.  Any Beavers who were not present at the last meeting will be place in a lodge at the next meeting.  At our next meting, Lodges will choose their colour and decorate special pins to show they belong together.

We had such fun at the pond last night! The weather cooperated and it was overcast but not rainy or even muddy. 15 beavers played games in the clearing and came up with theories about what makes a pond different from a lake. Then Scouter Tim picked up a slug to show the children and we learned that when they are scared, slugs might squish up into almost a BALL. How cool.

The Beaver Scouts quickly noticed a pile of sticks and mud in the corner of the pond. “A Beaver Lodge!” We walked around the side of the pond and then we SAW it. The Beaver! swimming around the pond, diving for food, and generally putting on a good show for us. How lucky we were to see it! We were all delighted.

We then made our Code of Conduct, and agreed to be kind and not hit each other, or push each other into the water, or step on people under us. These were all good rules. There were also some pretty cool spiders.