Discovery Wok

Recently, a kind blog reader sent me some picture books, thank you Morgan. One of these books was The Emperor and the Nightingale.

 Both Miss Belle (6) and Mr Exuberance (3 3/4) have loved this book so we listened to the song of a nightingale and collected together some Chinese items from around the house. We were going to put these together as a discovery box but decided that it was more apt to put them together in the wok as a Discovery Wok.

The wok was overflowing and only the lower right edge can be seen. It contained

Chinese kite-the bird pattern at the back

a book with information about giant pandas

a recipe for a Chinese meal

a Chinese vase

soy sauce

noodles-to make our stir fry to go with the book

a toy made in China

chopsticks

a short list of (English) words connected with China

The story about Ping-another loved book about China

The Emperor and the nightingale

Collecting items from the country in which a book is set is something that we will probably do again. It was a very visual and hands-on way to place the book in its setting and to think more about a different culture.

This is linked to Explore the world through picture books at My little bookcase.