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Food likes and dislikes

I can describe why we eat what we do.

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Food likes and dislikes

I can describe why we eat what we do.

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Key learning points

  1. We eat different food according to what we like and dislike.
  2. We eat different food depending on the time of day and occasion.
  3. People choose different types of food for different reasons, such as preference, location and allergy.
  4. We use our senses to see, smell and taste food.

Keywords

  • Occasion - a special event

  • Allergy - a bad reaction to a food or drink

  • Senses - how we see, smell and taste

Common misconception

People like and dislike the same foods.

There are no right or wrong foods to like to like or dislike. We all have different tastes.


To help you plan your year 1 cooking and nutrition lesson on: Food likes and dislikes, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...

To help bring learning about the sesnses to life, have a range of foods for the pupils to see, smell, touch and taste (checking for any allergies). Pupils can start to describe the foods, as well as explain their likes and dislikes.
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4 Questions

Q1.
When do we usually eat breakfast?
Correct answer: morning
lunchtime
evening
Q2.
I use my to smell foods.
Correct Answer: nose
Q3.
True or false? We need a variety of food to be healthy.
Correct answer: true
false
Q4.
Put the following in the right order, from morning to evening.
1 - breakfast
2 - lunch
3 - evening meal

5 Questions

Q1.
At what time would breakfast be eaten?
Correct answer: 8am
1pm
5pm
Q2.
Which of these is a special occasion?
breakfast
Correct answer: Eid
lunch
Q3.
Match the sense to the part of the body.
Correct Answer:sight,eyes
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eyes

Correct Answer:smell,nose
tick

nose

Correct Answer:taste,mouth
tick

mouth

Q4.
True or false? People dislike the same food.
true
Correct answer: false
Q5.
If we have an __________, we should not eat the food.
food
Correct answer: allergy
ingredient