This weeks featured book is “A car that goes far”. 

Throughout the week, we explored where our imaginations could take us with exciting activities, creative projects, and lots of hands-on fun. It was a week full of learning, laughter, and adventure!

This week’s theme came to life as the children made train tracks with tape, creating their own routes for endless transportation fun!

   

                     

The fun continued as we painted our own roads, sidewalks, houses, and neighborhoods, creating imaginative places for our cars to travel!

 

No car that goes far is complete without a good wash! We had a wonderful time splashing, scrubbing, and cleaning the car together.

 

      

Bead by bead. our creations came to life! 

The best part was watching them get ironed into colorful keepsakes.

Our feathered visitors made camp extra exciting! 

We had so much fun meeting real chickens!

 

 

The perfect way to end an amazing week! nothing like braiding challah together for Shabbos.

What an incredible week it was in Gan! Hope all our Gan families have a wonderful Shabbos!

Mitzvahs on the move! A car that goes far!

 This weeks Book Buddy: 

A Car That Goes Far tells the story of a young boy whose family uses their small car to give rides and help family, friends, and others whenever they can. 🚗💙
As the boy watches his father's kindness, he learns that even ordinary things, like a car, can be used to do good deeds and help others. 🤝✨
The story teaches children the importance of generosity, sharing what they have, and looking for opportunities to perform acts of kindness (mitzvos). 🌟

                                               

We made a "Mitzvah Mural" with a road going around town, inviting the children to draw onto the buildings the mitzvah's that can be done at each stop! From the hospital, to the bakery to the fire station! 

 

We learned the colors of traffic lights, Green means GO- lets GO to do a Mitzvah!

For our journals the children were invited to draw their dream car! 

We also had fun painting toilet paper roll cars! 

 

On the theme of cars, we did our own mitzvah right in our backyard, 

by washing Morah Leah's MiniVan! 

We worked together to scrub, soap and shine the car! 

Chicken Friends!

Holding, petting, and caring for animals is more than just fun—it helps children build gentle hands, empathy, confidence, responsibility, and respect for living creatures. We enjoyed every moment of our Chicken Play time!

 

Fridays are Challah-Days!

Making challah is more than just baking—it builds fine motor skills, strengthens hand muscles and teaches children to follow directions and work patiently. Most importantly, it gives them a meaningful 

connection to Shabbos and the joy of creating something with their own hands.

 

Have a wonderful Shabbos!

Ten Tzedakah Pennies

 

What a fun filled week we had in camp! 

This weeks "Book Buddy" was “Ten Tzedakah Pennies”. We also read some other tzedaka themed books like, "The very best place for a penny" and "Quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies."

We used our fingers to count to 10, and had fun seeing where all the pennies ended up! Of course we learned that the very best place for a penny is in the Tzedaka box!

We made our very own Tzedaka boxes, and enjoyed a variety of open ended art that focused on coins, circle shapes and Tzedaka!

Working together to make our very own healthy banana Muffins!

Friendships forming

 

We enjoyed an exciting clown show, made HUGE bubbles, and enjoyed splashing in the wading pools! 

Fridays are Challah days! 

Shabbat Party and Challah baking are the best way to end our week!

Happiest 3rd Birthday Libby! 

Thank you for gifting our Gan with a new set of Alpha Bet Lacing Beads!