Taste
Dairy Tasting Days
Month 4 · Activity 10 · Senses
Instructions
This month have a variety of Dairy Tasting days
- Discuss and compare the different tastes and textures of milk products:
- cow, almond, soy, coconut or goat milk,
- skim, 2% or whole
- cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt, buttermilk, cream
- butter or margarine
- chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry-flavored milk
*Be aware of milk allergies and adapt appropriately!
Watch this video to learn about dairy foods
Simplify
Each day try a different taste of dairy food. Let the child explain how it tastes and looks.
Extend
Encourage a child to share all the dairy items they ate today
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Would you like to live on a dairy farm? What animals would be living on the farm with you?
Name a food you don't like to eat and why you don't like that food?
Materials
- variety of milk products
Language Skills
Math & Science Skills