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Food Education

Helping children to understand where food comes from can encourage them to increase the variety of food they eat. Food and nutrition can be included in the curriculum through for example, growing vegetables and herbs within the setting, cooking with setting’s grown vegetables, reading books which include healthy foods, picnic or kitchen role play, sensory play using food, and arts & crafts. Links to activity cards and ideas can be found below.

25 Vegetable crafts and activitiesPlay Ideas show examples of sensory bins and vegetable art. Follow link to25 Vegetable crafts and activities
Painting with vegetablesFirst Palette explain how to use fruits and vegetables to create exciting prints on paper or fabric. Make fun random prints or combine them to create interesting images.Follow link toPainting with vegetables
Lesson plans – Healthy eating in preschool and primary schoolFood For Life (FFL) training is open to all teachers (trainee and practising) and teaching assistants that teach food and nutrition. Training is a mix of free, discounted and paid-for, via webinars, conferences and online training.Follow link toLesson plans – Healthy eating in preschool and primary school
Taste Education – EYFS food activitiesTasteEd activities are free for UK EYFS settings to access.Follow link toTaste Education – EYFS food activities
Food activities for early years settingsEarly Years Nutrition Partnership provide a list of fun food activities for early years Follow link toFood activities for early years settings