Fruits and vegetables should be main components of every child’s diet. This week we are going to discuss how good fruits and vegetables are for us, the difference between the two, and the different parts of the fruit plants! Come join us for a fun week of yummy activities!
NOTE: Some of the activity links go straight to a pin on Pinterest instead of a blog page. Read the description of the pin for the activity instructions. If you are new here, make sure to check out the Themed Curriculum page for more details about how to use this curriculum. Looking for a different theme? Check out all of our themes here.
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| Monday |
Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Floor Activity | Apple Seed Counting | Fine Motor Seed Sort | Roll a Fruit Salad | Apple Seed Counting | Fine Motor Seed Sort |
| STEAM | Watermelon Process Art | Apple and Toothpick STEM Challenge | Vegetable (and Fruit) Stamping | Color Changing Celery Experiment | Cabbage Process Art |
| Outside Play | Vegetable Soup Relay Race (See activity at bottom of this page) |
Fruit and Vegetable Sensory Bin | Apple Twister | Vegetable Soup Relay Race (See activity at bottom of this page) |
Fruit and Vegetable Sensory Bin |
| Circle Time | Fruit and Vegetable Vocabulary | “Do You Eat Your Vegetables” Song | Fruit and Vegetable Sort | “I am a Strawberry” Song | Vocabulary Review |
| Recommended Books: Eating the Alphabet, The Big Hungry Bear, Orange, Pear, Apple, Bear, How Did That Get in my Lunchbox, L M N O Peas
Music and Movement: YouTube Fruit and Vegetable Playlist |
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If one of the activities listed above does not work for you, try replacing it with a different activity from my Pinterest fruit and vegetable theme board!
Materials List
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NOTE: These are the suggested materials based on directions from the activity links above. I always look for ways to do the activities with materials I already have on hand, and I encourage you to do the same!
Craft Supplies:
Washable Paint
Washable Markers
Colored Construction Paper
Washable Glue
Around the
House:
Several packages of seeds
Tweezers
Sorting Tray
Apples (cut into small pieces for STEM Challenge)
Toothpicks
Toys/Other:
Large Die (paper made is fine too)
Toy Fruit and Vegetables (or real ones)
Vegetable Soup (or Fruit Salad) Relay Race
Normally I can find an activity on Pinterest with directions already, but for this idea I couldn’t so here we go.
Materials:
Bucket/Basket (2 per team)
Toy Vegetables or Fruit
Set up: Separate the vegetables into two baskets. Separate children into two teams. Each team gets one basket of vegetables.
Play: Each player will take one vegetable out of their basket, run 20 ft (or whatever distance you can), drop the vegetable into the basket on the other end, and then run back to tag the next teammate. Play will continue until one team has successfully moved all of their vegetables from one basket to the other.