Taste and Tales – Preschool
Children learn about vegetables and fruits through children’s literature and taste tests.
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- Taste and Tales- Preschool (quick view as .pdf)
Food
Before We Eat: From Farm to Table
Before we eat, many people work very hard―planting grain, catching fish, tending farm animals, and filling crates of vegetables. This book reminds us what must happen before food gets to our tables to nourish our bodies and spirits. This expanded edition includes back-of-book features about school gardens and the national farm to school movement.
What’s in the Garden?
Good food doesn’t begin on a store shelf with a box. It comes from a garden bursting with life, color, sounds, smells, sunshine, moisture, birds, and bees! Kids will find a variety of fruits and vegetables, and a tasty, kid-friendly recipe for each one to start a lifetime of good eating. A food for thought
How Does My Garden Grow?
Introduce young children to life in the garden and learn about common vegetables and how they grow.
Zora’s Zucchini
The first zucchini of a summer garden is always exciting, but what happens when the plants just keep growing…and growing…and growing?
What Food Is This?
This fact filled book will inform you about all types of food, and where they come from.
Showdown at the Food Pyramid
The food pyramid is unstable without a balanced diet of grains, fruits, vegetables, and dairy. Too many sweets on top can cause the pyramid to come crashing down.
Popcorn!
Everything you ever wanted to know about popcorn, from its history in the Americas to how it became a movie theater staple!
Our Raspberry Jam
Food is often better when it’s homemade! Read along as a little girl and her parents make their very best raspberry jam.
Magic School Bus Gets Eaten
The Magic School Bus takes a trip to the beach, and of course shrinks in size, to learn about a food chain that takes place in the ocean. The students learn to make connections between their lives and those found in the ocean.