Welcome back and Happy 2017! Our 2016 Winter Break school’s out camp came and went by so quickly! Time really does fly when you’re having fun! It was a joy to see all the children shine in all of our experiences together. Trying to new things, learning, sharing, exploring and discovering new found passions were just some of the things that occurred during Winter Break Camp’s.
While we did have some fabulous off site trips we also enjoyed a lot of in house fun here at Makom Community. The rain didn’t even get our way. We were too busy enjoying activities and playing inside! Our two in-house days included a talent show and cooking projects. Our campers showed off their talents in the talent show and everyone did such a fantastic job. I was thoroughly impressed to see all of the talent that we have here at Makom Community. And they were such a great audience for one another, too!
During our cooking day we made delicious pizza and cookies. In the evening, we went to the Rittenhouse Square Chanukah celebration to light Chanukah candles with a few hundred of our friends and neighbors.
Our trips included a trip to the Arden Theatre to see A Year with Frog and Toad, ice skating and a trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The campers really enjoyed all three of these trips. The best of the trips for me was definitely ice skating. The children seemed to really come out of their shells during ice skating and challenge themselves to build this new skill. They did such a phenomenal job skating that it was almost like they were pros all along!
We made fantastic memories from magical moments during the week. Some of my favorite moments include meeting the actors of A Year with Frog and Toad, Seeing the kids perform in the talent show, our yummy homemade pizza and our tour on Israeli and Middle Eastern Art with an art educator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Overall, I would say that this Winter Break School’s out camp was one for the books. We hope that everyone had as great of a time as we did! We’re already hard at work on plans for snow day camps, President’s day, and Spring Break. Stay tuned for more information about that soon. If you haven’t already, please like us on Facebook and check out the whole album of pictures from winter break. 
