22mo–3y12 minArtMealtimeFamily time
Color Menu: Try Again or Try New
Make a simple picture ‘menu’ and talk through food choices so your child remembers what they’ve tried and feels encouraged to try again or take a tiny taste of something new.
What you'll need
Essentials
- paper (or cardboard from packaging)
- crayon or pen
- 2-3 food items or food packaging from home
Nice to have
- stickers (or small scraps of paper to glue/tape)
- tape or glue
- phone camera (optional) to snap the ‘menu’
Movement level: false
What you'll do
The 4-step guide, with what to look for at each step, is for signed-in parents.
What this develops
What it practices
Where it comes from
- Source
- Development Matters in the EYFS (DfE, 2012)
- Original guidance
- “Display a colourful daily menu showing healthy meals and snacks and discuss choices with the children, reminding them, e.g. that they tried something previously and might like to try it again or encouraging them to try something new.”
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Attribution
- © Crown Copyright 2012 (Development Matters in the EYFS, DfE)