Yummy Yucky
This food preferences ESL lesson teaches yummy, yucky and simple language for expressing taste opinions. Children sing, make facial expressions, create a food face and sort foods into preference baskets. They invent a silly juice combination and roleplay ordering it in a pretend classroom café.
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Lesson format
2 × 45 minutes
Level
Starter
Age group
Ages 4–6
Main focus
Speaking first
What students will learn
Lesson flow
Children sing a silly food song making yummy and yucky faces, build a food-face craft from cut-out foods, and sort flashcards into yummy/yucky baskets. The second lesson builds a 'My Food Juice' craft mixing silly combos ('Banana + Tomato + Cookie = YUCK!'), plays a real-or-fake tasting game, and roleplays ordering at a pretend food café, finishing with a juice presentation.
Target language
- • 'Do you like ___?'
- • 'Yes, I do' / 'No, I don't'
- • 'Yummy' / 'Yucky'
- • Food vocabulary
Key vocabulary
- yummy
- yucky
- like
- dislike
- taste
- sweet
- sour
- bitter
- spicy
- delicious
Speaking questions students answer
- • Do you like pizza?
- • Is this yummy or yucky?
- • Do you like broccoli ice cream?
- • What's in your food juice?
- • Would you like a sandwich?
Recommended teaching contexts
Why this lesson works
The lesson follows a clear progression: Sort foods into yummy and yucky, build a silly food-face craft, invent and describe a silly food combo. Teachers can open the materials and start immediately, while students move from supported vocabulary practice to purposeful spoken English.