Find out if anyone has had the vegetable before, and ask who would like to eat it at home. Give each child a small white paper plate. Let them pick out crayons or magic markers. Have them draw the new vegetable they will try at home on the plate. Ask the older children to name the vegetable they drew.
Children can take the plates home to put on their table as a reminder to try the new vegetable.
In this game children try to guess the vegetables in the boxes. Put one vegetable from the book per shoe box. Drape a cloth over each box so that children can smell and feel the vegetables without seeing them. Ask children to guess what is in the box. Tell them that each box contains a vegetable Oliver ate.