Teaching Children
By The students of Noa Eshkol

This capsule brings together materials from movement classes for children, conducted by students of Noa Eshkol in several different kibbutzim.
During these lessons, the children were explored to the basic principles of the Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation and learned to use its fundamental tools, which enabled them to experiment with creating their own notation as well as dance compositions.

This capsule brings together materials from movement classes for children, conducted by students of Noa Eshkol in several different kibbutzim.
During these lessons, the children were explored to the basic principles of the Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation and learned to use its fundamental tools, which enabled them to experiment with creating their own notation as well as dance compositions.


A letter greeting from Noa Eshkol to Ann Hutchinson-Guest on the occasion of her honorary doctorate at the university of Arizona, November 1997.
Appears on the front page of the "Children's Work" booklet, specially prepared for the occasion.

Childcare work through drawing: writeng, reading and performing movements.
Instructions for the exercises were conveyed through drawings, accompanied by descriptions and explanations in Saya Ben-Nun's handwriting (1975).

Illustration from lessons given by Michal Shoshani, in which children were asked to trace continuous, uninterrupted transitions from one body part to another.

Illustration from lessons given by Michal Shoshani, in which children were asked to trace continuous, uninterrupted transitions from one body part to another.

Moments from dances composed around the theme of "contacts between parts of the body", under the instruction of Ditah Perach (1970s).


Collection of children's works and movement studies on the theme "dance for two organs detached from each other" - written positions in EWMN.
Correspondence between children of Kibbutz Beit Nir and Gat and children of Kibbutz Ma'agan Michael. The writing pages are accompanied by notes for reading and performing by the authors.
Teaching by Saya Ben-Nun and Tirza Sapir (1970s-1980s).

Collection of children's works and movement studies on the theme "dance for two organs detached from each other" - written positions in EWMN.
Correspondence between children of Kibbutz Beit Nir and Gat and children of Kibbutz Ma'agan Michael. The writing pages are accompanied by notes for reading and performing by the authors.
Teaching by Saya Ben-Nun and Tirza Sapir (1970s-1980s).


Table game: tracing paths and directions of movement (floor courses).


Works by elementary school students created during movement classes led by Saya Ben-Nun at Kibbutz Ma'agan Michael, exploring progression and weight transfer.

Works by elementary school students created during movement classes led by Saya Ben-Nun at Kibbutz Ma'agan Michael, exploring progression and weight transfer.

עבודות תלמידי בית ספר יסודי במסגרת שיעורי תנועה בהנחייית שיה בן-נון, קיבוץ מעגן מיכאל בנושא התקדמות והעברות משקל

A card game exploring bodily positions, under the tuition of Tirza Sapir.

A card game exploring bodily positions, under the tuition of Tirza Sapir.

Drawings of positions: cards game with regard to positions. Under the tuition of Tirza Sapir.







A cardboard marked with intersecting circles in different colors and with representations of the leg parts: hip, calf and foot. The shapes are attached with metal pins allowing the tracing of spatial trajectories as the parts move in space.

Set of playing cards on the theme of steps, directions of movement and tracing paths of movement on the floor.

Set of playing cards on the theme of steps, directions of movement and tracing paths of movement on the floor.
