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In today’s classrooms, technology and creative teaching strategies help make learning fun, especially for young children.
This section shares interactive food-related apps, online resources, and hands-on techniques that make teaching about food, health, and sensory play more engaging!
🥦Interactive App: Toca Kitchen 2
🥦Interactive App: Toca Kitchen 2
A fun cooking simulation game where kids prepare wild meals for silly characters! Encourages creativity, food recognition, and fine motor skills.
👶 Suitable for Ages: 4–7
📲 Platforms: iOS & Android
🎮Website: Sesame Street’s “Healthy Habits for Life”
🎮Website: Sesame Street’s “Healthy Habits for Life”
Interactive videos, games, and printable PDFs about nutrition
Includes characters kids love and bilingual materials
Interactive videos, games, and printable PDFs about nutrition
Includes characters kids love and bilingual materials
🎥Teaching Strategy: “Cooking as a Learning Tool”
🎥Teaching Strategy: “Cooking as a Learning Tool”
Use simple recipes to teach math (measuring), language (recipe steps), and science (melting, mixing)
Include visuals, step-by-step picture cards, and allow kids to touch ingredients
Perfect for inclusive classrooms and sensory learners
🧩Assistive Tech for Special Needs
🧩Assistive Tech for Special Needs
Use speech-generating apps like Proloquo2Go or Avaz during snack time
Helps non-verbal children express food choices
🧠 Encourages independence and participation in group meals
Downloadable Teacher Resources
📄 [Download: “Food Group Flashcards” (PDF)]
📄 [Download: “Cooking Activity Picture Schedule” (Visual Aid)]
💡 Teaching tip:
Use your phone or tablet to take pictures of your child helping in the kitchen.
Then, create a “My Cooking Book” with printed photos and short sentences.
This builds language, memory, and confidence!
📚 Explore more in our Activities and Parents’ Corner pages.
We’re always adding new resources—check back soon!
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