VOCABULARY: FOOD. IDEAS TO LEARN
Choose a letter of the week Each week taste and discuss healthy foods which start with the chosen letter of the week. For example, for the letter ‘M’ try mushroom, milk and mango. Odd one out Say a series of four words including three vegetables and one odd word, for example, “Carrot, potato, cat, onion”. Ask children to identify the odd word. Make the game more challenging by using an odd word that is also a food, for example, “Celery, capsicum, carrot, yoghurt”. Ask the children why the odd word does not belong with the rest of the group. Create a food alphabet Create a visual food alphabet wall display. Children can cut out pictures of food and match these to a letter or draw their own impression of the food. Source: All about food: A resource for services caring for children , Queensland Health, 2006.