A Very Wordy Wordless Wednesday!!

Long ago, we went on a journey to Japan through books, videos, music, and, finally, food. It was the best few months of our newly living and organic homeschool, which is perhaps why we still look upon it with deep fondness. Here is one of my fave memories captured then and now recently rediscovered whilst cleaning and organizing my garage:

Oh, the memories!! Makes me want to go on this journey with them again and again!!  They even spoke simple Japanese phrases to the owner with such grace that he came out to our table and told us his whole life story, before counting to ten with everyone.  It was a pure delight to be honored in this way, and we never forgot the experience.

This picture is one of my all-time faves because it was not staged a single bit.  I only asked, "What do you think of the food?"  And then I closed the shutter on their lovely and honest reactions.

Have you ever studied a country and its people, culture, language, history, music, and food with your wee folk?  How do you keep your kids connected to what they are learning in books?  Doesn't that Japanese food look completely de-lish?