Taste
Objectives:
The student will be able to categorize food by taste.
The student will understand the value of the sense of taste.
The student will be able to work cooperatively to produce Big Books.
Motivating Activity
Distribute a different flavored jelly bean to each child. Allow
each child to try to identify the flavor. Can they identify or
explain what flavor or how it tastes?
KEY WORDS: Lead
whole class in a discussion incorporating the key words tongue,
taste, salty, sweet, sour and bitter.
Sample Question: How did you know the
flavor of the jelly bean? (It tastes like pop corn).
Activities
Whole Group
Read the book, Beginning to Learn About Tasting,
by Richard L. Allington, and Kathleen Cowles, Illustrated by Noel
Spangler, Raintree Childrens Books, 1980.
| This is a colorful, 32 paged picture book that is part of a series which has several activities based on the material presented. The book introduces the four basic tastes as well as some additional tastes and textures. There are recipes included too. |
Create Taste Word Web example
Develop Word Wall example
Play "Who Nose"
During circle time, the teacher explains to the class that they will each have a turn tasting one of three substances. There are three cups holding mustard, ketchup and chocolate syrup. The child cannot see the choices. When it is the child's turn, the child is blindfolded and must hold his/her nose as the teacher dabs a bit of one of the substances on the child's tongue. The task is to identify which of the three choices he or she tasted.
Small Group/Center
| Taste Test |
| The paraprofessional had to direct this small group activity. Children were not able to do this independently. |
Provide a sampling of each of the
following items (salt, sugar, coffee, honey, and lemon juice) for
each child to taste and identify the following salty, sweet, sour
and bitter tastes. Match each item to its specific taste and
follow up by drawing a picture or using the words to complete the
table.
| Salty | Sweet | Sour | Bitter |
Assessment
My students write daily in a journal. In their writing journals
the children respond to the questions
What part of the body do you taste with?
What would happen if you could not taste?