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Practise likes and dislikes with food flashcards on LearnEnglish Kids.
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Food
There are lots of materials about the topic of food on LearnEnglish Kids, including games, worksheets to print, flashcards, a song, and a story. You can find them here:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-topics-food
With these materials your child will be able to:
practise words for items of food, fruit and vegetables
read instructions for a recipe
learn about food and healthy eating
listen to a song and practise days of the week
read a story and print activities to do
You can use these materials to practise English with your child. On this page you'll find an idea for an activity you can try with your child. On the left you'll also see a list of links to resources about this topic on teaching websites that you may find useful.
You'll find flashcards for food, fruit and vegetables on LearnEnglish Kids. You can use these to practise the names of common foodstuffs and also to practise 'I like...', 'I don't like...' and 'Do you like...?'
You'll find the flashcards here:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-flashcards
Print and cut out the flashcards. They'll last longer if you can glue them onto card or laminate them.
Draw a smiley face on a piece of paper, and a sad face on another piece of paper. Put these on a table or on the floor.
Show a card to you child. Ask 'Do you like (apples)? Teach your child to say 'Yes' or 'Yes, I do.' (and then put the card on the smiley face) or 'No' or 'No, I don't.' (and then put the card on the sad face).
Repeat this with more of the cards. Don't too many cards if all of the words are new for your child, or if they begin to get bored.
When you have some cards on the fsmiley and sad faces teach your child to say 'I like (apples)' and 'I don't like (pizza).'
Your child can now ask you 'Do you like (pizza)?' and you can repeat the activity.
If your child enjoys this activity you can add more phrases 'I hate...' or 'I love...'. or you could extend the lists of foodstuffs that your child likes and dislikes. You could even make more flashcards. of your child's favourite foods.
