Little Chewz helps educators build connection through shared experiences, storytelling, and food-based learning.
Helping Classrooms Grow Through Shared Experiences
Welcome to the Little Chewz world, where food, stories, and playful exploration bring students together.
Through the Shared Experience Method™, classrooms build belonging not by teaching social skills directly, but by participating in meaningful shared activities that spark connection, curiosity, and cooperation.
The Shared Experience Method™
The Shared Experience Method™ is a relational learning approach developed by educator Lisa Trout. Instead of teaching social-emotional skills in isolation, the method focuses on shared activities, such as cooking, storytelling, games, and creative challenges that naturally build connection and cooperation in classrooms.
These shared moments create the conditions where students feel safe, engaged, and ready to learn.
Explore the Little Chewz Villages
The Little Chewz world is organized as a journey along a storybook river where each village represents a different emotional environment and type of shared experience.
From cozy kitchens and storytelling cottages to mysterious mansions and seasonal celebrations, classrooms travel through the villages completing collaborative challenges, unlocking new locations, and gradually bringing the world to life together.
Willowbear House
Sweetwood Street
Cloverberry Lane
Classroom Resources
Classroom Adventures & Learning Kits
Bring the Little Chewz world into your classroom through ready-to-use lessons, games, and seasonal learning kits. Each resource blends storytelling, food literacy, and collaborative activities that help students connect while building creativity, curiosity, and teamwork.
Perfect for teachers who want meaningful learning experiences that students genuinely enjoy.
Books
Meet the Cutlery Family
Step into the heart of the Little Chewz world through stories featuring the beloved Cutlery Family and their friends. These playful adventures help children explore feelings, friendship, and shared experiences through food, imagination, and storytelling. From seasonal adventures to thoughtful guides for grown-ups, the books invite families and classrooms into the Little Chewz journey.
The Story of Little Chewz
Little Chewz began with a simple classroom observation: students participate more when they feel they belong.
What started as small food-based activities grew into a learning world filled with characters, villages, and shared experiences designed to help classrooms connect in meaningful ways.
Today, Little Chewz continues to grow as an imaginative learning ecosystem where stories, recipes, and collaborative adventures bring people together.
Meet the Creator
Meet Lisa Trout
Lisa Trout is an educator, author, and creator of the Shared Experience Method™. After years of teaching and designing playful classroom experiences, she began building the Little Chewz world as a way to help teachers create environments where students feel connected, curious, and ready to learn.
Her work blends storytelling, food literacy, and relational learning to create magical shared experiences for classrooms and families.
Her work has been featured by:
Fun With Food!
Parent
Calgary, Canada
Little Chewz Celebrates Winter
My kids loved this book. The activities were fun and we enjoyed learning more about the French Canadian festival. I appreciated that there were recipes at the end that we could make as a family.
Cindy
Teacher, Canada
Chatter Box:
Tools to Quiet your Mind
I just took a class on ADD/ADHD and it discussed the problems that come with stress and anxiety. This course is valuable. I love how there are some concrete ideas that can be used in the classroom.
Amazon Review
Canada
Little Chewz Celebrates Fall
A book that is shared by kids & adults, something for everyone! I like the book because the author is a teacher. It’s for kids and adults with some healthy tips and recipes.
Louise
Grocery Manager
Little Chewz Celebrates Winter
Lisa, I'm so excited to purchase your new book. Our friends' kids are going to be thrilled to see you all again in another family adventure.
Milli
Teacher, Airdrie
Chatter Box:
Tools to Quiet your Mind
Informative, valuable, enriching and practical. Thank you Lisa for the practical and helpful ideas to make our children relax and be able to deal with their stress.