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Kindergarten Food Resources

17 kindergarten food resources: 7 flash cards, 6 activities, 2 worksheets and more. How teachers use these

Kindergarten Food Resources

17 kindergarten food resources: 7 flash cards, 6 activities, 2 worksheets and more. How teachers use these

Activity
ActivityKindergartenDonut Cut Outs

These Donut Cut Outs quickly give you templates that can be easily cut and applied for classroom decoration or student activities

Flash Cards
Flash CardsKindergartenFruit Flash Cards

These fruit flash cards help Preschool to 1st Grade children learn 18 fruit names with fold-over picture and word cards and color tags. A practice page and answer key are included.

Flash Cards
Flash CardsKindergartenBreakfast Flash Cards

These breakfast flash cards help PreK-1st grade children name and read 15 morning foods with fold-over picture and word cards and a food group sort. An answer key is included.

Flash Cards
Flash CardsKindergartenPlants We Eat Flash Cards

Plants we eat flash cards help Kindergarten to 3rd grade children match 18 foods to the root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit or seed we eat. Answer key included for quick, confident checking.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenFruits and Vegetables Activity

UsingFruits and Vegetables Activity, studentsplay the Stone Soup game to practice identifying and classifying fruits and vegetables.

Flash Cards
Flash CardsKindergartenDessert Flash Cards

Using these Dessert Flash Cards, students improve their dessert vocabulary by describing the colorful flash cards.

Flash Cards
Flash CardsKindergartenApple Theme Flash Cards

These apple theme flash cards teach 18 apple words with a picture on the front and the word inside. Made for Preschool to 4th Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenBeginning Sounds P, T, S, H Worksheet

This beginning sounds p, t, s, h worksheet has kindergarten students name nine food pictures and write the first letter of each word, with an answer key to make checking easy.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenSupermarket Sweep Food Words Activity

Using Supermarket Sweep Food Words Activity, students practice reading high frequency words tocollect all of the food items on your shopping list.

Workbook
WorkbookKindergartenHealthy Eating Mini Pack

Using this Healthy Eating Mini Pack, students learn about Healthy Eating through ten fun worksheets and three activities.

KindergartenFruits and Vegetables Desk Name Tags

These Fruits and Vegetables Desk Name Tags are a perfect way for your students to identify their desks and practice spelling their name with a food theme.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenHealthy Hippos Fruits and Vegetables Activity

The Healthy Hippos Fruits and Vegetables Activity is a board game where children feed a hippo fruit and vegetable picture cards. Made for Preschool through 1st grade, with an answer key included.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenMy 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.

Flash Cards
Flash CardsKindergartenDinner Flash Cards

These dinner flash cards help preschool to 1st grade children name 15 dinner foods with fold-over picture and word cards and food group tags. Answer key included.

Assessment
AssessmentKindergartenWhat Flavor is This Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This what flavor is this reading comprehension worksheet gives Kindergarten readers three short flavor riddles and five questions. An answer key is included, so it prints and teaches with no prep.

Flash Cards
Flash CardsKindergartenVegetables Flash Cards

These vegetables flash cards help PreK-1st grade children name and read 18 vegetables with fold-over picture and word cards and a color sort. An answer key is included.

Activity
ActivityKindergartenLet's Eat Fresh Fruit Blends Activity

UsingLet's Eat Fresh Fruit Blends Activity, students write examples of words with beginning blends to include in their writing.

From our teachers' playbook

Crunchy, juicy, yummy science!

What do kindergartners learn about food?

Kindergartners learn that food gives our bodies energy to play, grow and learn. They sort foods into groups like fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy and protein, and they talk about "everyday foods" and "sometimes foods." Kids discover that many foods come from plants, like apples from trees and carrots from the ground. They use their five senses to describe food, too: crunchy, sweet, sour, smooth! The click moment is when a child looks at their lunch and says, "I have a fruit, a vegetable AND a grain!"

Our favorite ways to teach food

Food is the most delicious science topic there is. These moves keep it hands-on and fun.

Fruit or veggie?

Flash one fruit card at a time and let kids name it, say its color, and tell if it grows on a tree, a vine or in the ground. Then sort the cards into piles together. Real pictures build vocabulary kids use at the grocery store.

Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).

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Fill your plate

Give kids a paper plate and food pictures, and let them build a healthy meal with something from each group. Partners check each other's plates and suggest one more veggie. Building it makes the food groups concrete.

Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.

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Supermarket sweep

Set up a pretend grocery store and give each child a shopping list of food words. They read, find and "buy" each item. Kids practice reading food words while sorting by group, and it feels just like a real shopping trip.

Why it works: playful practice with a clear goal keeps kids practicing longer, and simple learning games have been shown to build real skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).

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Questions parents and teachers ask

What do kindergartners learn about food and nutrition?

Kindergartners learn the basic food groups, the difference between healthy everyday foods and sometimes foods, and where foods come from. They also use their senses to describe what they eat.

How do I teach healthy eating to a 5-year-old?

Keep it positive and hands-on. Let kids help wash vegetables, sort groceries into groups, and build a colorful plate. Talk about how foods help their bodies run, jump and grow.

What are the five food groups for kids?

The five food groups are fruits, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy. A colorful plate with a little from each group helps kids get what their bodies need.

How can I teach about food at home?

Cook together, visit a farmers market, or try a new fruit each week and describe its taste and texture. Kids are more willing to taste foods they helped choose or make.