Team Work, Sharing, Awareness
of the World, Positive Group Experience, and Creative Expression
The Beaver Program stems from the book FRIENDS OF THE FOREST, written specifically for Beavers. The book describes how the Jones family have “come to live in the clearing along the river bank” and how they quickly become aware of their new neighbors, a colony of beavers that also live along the river bank. The story illustrates how the beaver colony observes the Jones family, giving them names and then eventually how the beavers meet the members of the Jones family, mom, dad and their three children. The story is the background resource which provides the terminology, setting, theme and program material for operating a Beaver Colony You can purchase the Friends of the Forest book at Scouts Canada's Scout Shop in person, or online at : www.scoutshop.ca/ BEAVER TERMINOLOGY When you visit your child’s Beaver Colony or talk to them about Beavers, you’ll need to understand “Beaver lingo”. To help you out, we’ve listed some of the names typically assigned to the leaders (taken from the characters in Friends of the Forest), and other terms used, along with an explanation of who or what is being referred to. Friends of the Forest Names used by Beaver Leaders: Bubbles - the person having so much fun
splashing her feet in the water |