Terrific Tuesday at Machaneh!

Like yesterday, today followed the basic schedule of hitkansut boker (flag raising ceremony), ivrit shimushit (useful Hebrew) skit, then breakfast, then avodah (work), nikayon tzrif (bunk cleaning time), pish aleph (first age group activity), sports, rachatza (cleanup time), and then lunch! And that’s only half the day!

Sayarimot love instructional swim!

Before the rest of camp woke up - the Bogrimot got up early and departed for their amazing Tiyul (trip) and camp out.

So what happened specifically during the day’s first half? What did the chanichimot (campers) learn about during their pishes today?

Today’s peula schikva aleph (first age group activity) centered mainly on building a more equal society and societal norms. Several older shcavot (age groups) started off with a  game about approaching various situations in their daily lives. The younger shcavot who did this peula (activity) started it by playing charades to start and then drew pictures to start understanding societal norms. Amelimot did a peula with discussing how to treat their kvutza (age group) with respect. 

After pish aleph, chanichimot had sports and rachatzah before heading off to have a yummy lunch of chili, mozzarella sticks, fries, and onion rings.

Then of course comes the next half of the day which consits of menucha (rest time) to digest our delicious meals, then pish bet (2nd age group acitivty), zman meyuchad (time with the specialists), then schiya chofshit (free swim), kibud (snack time), chugim (clubs).

Pish bet today covered similar topics as pish aleph. The Amelimot, however, strayed from the pack due to instructional swim so instead had their kupa asepha (meeting about kupa) today. If you remember yesterday's post, you'll understand that kupa requires a lot of trust. Thus the Amelimot played a game where everybody sat with their eyes closed. If one person raised their hand, they-and only them- would get 3 pieces of candy. If more than one person raised their hands, than no one would get any candy. But if nobody raised their hands then everybody would get 1 piece of candy. At first several people would raised their hands over and over in order to get 3 whole pieces of candy for themselves and themselves only. After a few rounds and a short talk about having the best situation for everyone and discussing the essence of what having kupa means, everybody kept their hands down and everybody was so happy! The kvutza, because it gave up the desire for more candy, was better off as a whole using the concept of kupa!

Movie night!

After running through the rest of the schedule, chanichimot enjoyed a delicious dinner of stir fry, spring rolls, and asparagus!

Then it was chofesh (free time) for a little bit before our tochnit erev (night time activity). Tonight's activity was a fun movie! The movie, specifically, was Tangled! For chanichimot who did not wish to watch the movie, there were also available activities in the beit omanut (arts and crafts buildings) and more active activities on the basketball and volleyball courts and soccer field.

The only kvutza that did not experiance this fantastic "regular" day was the Bogrimot as they are currently on tiyul (camping trip). 

All-in-all it was a great day!

See you all tomorrow!

-Miriam