Where will you take me, Rashid? 
The Bug Collector 
The Most Magnificent Thing 
Yashka’s Island
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Let’s talk...
About new beginnings: we can talk to our children about the feelings they had when they encountered new experiences such as their first day at school, a new class, or a friend’s birthday. We can explore ways that helped them adapt together.
About diverse experiences: The box captured for us rituals and family experiences, such as arranging winter clothes, playing in the courtyard, enjoying ice cream, preparing thyme pies (Manaquesh), and playing with the box. We can ask our child: Which rituals resemble those in our home, and which ones are different? We can describe them together.
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Let’s play...
Let’s use our imagination and guess! We can sit in a group, and each person takes turns silently acting out an object (such as a cup, cat, lion, hammer), and others have to guess what this object is, and so on (time can be specified).
The magic of imagination: We can gather various objects (like hat, a pot, a scarf…) and explore diverse uses for the object, or imagine it as something else.
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Let’s create...
Recycling: The book sheds light on the topic of recycling. We can also create a bag from old pants for example, or plant pots from pickle jars, etc.
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Let’s enrich our language...
We can choose another object as the “hero” of the story, such as a bag or clothes, and we can creatively write a story about it from its perspective.
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Let’s look together...
Let’s look together at the illustrations on pages 6 + 7. What other creatures can we find in the Wildlife Museum? If you’ve ever visited one and took pictures there, now is the time to look at these pictures!
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What insects...
What insects did George collect in bottles and jars? Can we distinguish some of them? We can talk about what would happen to insects if we locked them in closed bottles.
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We may want...
We may want to accompany our child on a tour in the garden or outside the house, looking for insects in the grass, on the trees, and under the rocks in a safe way that does not expose us to danger. It is interesting for our child to explore the insects through a magnifying glass, photograph them, and search for their names and characteristics.
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Bees, ladybirds, and ants...
Bees, ladybirds, and ants are beneficial to nature, and therefore to humans. Do we know other beneficial insects? which insects are harmful?
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George enjoys...
George enjoys accompanying his grandfather every week on a new adventure. What “adventures” does our child like to do with their grandfather/grandmother, or any other family member?
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Together, we can look...
Together, we can look at the drawing of the sanctuary that George and his grandfather built. How does it attract beneficial insects? We may want to design our own reservation and draw it on a piece of paper.
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Ask your child...
Ask your child about things/people that she/he thinks are “magnificent”. What makes them so?
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The girl encountered...
The girl encountered problems during her work. What were they? And how did she solve them? Your child might want to suggest other solutions.
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The girl makes...
The girl makes several things and puts them on the pavement. Encourage your child to examine them and choose what she/he likes. What can they be used for?
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Talk with your child...
Talk with your child about a personal experience in making something (it can be a toy, a cake…) what contributed in making it successful or less successful?
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The girl appoints...
The girl appoints her friend — the dog– as assistant. When making things, who would your child like to be with?
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The girl...
The girl in the book has no name. Why did the author choose to do this? What name would your child give to the girl?
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The text is...
The text is full of verbs related to making things: hammer, measure, glue, wrench, fiddle…This is an opportunity to open your toolbox – or create one — and set up a small workshop to make things with your child. Maybe a kite, or a small cart?!
