The Vegetable Group

Materials:

• songs from dole5aday
• The Vegetable Group by Helen Frost
• Food Pyramid books
• crayons
• pencils
• white board
• white board markers

Procedure:

• listen to two songs from dole5aday (make sure one is the Broccoli song)
• read Vegetable Group book
• as a class, make a list of foods in the vegetable group, draw a picture and label on the white board
• have the children go to their seats and get out crayons and pencil as Food Pyramid books are being handed out
• model turning the model book to the second page (green highlighted page); draw a picture and label it from the white board in the green section of the Food Pyramid book
• have the children do the same in their book
• to check for understanding, have the children come up to you with their book when they have finished their page and tell you what they drew
• collect the books
• review foods in the vegetable group
• listen to two more songs from dole5aday

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The Fruit Group

do the same procedure as above, but read the fruit book, listen to the banana song, turn to the third page, and color on the red highlight.

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Extra Activities:

• make a graph of the students’ favorite food in this category
• plant vegetable/fruit seeds
• go to an apple orchard, pumpkin patch, or farm

As you know by now, the pyramid has been changed to a plate. You could do the same steps, but make a plate book instead.