Taste the Rainbow

If possible, go together to the market/ supermarket (or order online) and choose which new fruits and vegetables (or healthy snacks) you will try. Prepare the foods together and put them out in little bowls. Create a spinning dial with different colours, like this one. Try whatever colour food your spinner lands on! Talk about how fruits with different colours can give us different things to help our bodies work well. What are 5 different coloured fruits and vegetables you can eat every day?

Blind Taste Test

Did you know? Our tongues have little bumps on them called taste buds - these help us tell the difference between sweet, salty, sour and bitter. For kids who have more questions - watch this video. We are now going to try different foods and you will tell us what your taste buds are telling you.

You will need:

• Lemon juice  - sour

• Dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa) - bitter

• Soy Sauce - umami

• Salty pretzels - salt

• Sweetened Whipped cream - sweet

• A printed chart like this one from kidsactivitiesblog.com (or make your own!)

*If you don’t have these ingredients - just use whatever you have in the house!

Before each tasting, introduce the food as number 1, 2, 3, 4. After each tasting, write the number in the column that matches the taste, Younger kids may need help with this. Bonus: Cut out pictures of foods from old magazines and newspapers and sort them into these 4 categories. Make a poster like this one from Creative Tots to showcase your work!

Sensory Science

Make jelly and watch how the powder and liquid change into a solid! What other things do you know that can change? What happens to water when you put it in the freezer? What happens to cream when you whip it? Once the jelly has set, set aside a messy area and make sure kids are wearing clothes that can get dirty - Let them play with the jelly with their hands. While they are playing, you can talk about how different foods feel different in our hands and in our mouths.

Who Am I?

Measure each person’s head and make a crown from the cardboard paper. With the regular paper, draw (or write) different foods. Attach a paper clip to the crowns. Attach a paper with the name of the food to each person’s crown. Taking turns, ask questions about your food: Am I crunchy? Am I sweet? Guess which food you are and then play another round! For this activity you will need:

• Cardboard paper

• Markers

• Scissors

• Glue or stapler

• Paper

• Paper clips

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