Chef Combo®

Make Tasting Passports

Magic Carpet

Nutrition Activities

Grade Level: Pre-k / K
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Synopsis:
Students make passports that are stamped each time they taste a new food.

Activity Objectives:
Students will be able to:

State that we use a passport when we travel to other countries
Decorate a passport to use with Chef Combo's® tasting activities

Material and Advance Prep:

Print and duplicate the Tasting Passport Cover PDF (1 for each student)
Optional: Duplicate it on brightly colored paper
Crayons or markers
Photo of each student
Paste or glue stick for attaching photo
Stamps or stickers for your passport
Make a passport for each student:
- Place the cover face down
- Add 2 sheets of blank paper
- Fold the 3 sheets in half, making a sharp crease
- Staple on the crease
- Make and decorate a sample passport for yourself; place a few stamps or stickers inside

What to Do:

Begin by asking students if they have ever traveled to another country. Ask if anyone knows what a passport is. Optional: If you have a real passport show it to the students.
Explain that when people travel to other countries, they must have passports. When we visit another country, such as Mexico or Japan, our passport is stamped when we arrive and when we leave. Optional: Show students the stamps of various countries in the real passport.
Write the name of the food students tasted on the chart.
Tell students there are many different foods in the world. Since they will be trying some of these foods during the next few months (alter for the time frame of your nutrition unit), they are going to make a Tasting Passport. Each time they take a "taste" of a new food, they will get their passports stamped. Show the students your Tasting Passport and the stickers or stamps inside.
Attach each child's photo to his or her passport. Have each child decorate the cover using crayons and markers. Collect the Passports and save them for your next Tasting Activity.

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Title: tasting passports
Submitted by: Sarah form England

Wonderful idea! I have some children who were very reluctant to try new or healthy foods, but the passport made it fun. My class were so enthusiastic and got so much from this idea.

Title: Fun idea
Submitted by: Trisha from New York

I had my class develop a healthy eating ethnic cookbook by having the parents send in recipes from their own family. We had many differnt ethnic backgrounds in our class so we used the cookbook as a backdrop for this actviity. HOW FUN to learn about your classmates heritage and healthy eating at the same time!

Title: Tasting Passport
Submitted by: Kitize from Georgia

This is a great idea! It is just what I needed!