I realize that I'm jumping in on this at least 5 years later but I found this thread today as I was looking for something to help remember the order of the Scout Law as I was teaching it to my son. I know it seems silly to memorize one thing to memorize another but since the principles in the Scout Law are in an arbitrary order it can be difficult to keep them straight. An actual sentence is easier to remember because you have nouns and verbs that have to stay in a particular order to make sense. I figure I learned the order of the planets by learning "My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" so why not the Scout Law in a similar way? Here's what I came up with, it's kinda dumb, but sometimes kinda dumb makes it easier to remember -
"The Lion Has Finally Caught (and) Killed Our Cubmaster", The Big Cat Roared.
Unfortunately the you still have to know which one is Courteous, Cheerful and Clean as well as Trustworthy and Thrifty - but at least something about a lion killing their cubmaster seems like something cub scouts will remember!
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I realize that I'm jumping in on this at least 5 years later but I found this thread today as I was looking for something to help remember the order of the Scout Law as I was teaching it to my son. I know it seems silly to memorize one thing to memorize another but since the principles in the Scout Law are in an arbitrary order it can be difficult to keep them straight. An actual sentence is easier to remember because you have nouns and verbs that have to stay in a particular order to make sense. I figure I learned the order of the planets by learning "My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas" so why not the Scout Law in a similar way? Here's what I came up with, it's kinda dumb, but sometimes kinda dumb makes it easier to remember -
"The Lion Has Finally Caught (and) Killed Our Cubmaster", The Big Cat Roared.
Unfortunately the you still have to know which one is Courteous, Cheerful and Clean as well as Trustworthy and Thrifty - but at least something about a lion killing their cubmaster seems like something cub scouts will remember!