Food activities for childminders and home educators

Do you want to include more food related activities in your home based education?

If you’re a childminder or home educator who wants to explore food topics with children in a fun and non-pressured way, while developing valuable skills and educational scaffolding, then hopefully some of the suggestions in this guide will be helpful.

The suggestions are all based on being in a home setting, with one adult and up to around 6 or 8 children with a mixture of ages, so they should be adaptable for you.

The suggestions and organisational links in this guide will cover the three areas that The Foodies uses to build familiarity and confidence with food – growing and where food comes from, cooking and preparing foods, and eating, tasting or exploring foods. For each of the suggestions there is a suggested link or organisation to help you further on the last page.

You will also be given access to our weekly emails with more ideas for growing and cooking with children. You can opt out of these at any time if you don’t find them useful.