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Week 10 · Food and Your Tummy

Tuesday

The trip starts in your mouth
// Where does your food go?
⏱ about 15 min

Tuesday: The trip starts in your mouth

Rocket wants to know where lunch goes.

"Food takes a trip inside you," Nova says.

Raven asks, "Where does the trip start?"

Nova hints, "Think about the first bite."

Your mouth gets ready

Digestion is how your body breaks food down.

It can start before you even take a bite!

Smelling or seeing food can start it.

Teeth, tongue and saliva

Your teeth chew food into small bits.

Your tongue pushes the food around.

Your mouth makes wet spit called saliva.

Saliva makes food soft and mushy.

Soft food is easy to swallow.

IN YOUR MOUTH
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Last
MOUTH HELPERS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What chews food into small bits?
What is the wet spit in your mouth called?
What pushes food around while you chew?

Small bits are easier

Safety first
This is a look test, not a taste test.
Nothing goes in your mouth.
A grown-up hands you the bread.
Wash your hands before and after.
  1. Get two slices of bread on a plate.
  2. Leave one slice whole.
  3. Tear the other slice into tiny bits.
  4. Drip a few drops of water on each.
  5. Wait one minute.
  6. Poke each one gently with a clean spoon.
WHAT DID YOU SEE?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which got soft faster, the whole slice or tiny bits?
Your teeth make food into small bits. Why help?
SentenceTrue or false?
Saliva makes food soft and mushy.?
Seeing food can start digestion.?
Your tongue chews the food.?
Soft food is easy to swallow.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEYour mouth gets food ready for its trip.
Draw your teeth, tongue and a bite of apple.

Word Spot: take, thank

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Take: T-A-K-E.

Thank: T-H-A-N-K.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
I will ___ my coat.
I ___ you for the help.

You are a food trip explorer!

Tomorrow you will follow food down to your stomach.

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