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Chew on This: Strategies for Responding to your Child’s Biting
Getting a call from your child’s teacher, only to learn that they have bitten one of their peers or have been bitten by someone, can be alarming for parents. Not knowing how to react or what to do can often leave you feeling helpless. It is important to understand that biting is a normal developmental […] Learn More ›
Hitting The Reset Button This New Year
The beginning of the school year is typically a busy and chaotic time of year for both adults and their children. We often do not have a chance to catch our breath and give ourselves a chance to recharge and reset as we enter this time of the year. However, the Jewish calendar is planned […] Learn More ›
The Nora Project: Impacting the Next Generation of Apachi Campers
Promoting chesed, or kindness, is one of our core values at Apachi Day Camp. We’re seeing it first-hand through our new partnership with The Nora Project, a non-for-profit dedicated to promoting disability inclusion and empowering educators, students, and communities in concepts of empathy and inclusion. After a successful year in our Early Childhood centers, JCC […] Learn More ›
The Power of Choices
How do you not just survive but thrive when you live in a world that requires you to hide in plain sight? The highly courageous and determined Anne Frank wrote in her diary, “Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us.” And sometimes choices are foisted […] Learn More ›
What Makes A Book “Jewish”?
Is it the theme, the author, the characters and their values, or the opportunity to learn something new? If I can close the book (or in my case, turn off the Kindle) and feel connected and inspired, in any part of my life – relationships, work, community – then to me, it is “Jewish.” Recently, […] Learn More ›
A Safe Place for All
“Inclusion is in our DNA.” That’s what our banner at the Buffalo Grove Pinta Pride Parade last weekend read. Staff from across the agency walked alongside the Apachi Day Camp and Camp Chi bus proudly wearing this year’s Pride t-shirts and waving to a crowd that was thrilled to see the J en route. At […] Learn More ›