1. “Pirkey and Dafna” came with Stephanie but they stayed in Israel…!
Part A
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…!

2. First night: Meeting with Idit and Efrat

3. 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

4. Getting to know “Pirkey” and Dafna
The children introduced Stephanie to variety of Israeli folk dancing

5. Visiting “Parpar Nechmad” kindergarten- Akko The teacher: Sofi Biarsky
The children integrated their thumbs prints in musical notes and demonstrated “music that counts” activity

6. Watching a science study about water

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

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

9. A visit to “Argaman” kindergarten: a multi culture class with Hebrew, Arabic and Russian speakers The teacher: Natali Gorivodsky

10. 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

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

12. Helping in making the Mosaic wall at the Early Childhood Musical Center in Akko

13. Dinner at Ethan ‘s home