Documentation from a mutual workshop of the musical enrichment center and “Drorim” preschool in Akko-Israel The Education department of Akko municipality The ministry of Education Recycling and the environment Music Children literature The teacher: Monika Chaumovitch Advisor: Efrat Srebro

Background for the workshop The children of “Drorim” class were collecting recycled materials like empty coffee boxes etc, for two weeks. At the end of the collecting procedure, the class teacher, Monika Chaimovitch invited the parents and the children for a workshop on behalf of opening the class library. The workshop concentrated on three issues: A. Music- The class percussion orchestra played with the musical piece” The whistler and his dog” /Pryior.The children know this music from their visit to the early childhood musical center. Along with that, they moved with different musical pieces which tells about the animals which are mentioned in the story. B. Literature- The Israeli children story:” Where is Pluto” by Leah Goldberg C. Recycling- The main topic of this school year in Israel is recycling and the environment. Monika, the teacher, in her own unique way integrated the three topics into one creative workshop and asked the parents and the children to invent musical instruments according to the story figures,out of recycling materials. Edit by Efrat Srebro

At the beginning of the evening, the children told the story “Where is Pluto” by Leah Goldberg with words, movements and music playing. Monika the teacher,asked questions and different children answered her questions while telling the story to the whole audience. When ever they mentioned an animal from the story, a different group of children moved like that animal while reacting to music

The follow up activity will refers to” Pluto the dog….”

After the first part of the story which tells about the dog, the children accompanied “The Whistler and his dog” with percussion instruments Playing drums Playing Triangles and Bells

Parents and children workshop for opening the class’s library First table: “A musical dog” The purpose of the activity: You have to create from the broken chairs a musical instrument in a shape of a dog by the following directions: Use the different recycled materials which we collected for you and turn the seat of the chair into a xylophone. Connect three different pieces of wood to that seat and two more pieces to the sides. Turn the back of the seat into a wind bell while using the metal pieces that we prepared for you. Find a way to create a musical tail for the “Dog” Decorate the new musical instrument and get ready to introduce it to the rest off the group with your own rhyme, movement and song. Enjoy! The mission that the parents and the children got referring to ”Pluto” the dog

One of the class broken chair became “A musical playing dog” with the help of the parents and the children

The “horse” group performance in front of the whole group

The follow up activity refers to the frog which is mentioned in the story

The “Frogs” of “Drorim “ class moved while listening to the Frog’s concert” by Veber

Parents and children workshop for opening the class’s library Second table: “The frog’s croaking The purpose of the activity: Make a “Guiro” that imitates the sounds of the croaking frog by the following instructions: Take three different size objects( small medium and large) from the pile that we prepared for you Bound them together with a rope. Decorate your instruments with variety of materials Prepare a mallet for playing your Guiro and get ready to perform in front of the whole group Enjoy! The mission that the parents and the children got referring to the frog

Performing in front of the whole group with the Guiro The mallet was a pine cone

The follow up activity refers to the fish which is mentioned in the story.

Moving with the music of the “Aquarium” from “The Carnival of the animals”

Parents and children workshop for opening the class’s library Third table: “The fish and the sounds of the sea The purpose of the activity: Invent musical instruments, out of the recycled materials which we collected for you, that imitate the sound of the waves. Decorate your instruments with variety of materials that you can find on the table. Get ready to perform in front of the whole group Enjoy!. The mission that the parents and the children got referring to the fish

The children and the parents filled different containers and wheels with variety of materials. Rolling the half full wheels, produces the sound of the waves. Shaking the other containers also imitates the waves sound

Waves turning rattlers

“Come to us to the open sea…” Performing in front of the whole group

The follow up activity refers to the butterfly which is mentioned in the story.

“Drorim class” became “ one big field with butterflies ”

Parents and children workshop for opening the class’s library Fourth table: “butterflies” The purpose of the activity: Invent different wind bells out of the recycled materials which we collected for you. Decorate your instruments with variety of materials that you can find on the table. Get ready to perform in front of the whole group Enjoy! The mission that the parents and the children got referring to the butterfly

The butterfly is free and flies in the sky. In the honor of the butterfly, the parents and the children created wind bells

“Come to me sweat butterfly… “ Performing in front of the group

The follow up activity refers to the horse which is mentioned in the story.

The horses of “Drorim “ class in movement

The mission that the parents and the children got referring to the butterfly Parents and children workshop for opening the class library Fifth table: “butterflies” The purpose of the activity: Invent different percussion instruments out of the recycled materials which we collected for you that imitate the sound of the horse’s gallop Decorate your instruments with variety of materials that you can find on the table. Get ready to perform in front of the whole group Enjoy!

Preparing the mallets

Performing while singing one of the Israeli songs about the horse.

The follow up activity refers to the cow which is mentioned in the story.

The cows of “Drorim” class moved while ringing the bells which they had on their leg.

Parents and children workshop for opening the class’s library sixth table: The cow The purpose of the activity: Invent different instruments out of the recycled dairy containers which we collected for you. Decorate your instruments with variety of materials that you can find on the table. Get ready to perform in front of the whole group Enjoy! The mission that the parents and the children got referring to the cow

Milk containers which the children collected became rattlers and bells

“old MacDonald had a cow” in Hebrew

The exhibits of the workshop products in “Drorim” class