Meals and Snacks
- Ask your child to name and
describe what he is eating. Is it sweet, salty, or spicy? Is it hot, warm, cool, or cold?
Smooth or crunchy?
- You name the foods
you’re eating, describing their colors, tastes, and shapes.
- Talk about how food is
grown and where it comes from.
- Together make a list of your child’s
favorite foods.
- Ask open-ended questions, about your child's day, such as “What were you
building in the sandbox?”

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