What a special and busy week we had as we got ready for Yom Kippur! We learned the story of Jonah and how he tried to hide from Hashem and ended up in the whale, and we even climbed inside a life-size cardboard whale of our own. We talked about how on Yom Kippur, G-d looks at all of our good deeds on a great scale, and we pray for a year filled with goodness. To bring the idea to life, we balanced all sorts of items on a scale and explored how different things weigh. We learn

This week our classrooms were filled with the sweetness of Rosh Hashanah! The children learned that Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the world. We decorated a birthday cake for the world, baked honey cake, explored the shofar, and made special Rosh Hashanah projects. We had lots of hands-on learning too, from graphing and tasting apples to exploring pomegranates and their tiny, jewel-like seeds. We also started our Aleph Bet with Aleph and our ABCs with A, tying it all into

We are so excited to begin another amazing year at BJP! And a very special welcome to all of our new families! It has been such a joy to see so many happy, smiling faces during these first two days of school, and this year feels even more exciting as we settle into our beautiful brand-new building! The beautiful sunlight, spacious classrooms, and especially our new playground have already been such highlights! We are so grateful to have this wonderful new space for our child

We can’t believe how fast the summer flew by. Week 9 marked our final week of camp with Baby Izzy and Mini Izzy. We explored a rainbow science experiment, with each class creating their own colorful creation. We also worked on a mural art project, baked granola bars, and enjoyed Animal Dress Up Day. We spent time with pom-pom sensory activities and continued to enjoy water play throughout the week. What a way to wrap up an amazing summer. We can't believe how fast it flew by!

Week 8 in Baby Izzy and Mini Izzy flew by as we soaked in the second-to-last week of camp! We enjoyed plenty of water play throughout the week and explored a sink or float science experiment, making predictions and testing what happens when different objects are placed in water. We got creative with color resist art and had fun watching our designs appear. We also baked monkey bread and celebrated Superhero Day with lots of excitement and imagination. We planted our very own

Week 7 in Baby Izzy and Mini Izzy was filled with fun activities, creativity, and lots of water play! We explored a raincloud experiment, watching how rain forms through water and cotton balls. With the warm weather, we enjoyed plenty of water play throughout the week. We got creative with jewelry making, baked and decorated cupcakes, and celebrated Crazy Hair Day with lots of fun hairstyles. Our car wash activity was another favorite, giving us the chance to play, splash, an

We had such a fun week in Baby Izzy and Mini Izzy as we wrapped up Session 2 together. From Monday through Thursday, we enjoyed daily water play, which was the perfect way to stay cool and have fun with friends. On Monday, we explored chemical reactions by dropping watercolors into milk and watching them mix. Tuesday was all about shaving cream art, where we mixed colors and got hands deep in shaving cream. On Wednesday, the children came dressed up for career day and loved s

What an incredible Week 5 at CGI! On Monday, Mini & Baby Izzy enjoyed the water slide and had fun exploring invisible ink. On Tuesday, we painted using flowers to create beautiful art work. Wednesday was extra special with cookie baking and Color Day. Each bunk dressed up in their own color, and it was so much fun to see everyone showing up in colors. On Thursday, we enjoyed salt paint sensory and continued enjoying water play, which we had all week long Monday through Thurs

Our Baby & Mini Izzy campers had another fun-filled week! On Monday, we explored exciting volcano experiments, had a blast on the water slide, and enjoyed lots of water play. Tuesday was all about creating colorful tie-dye masterpieces. On Wednesday, we made delicious s'mores, and showed off our silly hats. On Thursday we made beautiful rainbow sand jars. We had a blast with water play Monday through Thursday! We wrapped up the week on Friday with a wonderful Grand Shabbat Pa

We had such a fun-filled week at Camp Gan Izzy! We kicked off the week by making slime and playing with different textures. From Monday through Thursday, we had a blast during water play and especially enjoyed the waterslide on Monday. On Tuesday, we created beautiful stained glass art. Wednesday was extra special with Twin Day and brownie baking. On Thursday, we enjoyed making our own stress balls. We wrapped up the week on Friday by making "Ants on a Log" with celery, hummu

This week in Mini Izzy was full of fun, creativity, and lots of hands-on exploring! We enjoyed water play Monday through Thursday, which was definitely a highlight of our week. We started the week by making fizzing moon rocks where we got to mix, scoop, and discover new textures. We also worked on a beautiful tissue paper collage for our art this week. To get into the holiday spirit, we made festive July 4th Jello cups, which were just as fun to make as they were to enjoy! CG

It is so exciting to be back at camp and to kick off another fun summer together. This week, our Baby and Mini Izzy friends arrived at camp with all smiles. We loved splashing in the kiddie pools, sliding down slides, and pouring with the water table. We had so much fun getting creative with ice painting. Our banana cake and pajamas day was cozy and delicious. We got to mash the bananas, mix the cake, and enjoy the delicious smell of cake baking throughout the building. Thurs

We have been enjoying all things summer this week! We created beautiful ocean pictures using watercolors and salt, and had fun with ocean-themed water play as well as "slime oceans." We made lemonade and loved fixing ponytails and braids in our pretend hair salon. We had boat races using spray water bottles to create movement, and used tennis balls as "monsters" to strengthen our muscles by picking up items with their "mouths." We have been counting by 5s and 10s while review

It’s so nice to be back in school after a wonderful Memorial Day and Shavuot holiday. We are finishing up the school year and preparing our end-of-the-year projects. We are gathering our artwork to send home, and we are looking forward to seeing you at our end-of-the-year celebration in just two weeks. We have been focusing on preschool fun! We painted splatter art inspired by Jackson Pollock, enjoyed Play-Doh with loose parts, and had fun with floating water. We have been re

Our beautiful auction on Monday night was a wonderful success, with such a lovely turnout of parents who enjoyed getting a glimpse of our new preschool building while participating in bidding on artwork and furnishings to help bring it to life. Thank you for your support. We’ve had a great week getting ready for the Shavuot holiday. We had the opportunity to “milk a cow” and make real butter! We practiced math and played with wedges of cheesecake to learn fractions. We know S

Ice cream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! We made real vanilla ice cream in a bag and had so much fun. The children loved playing in our ice cream shop and especially enjoyed the amazing ice cream truck that Morah Mara made. In honor of Shavuot, when it is customary to eat dairy foods, we incorporated these themes into our week as we continue counting Sefirat HaOmer in anticipation of the holiday. We sequenced and explored the life cycle of butterflies and caterpill

Thank you to Rabbi Shmuly and Elana, the BJP PTA, and to all the BJP families who helped make Teacher Appreciation Week so outstanding! We loved all the treats and surprises, and we truly felt the love. A special thank you to Talia Malkin for the personal touch with custom cups and the boba bar. What a wonderful week we had celebrating Lag B’Omer, the 33rd day of counting Sefirat HaOmer, and Mother’s Day! Thank you to all the moms who came to celebrate with us. We loved weari

This week we went on a bear hunt! We stepped barefoot on grass, mud, snow, and water and into our cave! We spoke all about Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai learning Torah in a cave. There was religious persecution, so he took his son and learned Torah day and night in hiding. Hashem provided him with water from a stream to drink and a special carob tree to eat. We made trail mix and ate in our cave, too. We know Rabbi Akivah became a great Torah scholar when he started learning Torah

Yom Huledet Sameach Israel! We were so happy to celebrate Israel this week! Thank you to all the parent volunteers who came in and made the day so special! We loved writing letters at the Kotel in Yerushalayim, mixing spices in the shuk in Tel Aviv, making orange juice in Haifa, cutting Israeli salad, and making salt watercolor art in Tzfat. We know Israel was given to Avraham and the Jewish people thousands of years ago and is our Jewish homeland. This week, we enjoyed all t

We’re so happy to be back after a wonderful Pesach vacation. We ate Matzah, drank wine, and celebrated our Freedom! We loved hearing all the fun that was had over vacation. We jumped into learning about spring and the counting of the days until our next holiday, Shavuot, where G-d gave us a present, the Torah! We know we are counting Sefirat HaOmer, and we are so excited to celebrate so many fun things in the next few weeks! We enjoyed our Spring sensory bins, a spring Garde