Scouting Programs

Junior Ranger Program

Children who complete the Junior Ranger Booklet can take it to the Country Store or the Park Office for verification. Completion of the booklet entitles children to purchase a Junior Ranger Patch. Download the booklet Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.0 or greater is required to view and print this file.

Every class includes at least some activity outside in the weather. The barns, activity center, and Baptist Meeting House are not heated nor air conditioned. Dress accordingly.

NOTE: All leaders and parents should always be advised to have their scouts dress for the weather! This includes boots, hats, coats, windbreakers (it may be windy & cold here, even if it isn’t in their neighborhood!), raincoats, and/or umbrellas.

For dates and times, please see page 2 of our Quarterly Calendar¹.

Brownies

Length: 1 hour
Meets: Kiosk at entrance to Kidwell Farm
Concludes: Kidwell Farm animal barn (when available, old Floris Schoolhouse)
Requirements covered:

1) Caring for pets
2) Understanding animals (scavenger hunt)
4) Looks mean something
5) Sounds charades

* Dress for the weather!

Listening to the Past Try-it:

Length: 1 ½ hours
Meets: Old Floris Schoolhouse
Concludes: Old Baptist Meeting House on Old Centreville Road

Note: We change locations during the program. We may drive or walk, depending on weather, time commitments, and daylight remaining. Drivers may be needed to transport their scouts between locations.

Requirements covered:

1) Community Stories
2) If these buildings could talk
3) Visit oldest cemetery (in the Floris area)
6) Games of the past

* Dress for the weather!

Jr. Girl Scouts

Length: 2 hours
Meets: Old Floris Schoolhouse
Concludes: Old Floris Schoolhouse

Note: We change locations during the program. We may drive or walk, depending on weather, time commitments, and daylight remaining. Drivers may be needed to transport their scouts between locations.

Requirements covered:

1) Word of mouth
2) It's all on the maps
3) From above
4) Tour your community
7) Take a trip
10) Focus on the future

* Dress for the weather!

Your Outdoor Surroundings:

Length: 2 hours
Meets: Old Floris Schoolhouse
Concludes: Old Floris Schoolhouse

Note: Wear long pants (may encounter poison ivy), sturdy shoes or boots, and bring a water bottle for the hike.

Requirements covered:

1) What would I need if...
2) Pack it up
3) What does minimal impact mean?
5) An outdoor hobby
7) An outdoor career
9) Take a nature hike!
10) Outdoor fun and games

* Dress for the weather!

Horse Fan Badge:

Length: 1 ½ hours
Meets: In the Kidwell Farm animal barn
Concludes: At the Activity Center or outdoor riding arena (where horse show is held)

Note: 1 hour with instructor in the barn; ½ hour with parent or troop leader observing horse show.

Requirements covered:

1) On the trail
2) Caring for horses
3) Fashion and Function
6) Make a career of riding
7) Ease with equipment
10) Showing off (observe a horse show)

* Dress for the weather!

Plants & Animals:

Length: 1 ½ hour
Meets: Visitor Center
Concludes: Visitor Center
Requirements covered:

1 Plants here, there and everywhere
2 Garden gifts
4 Wild relatives
5 Creature cluster
7 Seed art
9 What a pest

Cadette/Senior Girl Scouts

All About Birds Interest Project:

Length: 2 hours
Meets: Visitor Center
Concludes: Visitor Center

Requirements covered:

Skill Builder 2 Bird identification (includes classroom plus bird walk)
Skill Builder 3 Bird song
Skill Builder 5 Bird feeding
Skill Builder 6 Bird art
Technology 4 Environmental problems
Service Project 4 Community education posters
Career Exploration 3 College/employment opportunities

Tiger Cub Scouts

Hike with a Goat/Electives Bonanza:

Length: 1 hour
Meets: Kiosk
Concludes: Farmyard

Requirements covered:

Electives 6, 23, 31, & 35
Plus a choice of 3 additional electives from 2, 4, 21, 30, 32

Making My Family Special:

Length: 1 hour
Meets: Kiosk
Concludes: Barn

Requirements covered:

1g Go see it activity

Wolf Scouts

Length: 1 hour
Meets: Information Kiosk at entrance to Kidwell Farm
Concludes: Farmyard

Scouts will learn about the various machines that help get work done at the farm. The names and uses of the machines will be discussed. Some of the different equipment at the farm do the same jobs, but were used during different time periods. These changes will also be discussed. Scouts will also learn about two simple machines through a demonstration and a game.

Requirements covered:

a.) Name Ten Machines
b.) Use a Wheel and Axle
c.) Use a pulley
d.) Observe a windlass

* Dress for the weather!

Bird Arrow Point: Elective #13

Length: 1 ½ hour
Meets: Kidwell barn
Concludes: Kidwell barn

Requirements covered:

Elective # 13
a Make a list of all the birds you saw in a week and tell where you saw them
b Put out nesting material for birds and tell which birds might use it.
c Read a book about birds.
d Point out 10 different kinds of birds
e Feed wild birds and tell which birds you fed
f Put out a birdhouse and tell which birds use it

Bear Scouts

Length: 1 hour
Meets: Old Floris Schoolhouse
Concludes: Baptist Meeting House on Old Centreville Rd.

Note: We change locations during the program. We may drive or walk, depending on weather, time commitments, and daylight remaining. Drivers may be needed to transport their scouts between locations.

Requirements covered:

b.) Important Americans
c.) Two old homes
d.) Visit an historic building (Old Baptist Meeting House)
e.) State emblems

Length: 1 hour
Meets: Kiosk at entrance to Kidwell Farm
Concludes: Kidwell Farm animal barn

Note: Entire hour is outside; dress for weather (windbreakers on windy days)

Requirements covered:

a.) Take care of a farm animal (grooming)
b.) Six breeds of farm animals and uses
c.) Story about a farm animal
d.) Visit a livestock exhibit (Kidwell Farm)

* Dress for the weather!

Boy Scouts

Animal Science Merit Badge
Length: 1 hour (plus ½ hour to get all cards signed)
Meets: In the Kidwell Farm animal barn
Concludes: Kidwell Farm animal barn
Fulfills: all requirements, including the Dairy Option
Bring your "blue card" for instructor's signature

Requirements covered:

1.) Livestock breeds
2.) Principal diseases
3.) Digestive systems
4.)Livestock care and feeding
6D.) Dairying option:

1. dairy cow physiology
2. ingredients of cow's milk
3. pasteurization
4. dairy processing equipment and sanitation
5. observe/participate milking a cow or goat

* Dress for the weather!

Mammal Study Merit Badge

Length: 1 ½ hours (plus ½ hour to get all blue cards signed)
Meets: Old Floris Schoolhouse
Concludes: Old Floris Schoolhouse
Fulfills: all requirements
Bring your "blue card" for instructor's signature

Requirements covered:

1. & 2.) Scientific classification of 3 mammals
3c.) Life history of the rabbit, both wild and domesticated
4d.) Observing a tracking pit, identifying mammal tracks
5.) Increasing habitat space for small mammals by building brush pile

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