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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.
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.
UsingFruits and Vegetables Activity, studentsplay the Stone Soup game to practice identifying and classifying fruits and vegetables.
Using these Dessert Flash Cards, students improve their dessert vocabulary by describing the colorful 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.
Using this Healthy Eating Mini Pack, students learn about Healthy Eating through ten fun worksheets and three activities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Crunchy, juicy, yummy learning!
Food is one of the most delicious ways to learn! Preschoolers name everyday foods, sort fruits from vegetables, and learn which foods help them grow strong and which are "sometimes" treats. They talk about meals of the day, like breakfast and dinner, and use their senses to describe food: crunchy carrots, sweet strawberries, sour lemons. They also learn simple habits, like washing hands before eating. The click comes when a child holds up an apple at snack time and proudly says, "This is a fruit, and it helps me grow!"
Little ones learn about food best with real snacks, pictures and lots of talking.
Fill a basket with real or pretend foods and have kids sort them into fruits and vegetables. Then talk about the colors and shapes. Holding real food makes the words stick far better than pictures alone.
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.
Try it withFruits and Vegetables ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Flash a fruit card and let kids shout the name, then tell one thing about it: color, taste or where it grows. Quick rounds at circle time build vocabulary fast.
Why it works: a big review of study methods ranked quick self-quizzing among the most powerful ways to remember (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withFruit Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →At snack or lunch, ask, "What healthy foods are on your plate today?" A tiny daily chat about food choices builds good habits and lots of new words.
Why it works: spreading practice out over days is one of the two most effective study methods in a major research review (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withHealthy Eating Mini PackWorkbooksOpen it →Pretend play and silly games make food lessons fly by.
ActivitiesKids feed the hippos only fruits and vegetables and say each food name as it goes in.
Open Healthy Hippos Fruits and Vegetables Activity →
Flash CardsDescribe a vegetable with clues like "I am orange and crunchy" and kids find the matching card.
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Flash CardsSet up a pretend café and let kids order and serve breakfast foods using the picture cards.
Open Breakfast Flash Cards →Teacher favorites right now: Donut Cut Outs, Fruit Flash Cards and Breakfast Flash Cards.
They should learn to name common foods, sort fruits from vegetables, and understand that some foods help bodies grow strong. Simple habits like handwashing before eating are part of it too.
Keep it positive and simple. Talk about "grow foods" and "sometimes foods" instead of good and bad. Let kids help wash or choose fruits and vegetables, and they are more likely to try them.
A simple rule for preschool: fruits usually have seeds and taste sweet, like apples and berries. Vegetables are other plant parts, like carrot roots or lettuce leaves.
Cook together, name foods at the grocery store, and let your child sort the groceries. Tasting one new food a week is a fun family challenge.
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