How My Parents Learned to Eat book. Have the children bow to each other and take off their shoes while they also speak some of the language that they just learned in the previous lesson. How My Parents Learned to Eat. This book will explain the origin behind the chopsticks. Tell the students that rice is so important to the Japanese.
Rice grows in the flat lands and also on the terraced hills.
A delicate crop, it requires two separate plantings. Their food is treated reverently and aesthetically. Vegetables and fish are the major foods, and rice is the center of the meal. Have their rice balls ready for them ahead of time so they may eat them while you are reading them the book. After you have read them the book, tell the children they will have an opportunity to use chopsticks.