I got a press release from Fooditude this morning about a Local Chicago restaurant who is featuring a kid inspired pizza creation in their restaurant for the month of December. I love the collaboration between outreach programs like Fooditude, kids and local restaurants. Fooditude is a mutli-media food project empowering kids to make healthy choices.
I wish I could eat a slice of that thin crust brie, apple, moz pie that Charlie concocted. I wonder if Apart Pizza delivers to Houston?
I really liked this interactive activity called Tongue Twister. It would only take a few minutes to call a kid over to your computer and have them check out this rather large tongue sticking out of the screen. Kids can learn that as they age, their number of taste buds decreases which is why some older kids like foods that young kids don't, and why some adults like foods that older kids don't. The number of taste buds is related to how intensely flavors are tasted. Lots of taste buds = lots of intensity. Less taste buds = less intensity of fattiness, bitter, sweet and sour.
Tongue Twister can empower your reluctant eater to be a life long food taster. They will, as they age like the taste of foods they didn't like as kids. If you can empower a child to always be willing to taste a new food, or one they previously didn't like, their palate is bound to expand as they age.
Let me know what your kiddos think of this activity! Enjoy your weekend.
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Love this idea re: taste buds. Am going to post your post in the Friday Buffet. :-)
ReplyDeleteActually, made it a stand-alone: http://bit.ly/hWmgJE :-)
ReplyDeleteHmm interesting. I didn't know that about taste buds but it makes sense.
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