
Aliens, Monsters, and Robots... UNITE! - Day 5
Fridays always sneak up so fast here at Camp!! We had a totally out-of-this-world week. Between the dancing the Monster Mash, creating alien slime, and building robots, the time simply flew by!! We had so much fun inviting our loved ones to the end of the week party!! All our campers got super amazing awards in their last class of the day! Plus, we got to show off our team talents at the party for our loved ones!! It was so awesome to see so many of our friends on stage with

Aliens, Monsters, and Robots... UNITE! - Day 4
Today in Discovery, JCCs put our rocket creations into action and made movies with the green screen. In the afternoon, we spent time preparing a choreographed dance to perform as a team at the end-of-day talent show. When the time came to demonstrate our hard work, the JCCs did an amazing job collaborating in unison. However, some of our campers took the extra responsibility to showcase their individual talents as well! Signing off: Sam and the JCC team

Aliens, Monsters, and Robots... UNITE! - Day 4
Buddies had another fun day at Camp! It was great that today was a little cooler! Water play began today! With the help of the OT instructors we played in the water tables stations set up to off set the summer heat! Water is a great way to splash, play and practice social and communication skills while cooling off and having fun. We went to cooking class today and learned how to make alien parfaits. Yum! Yum! Campers followed a recipe to make layers of vanilla yogurt, cookie

Aliens, Monsters, and Robots... UNITE! - Day 4
Today was a rocking day!!! We had such a great time learning, playing, creating, socializing, and dancing together! We started out the day with some team pictures - we looked so great in our orange-tastic tee shirts with our team signs!! At the end of the day, we had the most wonderful talent show yet: Team Talent Show!! The JCCs kicked it off with a choreographed line dance and every single team followed them up with an array of singing and dancing talents!! We saw some “Mon

Aliens, Monsters, and Robots... UNITE! - Day 4
Today was a rocking day!!! We had such a great time learning, playing, creating, socializing, and dancing together! We started out the day with some team pictures - we looked so great in our orange-tastic tee shirts with our team signs!! At the end of the day, we had the most wonderful talent show yet: Team Talent Show!! The JCCs kicked it off with a choreographed line dance and every single team followed them up with an array of singing and dancing talents!! We saw some “Mon

Aliens, Monsters, and Robots... UNITE! - Day 3
Buddies had such a fantastic day today!! During Arts & Crafts we mixed shaving cream and paint for a super fun sensory experience!! We got to mix all sorts of different colors. A few Buddies were hesitant but warmed up to the activity! We also got to go to Cooking class to make MONSTER PIZZAS!! We used olives as eyes, a mushroom as the nose, and a slice of green pepper for the smile! In PLAY class, we did a monstrous obstacle course with the OT students. We had fun transferri

Aliens, Monsters, and Robots... UNITE! - Day 3
We had a wonderful Wednesday here at Camp. Our mural is gaining Yak Backs so fast! Today alone we earned 337!! WOW!! That just shows how amazing our campers have been!! They’ve been safe and kind while trying their very best!! Our campers have TOTALLY embraced the Alien, Monster, and Robot theme. It isn’t hard to spot monster headbands, spaceship crafts, and robot stickers around camp. Throughout the day, campers were learning about bullying and teasing by reviewing our book

Aliens, Monsters, and Robots... UNITE! - Day 3
We had a wonderful Wednesday here at Camp. Our mural is gaining Yak Backs so fast! Today alone we earned 337!! WOW!! That just shows how amazing our campers have been!! They’ve been safe and kind while trying their very best!! Our campers have TOTALLY embraced the Alien, Monster, and Robot theme. It isn’t hard to spot monster headbands, spaceship crafts, and robot stickers around camp. Throughout the day, campers were learning about bullying and teasing by reviewing our book

Aliens, Monsters, and Robots... UNITE! - Day 2
“My favorite part was Cooking!” - Nancy Today in JCCs, we reviewed expectations and focused on being respectful leaders. Then, we headed to Cooking and made alien-themed parfaits with cookies, yogurt, and marshmallows. Next, it was off to Games were we played “Good Robot, Bad Robot” and “Jurassic Park Tag”. The teens loved running around but made sure to stay hydrated in the hot sun! After lunch, we headed up to the JCC rooms. We had a “respectfulness check-in” where we discu