Colorful Plate Spinners – Preschool
Children gain knowledge and interest in new fruits and vegetables through making fruit and vegetable spinners.
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- Colorful Plate – Preschool (quick view as .pdf)
Lesson Plan
Berry Parfaits – Preschool
Children will learn about different types of fresh berries and practice their listening skills to follow instructions and make their own individual snack.
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- Berry Parfaits – Preschool (quick view as .pdf)
Apple Tasting – Preschool
Children use their sense to explore apples and gain confidence in trying new fruits.
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- Apple Tasting – Preschool (quick view as .pdf)
Cucumber Stacks – Preschool
Children learn how to make their own snack and through a hands on cooking experience gain motivation to try a new vegetable. Children learn about kitchen utensils and how to use them to make a specific recipe.
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- Cucumber Stacks- Preschool (quick view as .pdf)
Cabbage Exploration – Preschool
Children gain confidence in trying new foods and become familiar with a new vegetable. Through a hands-on activity, children explore a new vegetable and taste two varieties of cabbage.
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- Cabbage Exploration – Preschool (quick view as .pdf)
Cucumber Stacks recipe and lesson plan
These open faced cucumber sandwiches don’t require any cooking and are sure to be a hit in the classroom. The associated lesson plan contains ideas for cucumber activities and curriculum connections.
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- Cucumber Sandwiches – Preschool (quick view as .pdf)
- Cucumber Stacks recipe and lesson plan Preschool (quick view as .pdf)
No Cook Tomato Sauce with Pasta recipe and lesson plan
This fresh tomato sauce can be especially colorful when made with a variety of heirloom tomatoes. The associated lesson plan includes literature selections and fun tomato activities.
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- No Cook Tomato Sauce (quick view as .pdf)
Thanksgiving for Farmers lesson plans
Review activities that happen on the farm and animals that live there. Make the connection between farms and the food we eat each day, emphasizing the importance of community farms. Introduce letter writing, specifically thank you letters, and guide students in writing thank you letters to farmers in your county or region.
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- Thanksgiving for Farmers lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
Potato Exploration lesson plan
Introduce students to potatoes and how they grow. Teach students about measurement and guide them practicing close observation through potato explorations.
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- Potato Exploration lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)
- Potato facts (quick view as .pdf)
- Potato images (quick view as .pdf)
Stem Exploration lesson plan
Teach students about the parts of plants and their functions and use the garden to teach a hands-on plant based activity.
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- Plant part function words (quick view as .pdf)
- Stem Exploration lesson plan (quick view as .pdf)