My Taste Journal

What are your daily meals like? Do you fancy Chinese take-outs? How often do you swing by your neighbourhood Indian curry spot? Or do you take the kids for lunch at the sushi train restaurant once a month? Or do they prefer homecooked meals made with mom's love? Whatever your family meals look like, I'm sure they're tasty and flavourful.

This printable worksheet set is about helping kids understand more about the different taste profiles of their meals and what their taste preferences.

Let the tasty exploration begin!

Printable & Activity Objectives

In this activity, your child will learn more about how we taste and the different taste qualities we can sense. They will also learn to understand their own taste preferences by journalling the different tastes they experience over a month.

It will help children/students:

• Develop better understanding of the taste profiles of the meals they regularly consume and also evaluate what their taste preferences are.
• Nurture curiosity for meals and cuisines outside of their comfort zone. Perhaps they could compare their taste journal with friends from other cultures.

Let's start!

Classroom Resources

Simple steps to start:

• Research about how we taste and the different taste qualities we sense. Here's a video about how our tongue help us "taste tasty tastes":

Here's a very interesting video about how our tongue, brain and body react to spicy food:

• Get started on the printable worksheet!

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What's in the Printable Worksheet Pack

This printable pack consists of 1 taste journaling printable worksheet. Get your child to mark an “X” on any of the taste profiles he/she experiences during meals for 30 days. At the end of the month, they will better understand what the average taste profile of their meals looks like and what their general taste preferences are.

Click on the download link below to get started. Please note that this printable pack is free for subscribers and paid members.