Getting gecko to notice food dish

Quick background:
I've had reptiles most of my life, but always snakes. Had Redtail boas, ball pythons, jungle carpet pythons etc.

Life got busy, I got married, and when we had kids I got out of reptiles for a while. Now my son is old enough to want a pet and "help" a little with its care. So we got a leopard gecko after a lot of research. He's doing great but seems oblivious to the feeding dish.

When I put mealworms in it he doesn't even notice, even left overnight. So we put mealworms on the cage floor one at a time and he chases them down and eats them all. I have tried putting mealworms in the dish and luring him over to it with a worm. He will come over, eat the worm I drop in the dish and walk off.

For or now that's all I've done because my kids like watching him eat the mealworms anyway. But given time they'll get tired of feeding time and I'll want to be able to put the mealworms in the dish and leave them alone. Any way to make his happen or will it just happen with time with leaving them in the dish?

What kind of food dish are you using? Is it shallow enough for the leo to see the worms in it? Thats really the only thing I can suggest is either a glass bowl or one thats shallow enough for him to see into. Mine all started using the food bowl on their own.

It's not see through like a glass dish so he can't see the worms without looking in it purposefully. That's why I was trying to lure him over to it.

It looks like this, but a different color



It's not a big deal, just checking if there were any tip/tricks that have worked for others. I imagine he'll discover it for himself soon enough. We've only had him a few days anyway.

Thanks!

I use the replacement cups from Tsk and they seem to work better than when I had ceramic colored dishes. Good luck hopefully he'll figure it out, it hes really small that might be part of it too