Restaurant Menu Detective
About 30 minutes, indoors, for ages 5 to 7.
Where it works
Works in any indoor space
Who it's for
ages 5 to 7
Try this adventure now:
- a food you have never heard of
- the most expensive item on the menu
- a food that is a color you like
- a strange or funny-sounding word
- a food you could make at home
Today's Challenge
- 1.What food sounded the most interesting?
- 2.Would you ever try the strangest item you found?
- 3.What food would you add to this menu?
Quick Start: What you need
- 1Nothing at all. Just go outside and look.
The Goal
A quiet observation game using nothing but the menu already on your table.
How to start
- 1
No supplies needed. You can start from wherever you are.
- 2
Head indoors and see how many you can find: a food you have never heard of, the most expensive item on the menu, a food that is a color you like, a strange or funny-sounding word.
- 3
Talk about what you are seeing. Start with "What food sounded the most interesting?"
- 4
Print the worksheet to check things off as you find them, and keep it afterwards.
Invent A Dish
Invent your own menu item below: name it and describe what is in it.
Some restaurants redesign their whole menu based on what ingredients are freshest that day.
If you want to push it further
- Guess the price of something before checking
- Find a food that starts with your first initial
Print it and go
The worksheet has the checklist, the prompts, and a space to draw in. One page, ready for a bag or a glovebox.