![]() The child holding the potato names a food made out of potatoes.Happy summer and thanks for joining me today to talk all things alphabet! I recently released my 3,200+ page alphabet curriculum and can’t wait to share it with you today! This curriculum is really hard to put into typed words because it contains SO much! I always strive to squish so much into my packets so you never have to go hunt down additional materiel because WHO has time for that? I will break down the curriculum below! Play some lively music and let children pass the potato around the circle. Pass a potato around the circle and let children feel and smell the potato. Show children pictures of food made out of potatoes (French fries, chips, mashed potatoes, potato salad). Potatoes and Radish Activities and Games (Activities and printables are available inside our KidsSoup Resource Library) Potato How does it look, smell, feel? Remove the pumpkin seeds together and roast them for a yummy snack. Let children feel the outside and explore the inside of a pumpkin. Which pumpkin is the largest? The smallest? The heaviest? Pumpkin Exploration with all Four Senses (Descriptive Words) Let children explore the different pumpkins. Provide measruing tapes, yarn, scales, and a magnifying glasses. Provide a variaty of pumpkins in different sizes and shapes. They keep you healthy and are yummy too! (Rub bellies) Talk about how eating fruits and vegetables helps us grow and stay healthy. This is a hilarious book about a boy named Gregory who wants to eat fruits and vegetables, and his parents who are more excited about tin cans and tires. Health Fruits and Vegetablesįruits and Vegetables Introduction Read the book Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat. Have each child choose a favorite fruit or vegetable card and place it in the appropriate column. My Favorite Fruit, My Favorite Vegetable Graph Together with children, prepare the vegetables to make a vegetable soup together. Continue until all vegetables are in basket. ![]() Let children guess the vegetable and then place it inside the basket. Grab one of the vegetables and describe it to children. Place the different vegetables inside a bag. Show children the recipe for a vegetable soup. Read the book: Growing Vegetable Soup (Voyager Books). Together, say per example, "The apple is red and Milo's shirt is red." Invite children to look around the room to find some other items that are red. Then, have each child show her/his card to the group and name the fruit or vegetable and its color. Let children choose a vegetable or fruit card and color it. Make sure that children wash their hands before they eat.Īsk the questions: What does the vegetable taste like? (sweet, sour, salty) What does it feel like in your mouth? (juicy, crisp, hard) Other questions to ask: Do you know an animal that eats (name the fruit or vegetable)? Where do you get the (name the fruit or vegetable) you eat at your house? Does anyone at your house cook (name the fruit or vegetable)? What is your favorite fruit? What is your favorite vegetable?Ĭut up the fruits and vegetables that you have and let children taste them. Help children answer these questions about their fruits and vegetables, one at a time: What does it look like? (like a tree, a ball, a leaf) Is this fruit/vegetable big or little? How does it feel? (smooth, rough, hard, soft, bumpy, cold, warm, crinkly) What color is it? (Carrots-bend down and pull carrots, etc.). a yummy orange." (Have children rub their bellies.) "An orange grows high up in a tree." (Have children reach up to pretend to pick an orange from a tree.) Repeat with different actions for the other fruits and vegetables in the bags. Think of a fruit or vegetable and say," It's an orange. Fruits and Vegetables (Movement and Descriptive Language) ![]() ![]() Encourage them first to guess what it is, and then take it from the bag to reveal what it is. Have children take turns reaching into their bag without looking inside and describe how the fruit or veg etable feels (soft, hard, rough, smooth, round, etc.). Place one or two different fruits or vegetables into a small brown lunch bag. ![]() Preschool and kindergarten 2 extra lessons free#Free Fruits and Vegetables Circle Time and Large Group Activities Surprise Bag (Oral Language) Later, have them wash and dry the fruits and vegetables. Encourage children to create all kind of fruits and vegetables. Set out a supply of different colored play dough. ![]()
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