This curriculum topic scheme of work for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and describe some of the different colours that can be used when buying, preparing and making foods for a range of meals. The class can make models of foods to match different colour groups that can be part of a special family meal.

Identify and describe some of the different colours that can be used when buying, preparing and making foods for a range of meals

Lesson One : Cooking Pizzas

Explore how to identify and describe some of the different types of coloured food that can be used when making a pizza for a family dinner

Lesson Two : World Foods

Explore and record how to taste and describe foods that can match different countries in the world by their size, colour and shape

Lesson Three : Market Stall

Practise identifying, describing and comparing some of the different types of fruits and vegetables that can be sold in a market

Lesson Four : Party Cookies

Explain and model how to follow a set of instructions to prepare and bake some cookies that contain different coloured dried fruit toppings

Lesson Five : Fruit Smoothies

Practise selecting and describing the colours of some different types of fruit that can be used to make a flavoured drink to serve at a family meal

Lesson Six : Dinner Plate

Explore and record how to identify and describe the colour of different foods that might be eaten by a family for their dinnertime meal

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