Baby Feast Food Experience
Domain Association: Social
Age Groups: 0 - 2 months, 12 – 16 months, 16 – 20 months, 2 – 4 months, 4 – 8 months, 8 – 12 months, Infant
You will need:
- Fruit for puree
- Bib
Directions
- A head of time prepare a fruit puree (i.e. apple or other in-season fruit)
- Encourage your baby to touch the food and use their hands to eat.
- Share in tasting and say “yummy that is apple and blueberry… smells nice”.
Nurture
- If you make meal time a special experience with your baby
- Your baby will develop a feeling that meal time is a nice family or group experience
Explore
- If you place food so your baby can touch, and smell
- Your baby will build love for experiencing food
Share
- If you talk about the food (i.e colours smell, and taste) •
- Your baby will develop language for food