Stone Soup
Read this classic Folktale “Stone Soup.” If you prefer you may want to cut the images presented on the story sheet for the students to act out as you read.
Once you finished reading the story ask:
-Which vegetables do you eat that you heard in this story?
-Did you eat any vegetables yet?
-What vegetables do you think you will eat today?
Color & Cut
Here are some fun colorful worksheets for children to practice holding a pencil and using scissors.
Onions
Show the children a picture of an onion and if you can show how onions look in the inside. If you have a real onion go ahead and cut open to show it’s rings. Explain to the children that they will stamp onion rings onto their paper.
Provide items that children can hold and not easily bend as they are stamping. In addition you may want to provide different size of rings to have a discussion about small, medium, and large.
Carrots
Have the children trace the outline of the carrot and color it. Encourage the children to name things that start with the letter “C” practice the /k/ sound and have them identify other things that also have the same beginning sound.
Begin the art activity by describing how cucumbers are a vegetable that we can eat. But for this activity we will use them as a stamp. If cucumbers are not available let them draw cucumbers freely. Provide children with several colors of tempera paint and allow them to stamp their paper using cucumber stamps. In addition, remind the children that cucumbers grow in vines just like peas, squashes, and melons. Provide support as needed but remember that children should be allowed to express their ideas and artwork as creatively and openly as possible.
Growing Vegetable Soup
Play the read aloud video from link above and invite children to place the pictures as they retell the story in the correct order.
Do they Grow On or Under the Ground.
Have the children glue the fruits and vegetables above, on the ground or underground.
Peas
Have the children color green circles to represent peas. Describe to children how peas are legumes. You may want to find some additional images and videos in the internet.
Sunflower
Invite children to paste dark small items to represent sunflower seeds, if seeds are not available. Otherwise you can have children color each small circle.
Fruit Sorting
Let children cut the different fruits and encourage them to group them by type of fruits. This is an important math skill for children to practice.
Non Fiction Reading
Read the non-fiction book “Fruits and Vegetables” to the class. Take the time to have the children identify the different fruits and vegetables they see in the pictures of the book. Point and label each as you read along.
Ask the children:
-Which vegetables do you like to eat?
-Do you eat corn, tomatoes, avocados?
Melons
Have the children place the yarn inside a small container that contains diluted glue. As the children remove the glue from the diluted glue, allow them to place it inside the shape to create a web like surface to represent the melon skin. Allow them to explore and place the yarn on the melon shape. If all the yarn seems to be placed on one side of the melon this should be celebrated as well.
cocoa
Provide each child with some chocolate syrup to paint with and invite them to paint their chocolate teddy bear.Talk to the children about the distinct smell chocolate has and how it feels sticky on their hands.
Invite children to talk about other things they enjoy eating that are also made with chocolate.
NOTE: Chocolate syrup may take more than 24 hrs to dry.
Black Pepper
Provide the children with the handout have them draw a meal in their plate. Provide them with crayons and other coloring utensils. Once they have colored their meal in using a toothbrush have them paint black sprinkles on their food by using the toothbrush . If you do not wish to get the children's hands dirty you can always let children make black dots using dark color markers. Ask the children what is it that the black sprinkles represent. Reinforce that it represents the black pepper we put in our foods.
Ginger
Let the child paint the gingerbread man. After he completes coloring or painting the gingerbread man have him add round shaped cereals to represent the buttons. Encourage the older children to draw a face and use decorative items to make the arms and legs. When working with the older children talk with them about the special ingredient the cookie has. Remind children how ginger is a root and that we can use it to give our food a delicious flavor.
Say, -“Which ingredient is it? Ginger!”
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Read the book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle.
Ask the children:
-What foods did we read about that grow on a tree?
-What foods did we read about that we make in our kitchen?
-Hold a discussion about the difference between natural vs. foods that we make.
Food Sorting Activity
Show the children the images found on the handout and talk to the children about the different foods that the caterpillar ate through on the first 5 days from the book they read the day before. Have your child observe each picture and label each food as the older children understand which foods we make (man-made) and which foods are grown naturally.
SUGAR
Let the child paint the cupcake. After she completes coloring or painting the cupcake have her alet the children grew some sprinkles. When working with the older children talk with them about the special ingredient cupcakes have, and sugar makes all our deserts sweet.