Engaging children in sensory exploration of foods is an important part of nutrition education. This includes engaging the five basic senses of sight, touch, taste, smell and hearing. With this lesson, you will learn various strategies to engage children’s senses with food. Repeated practice of these strategies will make teaching and learning fun for both you and the children. (2 hours)
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Objectives
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Describe how to engage children in sensory exploration of foods
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Recognize the importance of engaging children's senses
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Identify the different ways for sensory exploration of food with sight, touch, smell, hearing, and taste
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Practice using strategies for engaging children's senses in your child care program
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Apply the concepts of sensory exploration with food on different mealtime scenarios
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Select goals for the week for helping children explore food using their senses
The EAT Family Style curriculum includes seven interactive, online courses. View information on the full series (PDF).
Note: At this time, this course is not available to Nebraska, Oklahoma, and South Dakota learners.
