Cucumber Sensory Lesson

My Community Nutrition Team held a series of cucumber tastings and sensory lessons at the Hockanum School in East Hartford (November 2017). We read the preschoolers a story about fruits and vegetables, talked about cucumbers, then had a cucumber snack! Some of the children who said that they previously disliked the look of this vegetable decided to give it a try. I liked that we gave the children an additional exposure to this food, since some children need many (many!) exposures to vegetables before acceptance occurs. Hopefully we helped parents in their efforts to encourage healthy eating at home.

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