German Käsespätzle

Yesterday, Germany had their National Night with Sweden, and the German delegation prepared a full lunch meal for everyone at camp! They made a delicious dish called Käsespätzle (we think this is how it is spelled), and here are a few snap shots from the preparations:

The dish consists of noodles, onion and cheese (and perhaps some secret ingredients).

We loved the lunch so much, and of course we want to share it with you! Here is a recipe we found online, please give it a try! Käsespätzle noodle caserole recipe

Translation Time

After every announcement and explanation of an activity here at Sunny Hill, we have Translation Time. While everyone is listening and paying attention, each leader gets up in front of everyone and translates what has been said into his/her language. This way, we get to hear all the different languages every day! 

We know that most of you who are reading this blog do not have English as your mother tongue, and in the spirit of CISV we have therefore added a new feature here on the blog: the Google Translation Time! On the top of the right hand side of the blog, you will find a little roll-down-menu where you may choose the language you prefer. Google will then translate the entire blog into that language. It's magic!

Please keep in mind that google translate, although an awesome and magical tool, doesn't always translate into perfect sentences... but you will at least get the gist of what's happening! And how cool does our blog look, translated into Arabic?

Enjoy!

Fantasy Island

 This is what it looked like the other day when we had the awesome Fantasy Island activity!

 The kids, leaders and JC's were divided into groups, and each group had to create a fantasy island.

 The children and leaders had to cooperate and agree on what their island should be like, what the language of the island should be, what the name should be, etc.

It was challenging to work together, but the kids did a great job in overcoming obstacles such as language barriers.

It can some times be tricky to communicate when you have no common language, or when you have a limited knowledge of English, which is the lingua franca here at camp, but the kids are amazingly good at it!


By the end of the activity, we had several fantasy islands, all different from each other.

 The groups had to go on stage and present their island in front of everyone, and it was a lot of fun!

 We were gathered in the big theater to do this activity, look at how nice it is with all the different flags decorating the walls!

How low can you go?

Did you know how much your children love to dance? And they are good at it, too! We love dancing with them!

Here's another clip from the dance party we had on USA's national night, where your kids are all getting jiggy with it. "How low can you go? Can you go down low? All the way to the floor?" Watch this:

What we did on July 4th