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Kitchen Chemists · OSHC · Week 3

Blindfold taste test

Materials checklist

  • Blindfolds
  • Small taste cups
  • Fruit and veg pieces
  • Taste map poster
  • Rating stickers

Step by step

  1. Confirm consent and allergy clearance.
  2. Partner feeds taste sample (spoon only).
  3. Describe flavour and texture.
  4. Rate with stickers on the taste map.

Look for & extend

  • • Notice descriptive vocabulary — build a word wall.
  • • Try tasting while holding the nose.
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Kitchen Chemists · OSHC · Week 3

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Blindfold taste test

Notice descriptive vocabulary — build a word wall.

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Blindfold taste test

Try tasting while holding the nose.

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Kitchen Chemists · OSHC · Week 3

Observation record — Blindfold taste test

Child / group:
Date:
Educator:

What I saw and heard (child's voice)

Learning I noticed (outcomes)

Where to next / how I'll extend

Outcomes this week: 3.2 · 5.1 · QA1