A Typical Day at Big Idea

Campers will begin their day with our camp-wide aseifat boker (morning gathering) and tefilot (egalitarian prayer service) before starting their sadna’ot (technology workshops) and other activities.

Younger campers (aka Little BIG IDEA), those in Pre-K through 1st grades, will rotate through several 40-50 minute sadna’ot (workshops). Workshops may include: Coding, LEGO Park, Color Lab, Young Engineers, and more! All of these activities nurture early computational thinking, creativity, scientific discovery, and imaginative play.

Older campers (current 2nd grade and up) will choose two 90-minute sadna’ot which they will participate in daily for the entire 2-week session.  Tech workshops may include: Graphic Design, Animation, You Tube Show, Gaming Lab, Web Design, Mobile Apps Development, Lego Robotics, 3D Modeling, or Escape Room.  (Workshop options will vary by session and will partially depend on how many campers are signed up per session, but campers will have some choice.)

In addition to their sadna’ot, all BIG IDEA campers participate in “Z’man Migvan” (literally, diverse time) rotations twice daily just as our Classic Camp and Sha’ar campers do.  Z’man Migvan activities include omanut (art), sports, teva (nature), Har Ramah (climbing tower), chetz v’keshet (archery), and hava (farm).  During a one- or two-week session, campers have an opportunity to try out all of these camp favorites! On Fridays, ALL campers will have the option to participate in free swim with some of our other Ramah Day Camp campers.

Of course, in typical Ramah fashion, we will provide two snacks a day, and you provide a dairy or parve, and nut-free, lunch.  BIG IDEA campers have the same transportation and aftercare options as all other campers.  (More details about carpool and bus options can be found here. Aftercare information can be found here.)

Sample Schedule