Here is a great list of ten (I’ll try to add more as I think of them) ways to help teach your preschoolers about the sense of taste!

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1. Explore tastes of salty, sweet, sour and bitter (lemons, coco powder, candy, potato chips, etc.)  Make a list of salty foods, sweet foods, etc.
2. Clip coupons together
3. Make a mind map/collage of favorite foods or of food groups – what “matches” or goes with those foods (ex: chocolate and milk, or peanut butter and jelly)
4. Bake something
5. Dissect a vegetable
6. Plant some food seeds (can be in a window planter so kids can watch them grow)
7. Make a cereal or pasta necklace
8. Make/decorate a restaurant-like menu of foods that you eat regularly
9. Make a food sculpture out of leftovers and then eat it.  This is a great way to clean out the fridge!
10. Make a tongue map.  Find out what areas of your tongue have the ability to taste salty, sweet, bitter and sour flavors.

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Want to make your own googly-eyed food creature?  All you need is some ramen noodles, chow mein noodles, malt balls, gel capsules, marshmallows.  Here is a great post with detailed pictures and step-by-step instructions!

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Thank you to ValentinD and Oskay for providing pictures for us!