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 Posted 7/17/2007 4:48:05 PM |
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| We used Galilee by the Sea this year for the first time - for the past ten years we used the easy themes. My question is this - do the children get bored with a repeated Marketplace theme, or do the different crafts keep it interesting enough? Also, does Jerusalem Marketplace have a synagogue, too? We're debating between the two Group themes for next year, and I'd appreciate hearing from those of you who have focused on the HolyLand themes. Thank you! Marilyn in Juneau, AK
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| Posted 7/17/2007 7:44:51 PM |
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| We've done all 3 Holyland Adventure programs and the kids love it more each year. We have new shops/projects each year, although we do repeat some shop titles. For example, we had the Carpentry Shop two years in a row, but with different projects. The kids have never complained about any repetition. In fact, we didn't have a Pottery Shop this year because we'd done it in the previous 2 years and several kids were disappointed! We make a picture frame each year, but it gets made in different shops -- last year it was a mosaic project and this year it was a shell project. I've asked our kids what they like best about this program and it's a two-way tie. They love the dramas and they love that they get to choose how to spend their marketplace time. Ours is unscheduled and the kids love it because they're rarely in an environment where they get to make those kind of choices.
Amy in Ohio
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| Posted 7/18/2007 1:46:29 PM |
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we did JM in summer 05...and made the dreidels..and our Leader for the carpentry shop had the kids make little wooden crosses. My boys still have theirs.
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| Posted 7/28/2007 5:55:21 PM |
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| Posted 7/31/2007 2:35:07 PM |
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| This was our first year to do a HLA. We did GBTS and it was awesome. We usually average about 30-40 kids and this year our lowest number for any one night was 62, the highest being 87, kids, alone. It does take more people to pull it off but well worth it. Since you have done JM and I am planning on ordering it for 08, does it have a synagogue time or not? The kids loved going to all the different shops but especially loved going to see the Rabi each night. I have almost collected everything that I will need for BV and since it is not offered again, I want to be sure that we can get it and do all 3 HLA. I only hope that they will come up with more HLA for the future. The kids love and and also the adults.
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| Posted 7/31/2007 8:26:59 PM |
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| Mississippi Girl, Group has said that the Jerusalem Marketplace that they will be releasing for VBS 2008 will be basically the same thing with a few different touches than the one released in 2005. The Jerusalem Marketplace that was released in 2005 had a Synagogue School so the Jerusalem Marketplace for VBS 2008 will also have one. God Bless, Josh T. in Ohio
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| Posted 8/14/2007 8:07:11 PM |
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| We alternate. We do an Easy VBS theme one year and HLA the next. We LOVE HLA and it has managed to stay fresh, so far. Kim
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