Healthy Eating Lesson 3: Taste Test and Talk!

• Healthy eating
• Special Education

Healthy Eating Lesson :Taste Test and Talk!

Ilhan Ahmed

Learning aim:

By the end of the lesson, pupils will:

 • Explore and describe the taste and texture of different foods

 •  Identify healthy fruits vs. less healthy snack foods

 • Make personal choices and explain which food helps the body

Makaton word of the day!

Warm-Up: Fruit or Treat? (3 mins)

Which one helps us grow?      Which one is a sometime food?

 

which foods a sometimefood?

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Which food gives us strong bones and teeth?

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Which one helps us grow?

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Mini Review: Healthy Eating Plate (3 mins)

Quick recap of the food groups using the social story:

 • Fruit & Veg – Grow food!

 • Carbs – Energy food!

 • Protein – Strong food!

 •  Dairy –Bones and teeth food

 • Sweets – Sometimes food!

Food Tasting Table: “Let’s Taste!” (10 mins)

Prompt questions for STA 

Refer back to the drawing table on your tables. Encourage your learners to choose at least 2 foods from each category and then sit back down and tick which new they e choose.

• Which food would help you grow?
  
•  Which one is for a special treat?

You can look, smell, or touch if you don’t want to taste!

Healthy or Treat Art (3 mins)

Learners to  draw pictures of:

 • 1 fruit or healthy food they liked

 • 1 treat food with a “sometimes” symbol