Yom Practical Life Skills

While Kids and staff are here to have lots of fun at camp, camp also teaches a myriad of practical life skills so this yom highlights all the cool amazing skills we can and do learn at camp!

Educational Goal/Jewish Value

Learning life skills

Recommended Location

Anywhere

Directions

Feel free to incorporate other people in camp who have awesome talents to share and teach your kids Example of activities - How to do laundry - How to creatively problem solve - How to write and send letters - Marie Kondo folding (taught by Miryam Seid) - French Braiding - Marketing / sales (give them a random object and tell them to pitch it back to you with 3 new purposes and a new name) - Empathy - Active listening (twosies) - Car safety and fun facts (Rabrams is a great go to for this) - Survival Safety (Dobbs knows so much) - Common Sense (Tobi's favorite Practical life skill) -Personal Hygiene - Making a bed -Time management (have the kids plan their ideal yom or petzah (helps you in the long run) - How to use chopsticks

Helpful Tips

This can be as serious or as silly as you make it!

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