Science

Separating Solids:
Mix one cup of beans, one cup of salt and one cup of rice
together in a bowl. Provide the children with a strainer
and a colander and ask them to separate the items in the bowl
into three separate bowls.

Carrot Tops in water:
Cut off end of carrot.
Place in shallow dish of water.

Growing a Seed:
Give each child a plastic sealable bag, a moist paper towel,
and a lima bean. Place the bean in the paper towel and close bag.
Place all the bags in a place where children can check them daily.

Classify Fruits & Veggies:
Cut out many different fruits and veggies from poster board.
Draw a large tree and a large vine on paper.
Place a bowl beneath each.
Children can separate the fruits and veggies to where
it is grown...on tree or vine.

Tasting Fruits & Veggies:
Try to find unusual fruits and veggies from other countries.
Most large food stores have a few odd things around.

Mystery Fruit:
Place several differnt fruits (or veggies) in paper sack.
Open bag just large enough for child to put hand in and guess.

Fruit and Veggie Math

Fruit and Veggie Match:
Cut out fruits/veggies from a magazine and trace outline on a poster.
Have children match fruit/veggie to outline.

Parts and Wholes:
Cut fruits at snack time in half. Discuss halves.
Have children hold them back together and discuss wholes.

Vegetable Sorting:
Buy several different fresh vegetables and let the children sort them by color, size, texture, etc..

Seed Sorting:
Gather several different types of seeds.
Bean, corn, peas, orka, etc...
Place assorted bowls out and have children sort by
size, color and shape.

Vegetable/Fruit Memory Game:
Make fruit and vegetable flash cards.
Use as a memory game in a group.

Dramatic Play

Vegetable Vendor:
Set up a vegetable stand with props such as baskets,
plastic vegetables, cloth carpenter belt for money,
play money and an apron.

The Farm:
Once again drag out all those shovels, rakes, wheelbarrows
and hand tools. Provide children with plastic fruits and
vegetables to bury outside and dig up.

Arts & Crafts

Seed Collage:
Provide children with a variety of seeds such as
corn, beans, split peas (nice green color), pumpkin
and flower seeds. Tint glue with food color to get
a nice pastel mix. Use small brushes to paint paper
and sprinkle on seeds.

Fruit and Vegetable Collage:
Have kids draw or cut out pictures of fruits
and vegetables from a magazine. Glue onto paper plate
or construction paper.

Fruity Fingers:
Make finger prints on paper and cut out.
Have kids tell what fruit the shape looks like.

Easel Fruits:
Cut white construction paper into fruit
shapes. Paint with appropriate colors.

Potato prints:
Cut potatos in half. Pour paint in shallow trays.
Dip potatos in paint and print on paper. We have also
done this with bananas. It was messy but a lot of fun!

Play Dough Molds:
Have kids mold their favorite fruit or veggie using
playdough. If you wish you can line them up in a window
and let them dry. It will take a week or so to dry using
regular playdough.

Celery Painting:
Paint on construction paper with celery leaves.

Vegetable Games

Carrot, Carrot, Corn:
Play Carrot, carrot, corn instead of Duck Duck Goose.

Hot Potato:
Have kids sit in a circle. Use a real potato.
Teacher starts game. Put on music.
All children mimic movements.
Pretend to turn on an oven. Turn it up hot.
Place potato inside and shut door. Wait a couple of seconds
and take potato out. It's hot! Pass it quickly to the next child.
When the music stops the child holding the potato names it.
Play the game using different fruits and veggies nameing
each when the music stops.

Cinnamon Apple Bites

Adult cuts apples into small bite size pieces.
Dip in water (we sprayed them) and roll in cinnamon
sugar or brown sugar.

French Fried Veggies

Kids slice pieces of veggies such as squash or pumpkins
using a cheese slicer. They may wear leather gloves.
Adult fries slices in hot oil away from children.
I usually put tape several feet away from a table
surrounding it. Children stay on other side.
Don't forget the catsup!

Banana Yogurt

Have kids cut bananas with plastic knife into pieces.
4 bananas
1/2 cup yogurt
3 tablespoons honey
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup wheat germ

Blend all together and chill.

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