We're more than halfway through summer camp 2017! Time is flying because we are having loads of fun here at IJP! The effort put forth by the Morahs and administration to keep the children engaged, entertained, and having fun truly amazes me. Each day the Morahs pack in as much excitement as we can. Sometimes it feels as though there aren't enough hours in the day to complete every single activity. However, our extended day children are making the most of the extra playtime. We have plenty of fun in the sun, but when we're trying to beat the (sweltering) heat, our kiddos are inside focused on the art of storytelling.
We were inspired by the book, "Show Me a Story" by author Emily K. Neuburger to collectively write our own story and to explore a variety of mediums to tell our story. Our group is shrinking as families are traveling, but that hasn't stopped our progress! So far we've created our own class story using a fill in the blank method; our story is tentatively entitled "A Turtle Hunt". We painted story stones, each representing a character or setting in the story, and this week we started on a story timeline. With the help of Morah Elizabeth, who happens to be a very talented illustrator, we mapped out the sequence of events in our story.
The story begins at a girl Maggie's house. She has a matzah ball snack before starting on her journey to find a turtle. She encounters a quacking duck, a dog, crosses a big fish, enjoys ANOTHER bowl of matzah ball soup and finally discovers a turtle that looks like a frog, feels like a log, and smells like a skunk! These colorful details were all imagined by YOUR kiddos. Each child cut, colored, glued, or taped a symbol down to complete this activity. We put velcro on our main character Maggie so that we can move her to demonstrate her travel throughout the story. It's art, it's interactive, and it's storytelling! We're looking forward to finding new, creative ways to tell our story again and again in the last weeks of camp.
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