There are many different Board of Review templates out there. Here is the one that we personally use.

One trend that usually happens at the beginning of every year is working out to get in shape. What better time than the first of January to complete this requirement for Tenderfoot?!

Requirements in both the Personal Fitness merit badge and the Tenderfoot rank have you taking measurements of your flexibility by using a sit and reach box.

Here is what the 1955, 5th edition of the Handbook for Boys, has to say about your honor.

The taut-line hitch is used to increase the tension on your tent or dinning fly line when needed. The knot is easily able to slide on the guy line, and is tied in such a way that it creates a jam when the tension is present.

Did you know that there are more than 2 parts to an Ax? Check out all the parts here.

Throughout the years, many items change within the different printings of the handbooks, manuals, merit badge books, and fieldbooks. One topic stays constant is the three materials you need to make fire.

Found in the 6th edition of the Boy Scout Handbook. The tepee fire lay is good for boiling and frying in pots and pans:

Use some wooden dowels and jute to practice your lashings before camp. Here are some tips on how to complete the Tripod Lashing

In preparation for our troop's summer scout camp up in the High Uintas, we have been teaching the scouts to be bear aware and bear smart.  Bears can smell your food from 2-3 miles away. 

Each Thursday I enjoy opening up one of the vintage books in my library and seeing what was taught in prior years. This excerpt, even though it is from half a century ago, made me ponder on how I'm living my life in conjunction with the Scout Law.

Found in the Woodsman's Tools section of the 1949 edition of the Handbook For Boys, these axe skills still hold true.  

The two half-hitches is a type of knot, specifically a binding knot or hitch knot. It consists of an overhand knot tied around a post, followed by a half-hitch. Equivalently, it consists of a half-turn around a post followed by a clove hitch of the running end around the standing part.

One of the key elements of any scout meeting is the flag ceremony...

Sky is the Limit Elective Tiger Requirement 3. - Find out about two astronauts who were Scouts when they were younger...

This is a favorite for my scouts on camp-outs.  Needless to say, we do not make this while backpacking.