Last week was Island Favorites week here at the Friedberg
JCC Early Childhood Camps. The Beach Boys set the soundtrack for a rockin’ good
time as we all brought the fun of the Islands to camp!
While our Merrick/Bellmore kids had a ball learning animal
poses in Yoga and doing forward rolls in Judo, it was our Island celebrations
that stole the show! In Art, everyone loved creating “Aloha” picture frames and
having our counselors take lovely photos to insert in them. We also made Island
visors and learned all about palm trees and coconuts!
We finished up a week of Island snow cones and blue Jell-O
treats that reminded us of the ocean by having a big beach party! Everyone had
fun doing lobster and crab dance moves, having a fish toss and jelly fish jump,
and some parachute play with beach balls. When the Beach Boys came on we all
had a great time doing the limbo dance!
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| Parachute Fun at our Beach Party! |
Over in Oceanside the Island fun kicked off with a Long
Island Dance-A-Thon! Everyone donned Hawaiian leis and showed off their dance
moves to some of our Island favorites. We even played a riveting game of freeze
dance to get everyone up and having a good time!
The rest of the week was full of fun Island themed crafts
and snacks. Blue Jell-O provided the perfect backdrop to make edible aquariums
with starfish sprinkles (some of us even added whipped cream on top to make
them extra delicious). Then in Art, Miss
Ronnie helped us decorate t-shirts with all kinds of cool Island stencils,
colorful fabric paint, and lots of sparkles!
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| Blue Jell-O looks just like the an aquarium! |
Our Long Beach campers had so much on their Island vacation.
We brought some Bob Marley into our Beach Boys mix for a really groovy musical
backdrop this week. We also had our very own Hawaiian luau! Everyone danced the
hula in grass skirts and flower leis (complete with fruit loops in between the
flowers), which we made ourselves, and ate lots of fresh pineapple. We also
made our own edible aquariums out of pancakes and blue frosting!
The highlight of everyone’s week at Long Beach was when we
decided to head outside and make our own erupting volcano! We brought out some
bottles of Diet Coke and a few rolls of mint flavored Mentos and got ready to
watch a real “volcanic” reaction. Want to see what we saw? Check out this
awesome video of our experiment:
Boy, the Island life sure is fun! We can’t wait to see what’s
in store for us this week at camp. Keep checking in with us on our Friedberg JCC Early Childhood and Friedberg JCC Summer Camps Facebook pages, and don’t
forget to check Bunk 1 for great camp photos all summer long!
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