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EARLY
CHILDHOOD EDUCATION:
CAMP
BETH ISRAEL 2006
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Camp Beth Israel Summer 2006
Session Memories: View our Camp Newsletters
Weekly Activities
Camp Beth Israel was Fun!
Summer 2006 at Camp Beth Israel was full of fun, friends and adventure!
Campers two years old through Kindergarten explored a travel theme through cultural, art, music, science, cooking
and sports activities. Campers "traveled" to exciting
destinations, making each a better place through tikkun olam (repairing
the world). Camp Beth Israel is staffed by Bill & Sid Rubin Preschool teachers, with assistance from Senior and Junior Counselors and
CITs.
Session Memories
Session One: June 26 – July 7
Campers traveled
across the U.S and rode ponies, made apple pie, panned for gold and enjoyed
all sorts of American traditions.
Take a look at our newsletters from camp:
Week 1 - June 26-30 (PDF 106K)
Week 2 - July 3-7 (PDF 123K)
Session Two: July 10 – July 21
During Session Two of Summer Camp campers explored the art, language, music and culture of Mexico and France. Hands-on fun included special visitors from Birch Aquarium -- sea stars, hermit crabs, sea snails and anemones -- and loved the mess of "Ooeey Gooey Color Day."
For details, check out our Session Two newsletters:
Week 1 - July 10-14 (PDF 112K)
Week 2 - July 17-21 (PDF 140K)
Session Three: July 24 – August 4
Our travels continued with a trip on an African Safari. We petted some
exotic animals, and drumed to the beat of African music. Our summer ended
in Israel. We trained for the Maccabi Games (Jewish Olympics), spoke
Hebrew, cooked falafel and traveled back to the United States.
Upon arriving at camp, each camper received a passport and a stamp to our
weekly destination. Each week we traveled to a new country and explored its
culture through, art, music, science, cooking and sports. Through Tikkum Olam,(repairing
the world), we helped make each country we visited a better place. In addition
to these enjoyable activities, staff and campers celebrated Shabbat together
with music, song and dance. View the Session Three newsletters:
Week 1 - July 24-28 (PDF 126K)
Week 2 - July 24-Aug.4 (PDF 77K)
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Weekly Activities
Along with the activities designed to complement the theme, traditional summertime fun activities are included in our weekly program.
They include:
- Arts and Crafts
- Water Play
- Music
- Science
- Movement and Dance
- Special Programs
- Cooking
- Pizza Friday
Shabbat
Our weekly Friday Shabbat celebration became an eagerly anticipated part of our camp week. Rabbi Ettman and Cantor Bernstein lead us in Shabbat prayers, song, and dance after Friday lunch. Family members joined in.
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Rabbi Ettman welcomes Preschool Campers to Friday Shabbat.
Photo by Erik Christiansen |
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