Yellow Meal Date

Introducing the use of a calendar while reviewing the color yellow

Rated:

Materials

• 12-month calendar or print out a calendar here
• yellow crayon
• yellow foods
• yellow placemat (Month 1 Activity 18)
• yellow clothing

Completion

• Think of foods with a child that you could serve for a yellow meal. For example, macaroni and cheese, banana, lemon Jell-O, yogurt, or pudding, sautéed yellow peppers, cheddar cheese, milk with yellow food coloring, corn, yellow squash, grapefruit, water with a yellow lemon, pineapple, etc.
• Click here for a calendar template or find a calendar for the child to use
• Look at the calendar together and review any special dates - birthdays  or events - and write or draw pictures on those dates for this month
• Look and say the days of the week on the calendar, the name of the month, and count the number of days in the month
• Select a Yellow Meal date on the calendar for the family
• Color the date on the calendar with a yellow crayon
• Make a list and gather and shop for the yellow foods you will need
• Get the yellow placemat (Month 1 Activity 18) to use for the yellow meal
• Ask the child/family to wear something yellow for the meal
• Enjoy the yellow meal as a family