A kid-friendly food science workbook for children ages 6–10 that explains how the senses and brain learn about food, why some foods feel easy and others feel tricky, and how new foods can become familiar over time. Created by a pediatric feeding specialist to support picky and selective eaters with understanding, not pressure.
How it helps your child:
Explains the why: how senses, memories and guesses shape how a food feels
Finds their food pattern: what their favorite foods have in common
Discovers food cousins: new foods that are like the ones they already love
Tracks tastes over time and learns that research, cooking and shopping count as learning too
What's inside:
My Senses: how my body checks out food, my amazing taste buds and mixed or separate
Food & Me: everyone likes different foods; love it, learning it, not yet; and why I like my favorite foods
My Food Brain: my brain makes guesses, new and familiar foods, my taste tracker and food cousins
Food Research: learning about food without eating, foods I want to learn about and my food research
For feeding therapists and clinicians:
A ready-to-use feeding therapy resource for SLPs, OTs, dietitians and feeding therapists working with older picky and selective eaters. Use it for sensory food education, food chaining conversations, session activities and home programs.
What you get:
17-page printable PDF, instant download
A short guide for grown-ups
Laminate-friendly tracker pages
Created by Argie Karakalpakidis, MS, CCC-SLP, TSSLD, CLC, pediatric feeding specialist and founder of Kids Feeding Wellness.
Licensed for personal use within one family, or by one clinician with the families they serve. This workbook shares general information and is not a substitute for individualized care.
A kid-friendly food science workbook for children ages 6–10 that explains how the senses and brain learn about food, why some foods feel easy and others feel tricky, and how new foods can become familiar over time. Created by a pediatric feeding specialist to support picky and selective eaters with understanding, not pressure.
How it helps your child:
Explains the why: how senses, memories and guesses shape how a food feels
Finds their food pattern: what their favorite foods have in common
Discovers food cousins: new foods that are like the ones they already love
Tracks tastes over time and learns that research, cooking and shopping count as learning too
What's inside:
My Senses: how my body checks out food, my amazing taste buds and mixed or separate
Food & Me: everyone likes different foods; love it, learning it, not yet; and why I like my favorite foods
My Food Brain: my brain makes guesses, new and familiar foods, my taste tracker and food cousins
Food Research: learning about food without eating, foods I want to learn about and my food research
For feeding therapists and clinicians:
A ready-to-use feeding therapy resource for SLPs, OTs, dietitians and feeding therapists working with older picky and selective eaters. Use it for sensory food education, food chaining conversations, session activities and home programs.
What you get:
17-page printable PDF, instant download
A short guide for grown-ups
Laminate-friendly tracker pages
Created by Argie Karakalpakidis, MS, CCC-SLP, TSSLD, CLC, pediatric feeding specialist and founder of Kids Feeding Wellness.
Licensed for personal use within one family, or by one clinician with the families they serve. This workbook shares general information and is not a substitute for individualized care.
