JCH Summer Day Camps in Brooklyn

"REVIEW FOR JCH SUMMER CAMP / YELADIM GROUP (3 yo) first session only My 3 year old was in the Yeladim group with Ms Yosselin who was responsive and wonderful. Drop off was 8:45-9 but we came late and that was ok, pickup is by 4:45 but we paid extra for late pickup which was supposed to be by 6. I often double parked on side street or parked in the “no standing” zone on 79th St. You have to go into the Jewish Center. Food includes cereal for breakfast, lunch menu attached, they send a daily nap and lunch log for your kid. They have some sort of snack like pretzels and fruit. They dont mix meat and milk. They have a nap for about 1.5 hrs after lunch. Play area outside is a roof-like turf with no shade, they go daily for 45 minutes. Not really a playground. They have indoor swimming daily for about 15 actual minutes of pool time where they are one-on-one with an instructor and have a waist floatie. Kids can opt out. Fridays they eat pizza, make challah, have shabbat and entertainment. Camp attended by Jewish and non-Jewish kids, my little one had Mexican, Chinese, and Russian-speaking classmates. Overall very happy with the camp though I wish they used the app to send photos and more specific updates about what was happening during the day. My son enjoyed it and never complained!"

"Somehow my son didn't like it. He had a hard time to adjust to it. From my experience, the supervisor is very nice and supportive to my son since he was crying not to go at the first few weeks. The teacher is good because my son seems all right when he mentioned the teacher. I would like to say the teacher assistant needs some improvement. One of the assistant there my son doesn't like at all. He seems scare of him. When my son in 3k, he never pushed or hurt anyone. But when it comes to jch, my son starts to misbehave. Then when he came back to his previous school for pre k, the teacher never said he pushed anyone. All I heard is the teacher praise him for being helpful in the classroom. And I don't really appreciate the classroom setting of the camp. From pictures I noted there are black garbage bags hanging on the window. I think for little kids, the classroom should be bright clean organized and interesting. Small children may not able to tell you what is wrong or missing but their feeling is so naturally true. Since he didn't enjoy it at all, I am not sending him back next year. him."

"My kid has been attending the after school and it’s been great. The summer camp has been just as wonderful. The staff are very caring and go out of their way to help the kids feel safe and comfortable. There is always communication going on between staff and family. They go above and beyond to make every experience a memorable one and we can’t wait to send our son again."