Slow Bite Fruit Tasting

What you need

• Berries, 1 small piece per person (e.g. strawberry)
• Bananas, 1 slice per person (instead of berries) (optional)
• Plate or tray, 1
• Knife, 1, for a grown-up

How to do it

Grown-up prep: Wash and cut soft fruit into small, pea-to-thumbnail-sized pieces. Check for fruit allergies first, and stay seated with children while they eat.

1. Wash your hands, then watch a grown-up cut your fruit into tiny pieces. A grown-up does this
2. Take one piece of fruit and hold it in your hand.
3. Look closely at your fruit, like a detective with a magnifying glass.
   Ask: What colors and shapes can you spot?
4. Smell your fruit. Take a big, slow sniff.
5. Get your ears ready and take one small bite. What does it sound like? Ask for help if you need it
   Ask: Was it squishy, juicy, or quiet?
6. Chew slowly and feel the taste change in your mouth.
7. Say one word that describes the taste.
8. Now try a new fruit, or invite a friend to taste slowly with you!
   Ask: Which fruit do you think will surprise your senses the most?

Play it again

• Eyes closed: keep your eyes shut for every step and describe the fruit in three words.
• Fruit showdown: taste two kinds of fruit and say which one is sweeter, softer, or smells stronger.
• Ollie says: a grown-up calls out one sense at a time, and everyone does only that sense.