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Play-based Assignment
Rosalee Otaki
FAM1244
June 29, 2021
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Our Senses and Food
Curriculum Expectations Facility: Classroom
1.1, 1.2
See the Ontario Curriculum, The Full-Day Early Learning-Kindergarten Equipment: Squash, tomato, bell pepper, apple, orange (all vegetables and
Program for the entire curriculum expectation. fruit to be cut in half beforehand) and spoons
Lesson Learning Goals Safety: During the activity, the educator should be supervising the children
By the end of the lesson children will be able to: as they explore and go through the activity. The fruits should all be halved
• begin to understand the effects of healthy living on the body beforehand and allergen foods are to be avoided.
• investigate the benefits of nutritious foods and explore ways of ensuring
healthy eating.
Sensing Our Food: Notes
Sight – The fruits, vegetables and spoons will be placed on a table Educators should be sure to go around and ask children
for the children to explore the colours. The children will also be able questions to promote discussion
to explore where seeds come from as they will be left in the fruits Educators can also begin to ask questions such as, “Do we
and vegetables. While exploring, the educator can encourage the know why these foods are good for our bodies?” and “Did
children to use descriptive language to talk about what colours or anyone have any of these for dinner yesterday?”
details they see in front of them (Ministry of Education, 2014).
Smell – While exploring the fruits and vegetables, the children can
pick them up and smell the different scents each one might have.
The educator can again encourage the children to speak about what
they smell by asking questions.
Taste – Each child will have a selection of fruits and vegetables of
their own, it is not recommended that they taste them but if they
wanted to they could see what each one tasted like and how
different they were.
Touch – While exploring the fruits and vegetables, the children will
also have spoons to scoop out seeds or chunks of the foods to feel
textures as well as work on pincer or palmer grasps and practice
working with tools (Ministry of Education, 2014).
Sound – As the children scoop out chunks or seeds from the fruits
and vegetables, they will be able to hear the different noises they
make. The educator can ask the children what they hear as they are
scooping and encourage them to use vocabulary skills to share with
peers (Ministry of Education, 2014).
Play-based Assignment
Rosalee Otaki
FAM1244
June 29, 2021
, 2
Our Senses and Food
Curriculum Expectations Facility: Classroom
1.1, 1.2
See the Ontario Curriculum, The Full-Day Early Learning-Kindergarten Equipment: Squash, tomato, bell pepper, apple, orange (all vegetables and
Program for the entire curriculum expectation. fruit to be cut in half beforehand) and spoons
Lesson Learning Goals Safety: During the activity, the educator should be supervising the children
By the end of the lesson children will be able to: as they explore and go through the activity. The fruits should all be halved
• begin to understand the effects of healthy living on the body beforehand and allergen foods are to be avoided.
• investigate the benefits of nutritious foods and explore ways of ensuring
healthy eating.
Sensing Our Food: Notes
Sight – The fruits, vegetables and spoons will be placed on a table Educators should be sure to go around and ask children
for the children to explore the colours. The children will also be able questions to promote discussion
to explore where seeds come from as they will be left in the fruits Educators can also begin to ask questions such as, “Do we
and vegetables. While exploring, the educator can encourage the know why these foods are good for our bodies?” and “Did
children to use descriptive language to talk about what colours or anyone have any of these for dinner yesterday?”
details they see in front of them (Ministry of Education, 2014).
Smell – While exploring the fruits and vegetables, the children can
pick them up and smell the different scents each one might have.
The educator can again encourage the children to speak about what
they smell by asking questions.
Taste – Each child will have a selection of fruits and vegetables of
their own, it is not recommended that they taste them but if they
wanted to they could see what each one tasted like and how
different they were.
Touch – While exploring the fruits and vegetables, the children will
also have spoons to scoop out seeds or chunks of the foods to feel
textures as well as work on pincer or palmer grasps and practice
working with tools (Ministry of Education, 2014).
Sound – As the children scoop out chunks or seeds from the fruits
and vegetables, they will be able to hear the different noises they
make. The educator can ask the children what they hear as they are
scooping and encourage them to use vocabulary skills to share with
peers (Ministry of Education, 2014).
