The National Children’s Food Festival is an annual celebration that teaches children about many different things including where food comes from, how food is grown and prepared. Over the course of this week practitioners are encouraged to plan activities around food to build on the children’s experiences. There are a range of activities that you can plan to celebrate Food Festival week including;
- Cooking and baking
- Food tasting sessions
- Outings to local farms, supermarkets or bakeries
- Art Activities recreating or using food
- Messy play
- Parent partnership sessions including giving advice or inviting them into the setting to join in
- Bake-offs and competitions
- Planting and Growing
Each year the National Children’s Food Festival is based around a particular theme, with this year it will be storytelling! Sign up now to receive your free welcome pack and find out how to get involved. We have also created 4 story packs that can be used to promote and support you in celebrating Food Festival week with us. The four story packs will be based around a favourite, food themed children’s story. The available story resources packs are;
- Handa’s Surprise
- The Little Red Hen
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- The Enormous Turnip
There is also a National Food Festival competition to take part in. Last year the competition was bread making however this year we have decided to stay with the story theme and will be holding a “story prop challenge”, encouraging settings to hold the competition to see who can create the best story prop.