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August 23, 2011 | 3 Comments

Food Matching Game

by Kim

This post is not intended as a way to try to get sneak math into snack time. If you would like to use it for that reason, by all means go ahead. It would be a fun learning game. I am writing this to try to help make trying new foods fun for you and your child. My biological children love eating healthy foods. They usually request a healthy snack, even when I am offering a convenient (for me) junk food alternative. But fostering children has exposed me to problems I had not experienced before. How to get a child to eat healthy foods? Heck, how to get a child to try anything new?! Here is a fun game we came up with. Grab something that is not transparent or translucent. I like to use clean emptied yogurt containers. Cut up pieces of familiar food and new food into sizes that will fit under the containers. In this instance I used one familiar food that he liked along with two foods he refused to try before. Be sure to place two of each kind on the tray or plate. Cover the food with the containers. Now play the good ‘ole match game. When your child gets a match they get to eat the reward! It really feels like a reward for your child. While this is not guaranteed to work for every food, it sure is fun. You can watch your child get excited about matching. It is fun to see them study the tray and try to match it up. Their minds are focused on the game and not on “having” to try new or healthy foods. Are your kids picky eaters? ___________________________________________________________________________________

Kim is a contributing writer for No Time For Flash Cards, a mom to a toddler, a preschooler, and a foster parent, too. She juggles her day by trying out fun activities and crafts with the kids. After all, she is just a big kid herself. See what she has been up to over at Mom Tried It.

Filed Under: Age Preschool, Age: Toddlers, Food Activities, Matching Activities | 3 Comments

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  1. Marnie @ Carrots are Orange says

    August 23, 2011 at 8:46 am

    I’m trying this ‘game’ today!! Awesome!!

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  2. michele alshibli says

    July 9, 2014 at 11:43 pm

    A brilliant idea to match with another book series. Oliver’S Fruit Salad, Oliver’s Vegetables, Oliver’s Milkshake.

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  1. Summer Food: 30 Fun Ideas For Your Geeklets | Janean Super Store says:
    August 2, 2012 at 8:29 am

    […] 2. Play the match game with little ones. Simply hide equal portions under small containers on a tray. This makes healthy snacks and new foods a treat, not an obligation. […]

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