Feeding Therapy Worksheets & Food Explorer Logs: Food Explorer Worksheets using the 5 Senses

These feeding therapy worksheets are perfect for picky eaters and selective eaters. Sometimes kids are just so over the "food play," and these structured worksheets can help inspire a spirit of inquiry and reinvigorate their interest in food exploration!

Using the five senses, kids can describe the food's color, shape, texture, the sound it makes when you bite or smash it, smell, and taste before deciding how they feel about the food (e.g., uneasy, still learning, like it, or LOVE it!).

These food play printable worksheets can also be completed at home and help families with carryover of recommendations, food play, and/or food presentations.

What's included?

• Five Senses Food Explorer Worksheet #1: worksheet with prompts to identify sensory features of the food, area to draw the food, indicate whether or not the child has had it before, and how the child feels about the food
• Five Senses Food Explorer Worksheet #2: includes sensory analysis section for two different foods on the same page
• Food Explorer Logs (2): one weekly log and one 10 food log that can be completed over any timeframe to track how the child engages with the food (touch, smell, lick, bite, or eat)

Target Areas Included:

• Feeding therapy for picky eaters
• Food Exploration
• Sensory Processing

This is a perfect handout for speech therapy, occupational therapy, dietitian, nutrition, and/or clinic-based service providers. Please note, these handouts are intended for feeding therapists to use as a supplement to their practice, and users should always consider important client factors (e.g., health status, food allergies, safety, oral motor/swallowing skills, sensory needs, etc.) before using these resources or making recommendations. Learning Tree Resources is not responsible for the misuse or misrepresentation of the examples that are included in this resource.