A picture-led food exploration book that helps children ages 3–10 get to know new foods through their senses, at their own pace and without pressure. Created by a pediatric feeding specialist, it turns picky eating into curiosity through colorful pages kids can point to, color and play with.
How it helps your child:
Builds comfort with new foods before a single bite, through pictures, play and sensory exploration
Gives kids words for food: colors, shapes, textures, smells, sounds and flavors
Puts your child in charge of how close they get, with a step-by-step sniff and taste ladder
Celebrates every small, brave step
What's inside:
Learn About Food: colors, shapes, textures, flavors, sounds, temperatures, where food comes from and food words
Explore Food: 6 ways to explore, How Close Can You Sniff?, Food Detective (picture and write-and-draw versions) and food comparison
Taste Food: ways to taste and bite sizes
My Feelings: How Brave Do I Feel? and My Food Feelings
Create a Food: Invent a Food!
For feeding therapists and clinicians:
A ready-to-use feeding therapy resource for SLPs, OTs, dietitians and feeding therapists. Use it for food exploration activities in sessions, sensory food play, home programs and school or daycare feeding evaluations.
What you get:
21-page printable PDF (landscape), instant download
A short guide for grown-ups
Picture versions for ages 3–5 and write-and-draw versions for ages 6–10
Laminate-friendly pages to use again and again
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 book shares general information and is not a substitute for individualized care.
A picture-led food exploration book that helps children ages 3–10 get to know new foods through their senses, at their own pace and without pressure. Created by a pediatric feeding specialist, it turns picky eating into curiosity through colorful pages kids can point to, color and play with.
How it helps your child:
Builds comfort with new foods before a single bite, through pictures, play and sensory exploration
Gives kids words for food: colors, shapes, textures, smells, sounds and flavors
Puts your child in charge of how close they get, with a step-by-step sniff and taste ladder
Celebrates every small, brave step
What's inside:
Learn About Food: colors, shapes, textures, flavors, sounds, temperatures, where food comes from and food words
Explore Food: 6 ways to explore, How Close Can You Sniff?, Food Detective (picture and write-and-draw versions) and food comparison
Taste Food: ways to taste and bite sizes
My Feelings: How Brave Do I Feel? and My Food Feelings
Create a Food: Invent a Food!
For feeding therapists and clinicians:
A ready-to-use feeding therapy resource for SLPs, OTs, dietitians and feeding therapists. Use it for food exploration activities in sessions, sensory food play, home programs and school or daycare feeding evaluations.
What you get:
21-page printable PDF (landscape), instant download
A short guide for grown-ups
Picture versions for ages 3–5 and write-and-draw versions for ages 6–10
Laminate-friendly pages to use again and again
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 book shares general information and is not a substitute for individualized care.
