My Food Plate Nutrition Activity
This my food plate nutrition activity has K-2nd grade kids spin a food group, find a matching food card, and fill a healthy plate. Answer key included.
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Description
How to Teach the Food Groups
Children who know the food groups can start to build a healthy plate on their own. This My Food Plate Nutrition Activity turns the MyPlate food groups into a spinner game. Kindergarten, first grade and second grade students learn that a healthy meal has fruits, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy, and they practice sorting real foods into each group.
Using the My Food Plate Game
Cut apart the fifteen food picture cards and lay them face up. Each player gets a My Plate page with four colored sections and a dairy cup. Players take turns spinning the Food Group Spinner, finding a food card from that group, and drawing or writing that food in the matching part of the plate. If that part is already full, the turn ends. The first player to fill all five parts wins. It works as a small group game or a kindergarten food activity in a learning center.
What’s Included
- Colorful cover page
- How to Use teacher page
- 15 food picture cards on three sheets
- Food Group Spinner
- My Plate game page
- First grade practice worksheet
- Answer keys for the food cards and the practice page
Why This Activity Helps Kids
First, sorting real foods helps children remember each food group and what belongs in it. Second, the spinner game keeps every child talking about food choices while they play. Third, filling a whole plate shows children what a balanced meal looks like, which builds healthy habits they can use at home.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Use the My Food Plate Nutrition Activity during a health unit, before lunch, or in a science center. Ask children to name one more food for each group, or to plan a healthy lunch with one food from every group. At home, families can look at dinner together and find the food groups on their own plates.
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