Food : Activities for 3-5 Year Olds

This manual contains 28 planned activities for teaching three-to-five year-olds about food - from making a teddy bear's picnic and a caf? menu to investigating different types of food. The author has used her experience with preschool children to design play activities that should be both enjoyable and teach children essential skills.

Each activity is structured using the following headings: "What Children Should Learn" - links the activity to the particular area of the early learning goals being covered; "What You Need" - the activities use readily available resources; "Activity" - concise summary of what to do; "Extension" - ways of extending the activity for older or more able children; and "Talk About" - ways of developing children's oral and listening skills.