Stephanie Leen, the teacher from ECP Austin TX, visits the Western Galilee

Partnership - June 2014

“Pirkey and Dafna” came with Stephanie but they stayed in

Israel…!

Part A

First night: Meeting with Idit and Efrat

Visiting “Yasmin” kindergarten in Akko

The teacher: Margalit Fogel(Hila Peretz from Zamir preschool takes Stephanie in her car to the classes in Akko)

The children of “Yasmin” class can play by a rhythmic score . That is why they decided to print the children thumbs as part of musical notations

Getting to know “Pirkey” and Dafna

The children introduced Stephanie to variety of Israeli folk dancing

Visiting “Parpar Nechmad” kindergarten- AkkoThe teacher: Sofi Biarsky

The children integrated their thumbs prints in musical notes and demonstrated “music that counts” activity

Watching a science study about water

Getting a documentation of all of the water’s science activity ,as a present from the children and

the staff

Visiting The Treasure in the wall museum in Akko and getting a tour guide by Ethan

Horovitz

A visit to “Argaman” kindergarten: a multi culture class with Hebrew, Arabic and Russian speakers

The teacher: Natali Gorivodsky

The children prepared a Mandala of luck from recycled materials for Stephanie

As the children can read musical notation they printed their thumb as part of the notes

Visiting Napoleon hill in Akko and learning about the history of Akko

Helping in making the Mosaic wall at the

Early Childhood Musical Center in Akko

Dinner at Ethan ‘s home