MDS Summer Camp Newsletter Week One: 7/1/13—7/5/13

Welcome To MDS Summer Camp!

Morah Marsha

Welcome to MDS Day Camp 2013!

We are off to a fabulous start. Happy campers fill our

hallways going to and from their many activities. Read

further to hear from each of our bunks and "specialties"

as to what our campers did this week.

Shabbat Shalom!

Morah Marsha

Reminders: Monday July 8th is PICTURE DAY - If

you want your child’s picture taken, please fill out

the forms and send in your prepaid orders.

Don’t forget to have your child wear his/her camp

t-shirt and hat!

Thursday July 11th - Trip Day - Tziporim, Dagim,

Malkot and Giborim - Wear your camp t-shirts and

hats.

P’rachim

This first week in P’rachim

has been so exciting. So-

phia, Oliver, and Nadav had

an engaging time in all the

activities ranging from bak-

ing and soccer, to playing in

the yard. Our cupcakes were

yummy and our artwork was

colorful. Morah Stephanie

and Morah Hannah are ex-

tremely excited for another

week of fun!

D’vorim

This week, the D’vorim have been busily buzzing around camp! We began the

week by getting to know each other and learning the routines of our bunk. All the

children had a great time exploring the different activities available in the room and

the exciting specials around camp.

The campers excitedly prepared for the Fourth of July. During Art we met Morah

Debbie and worked on American Flag art work, fireworks, and we even tried our

hand at Jackson Pollock paintings! In Gym we met Morah Leora and we practiced

running, skipping and following the rules of the whistle. At science we learned

about sinking and floating with Morah Simona, and learned that a whole lemon will

float but a lemon peeled and in wedges sinks. Who knew?

Kinderdance was really fun! Morah Melissa taught us how to stretch and move our

bodies to music. We also danced all around the room! When we met with Yoni for

music we learned some great new songs and sang some familiar ones. Baking was

delicious! Morah Shari helped us make red, white and blue cake to prepare for the

Fourth of July.

Unfortunately, we didn’t get a lot of time outside because of the bad weather, but

when we did go out it was awesome! Playing in the crazy sprinklers and watching

the Morot get sprayed by accident was terrific. The sand table outside was a great

bonus too.

It was an AMAZING first week and we are all so excited to see what’s in store for

next week!

Morah Yona

Morah Sarah

Morah Rachel

Parparim

Welcome! Wow, the first week of camp sure flew by for bunk

Parparim! On Monday, we were all excited to see all of our old

friends and to meet new ones! We had a blast playing in our new

bunk room, and having Art with Morah Debbie! We made colorful

fireworks on black magic paper.

On Tuesday, we had so much fun in Music with Counselor Yoni,

and playing outside in the sprinklers and with the water tables. We

tried to run away from the sprinklers but they managed to catch up

to us and spray us!

On Wednesday, we made American flags in honor of July 4th. We al-

so had science with Morah Simona and learned all about different

things that sink and float. We also baked special 4th of July cup-

cakes with red, blue, and white batter! We decorated our cupcakes

with white frosting, red licorice, and blue sprinkles.

On Friday, we enjoyed a special camp Shabbat Party with all of our

friends! Can’t wait for all of the fun we are going to have next

week!

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Sarah, Morah Miriam, and Morah Rachel

Baking With Morah Shari

This week in Baking, the children

learned about Independence day and

showed their patriotism by baking

red, white and blue cupcakes. We

had so much fun taking turns adding

the ingredients, mixing and watch-

ing as the batter turned colors! Our

“Star Cakes” got even better when

we frosted them and displayed

outrcreativity through stars and

stripes. Happy 4th of July!

Art With Morah Debbie

Jackson Pollack-inspired paint-

ings and July 4th Flags are just a

couple of the exciting projects

that have been going on in the

Art Room this week! Painting,

cutting and sticking are just a

few of the skills we used. Look-

ing forward to next week!

Shabbat Shalom,

Morah Debbie!

Gym is IN at MDS Camp!

By Coach Leora Sulimanoff

We’re so excited to have had our first week of sports at MDS. The

children arrived in our gym eager to play, learn and develop. Everyone was in-

troduced to the rules in a gym including- “When you hear a whistle, you

STOP!” We practiced this rule and didn’t realize it could be so much fun. We

stopped running, dancing, even tickling as soon as we heard the whistle. We

started our week discussing the importance of exercise with the campers and

named all the different sport and exercise activities we could think of. We

begin each class with warm ups, transition to the main activity and have a cool

down. Through structured physical activity we reinforce our listening skills and

following directions. This week involved a lot of running. We definitely have

some future track stars in our camp! We practiced running, skipping, hopping,

running sideways and backwards. We even got to play some games and use the

parachute. Working with a parachute is great because it encourages coopera-

tion, strengthens upper torso , is non-competitive, refines perceptual skills, rein-

forces turn-taking/ sharing , develops a sense of rhythm, requires following di-

rections, promotes social interaction and enhances language development. But

best of all it is amazing to use and so much fun to do!!

Over the summer we're excited that the campers will have the opportunity to

learn about a variety of sports in gym and work on coordination as well as prac-

tice good sportsmanship and teamwork.

Science With Morah Simona

This week in science, campers got their hands wet as we learned

about float and sink. We talked about things that float in water, such

as people in a swimming pool and boats. Then we tested out different

objects to see if they would float or sink. We found that more of our

objects were able to float than sink, and that things that have air in

them can float more easily. Some things that we thought might sink

because they are heavy, like an apple, surprised us by floating!

Campers then tested out different "boats" to see which could hold

more without sinking and we found that the bigger boats could hold

more.

Dagim

The first week of camp MDS really flew by,

We did activities related to fourth of July.

We made cupcakes by baking that were red, white,

and blue

And July fourth firework art with Morah Debbie too.

But wait! The Dagim did so much more:

Swim Jim, Music and Kinderdance galore!

Coach Leora sent us to the “grocery store” in gym,

What a busy week for bunk Dagim!

We went in the sprinklers but that’s not all,

We went to super soccer stars - it was such a ball!

We had a Shabbat party - the whole camp as one,

We’ll see you next week for a lot more fun!

Tziporim It is so good to be back, summer is finally here,

Get ready to play, laugh, sing, and cheer.

We are the Tziporim, or the birds, if you prefer.

We are the cheeriest and chirpiest bunk, I can assure.

We fly down the hall, with our arms spread like wings,

While we quickly get into the full swing of things.

From swimming to soccer, and arts and crafts,

To science, dance, and gym, where we run really fast.

To baking, where we made a very special treat,

Our very own red, white, and blue star cupcake for us to enjoy and

eat.

All this and much more done to honor July 4th,

Which we learned is America's birthday, of course.

Please rest up and get ready for week number two,

There are so many more fun and exciting things to do!

Shabbat Shalom!

Morot Karen, Sarah, and Mollie

Wow! The first week of camp flew by! We started off

camp with Kinderdance, where we pretended to go

camping under our parachute. We had so much fun

splishing and splashing in the pool with our Swim

Jim instructors!

Baking was a delicious treat for the Fourth of July!

We made so many projects in art with Morah Debbie.

Every project is so unique and creative. We got really

silly and made up funny songs in music! We just

couldn't stop laughing! In gym we are having a blast!

We do relay racing, jumping jacks, and so much

more! We are so excited for week two and can't wait!

Have a great weekend and a good Shabbos!

Your Malkot Morahs,

Dossie and Chaya

Malkot

Camp got off to an amazing start meeting all our new bunkmates and

staff! In preparation for July 4th, we made red, white & blue star shaped

cupcakes in baking and stayed cool in the pool and sprinklers every

day! We had our first weekly kinderdance session. We also had our first

camp-wide Shabbos party at the end of camp on Friday which we will

be having every week! We got to have special treats and sing fun spe-

cial songs in honor of this week's Shabbat.

Yoni, Matin & Max

Every day except Thursday is swim day, please have your Gibor ready

for swim (in swim trunks and water shoes) when they arrive. Also, next

Thursday is our first trip! Please have your Gibor in his MDS camp

shirt and hat on Thursday! Lastly, camp pictures are coming up next

week! A form went home with every camper earlier in the week, if you

never saw it or need another one please let us know!

We enjoyed meeting your son this week and can't wait for next week!

If you have any questions or concerns please let us know!

Shabbat Shalom!

Giborim