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After your Scout has earned his Bobcat badge, he can start along the Bear trail. The Bear trail has twenty-four achievements, twelve of which must be completed to earn the Bear badge. When you have okayed the proper achievements, he may become a Bear Cub Scout. He should do his best to complete each achievement. Don't okay an achievement if you both know that he can do a better job. Go on to somehting else, and then go back and try again.
While progressing toward completing the Bear trail, he can be recognized for his work. When he completes any three achievements, his den leader can present the Progress Towards Ranks emblem to him (or if he was a Wolf, he can add to his current emblem). It's a diamond with a plastic thong, and is worn on the button of the right pocket of his uniform shirt. Each time he completes three achievements he will receive a red bead. After he gets his fourth red bead, he will be ready to receive his Bear badge at a pack meeting.
Your scout can also search the Arrow Point trail. On the Bear trail, the main sections were called achievements, things that we would like all boys to do. On the Arrow Point trail, the main sections are called electives, choices that a boy can make on his own and with your guidance.
To earn a Gold Arrow Point to wear beneath his Bear badge, a boy must complete any ten elective projects of the more than one hundred choices shown in the book. For every ten additional electives he completes, the Bear Cub Scout qualifies for a Silver Arrow Point to wear beneath the Gold. He can earn as many Silver Arrow Points as he wants until he completes the third grade (or turns 10). Arrow Points are presented at the pack meeting after he receives his Bear badge.