Description
A first food groups unit for 2 and 3 year olds. Toddlers meet fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy through big pictures, then build a healthy plate, sort fruit or vegetable, dot the rainbow foods, and snip the veggies, with black and white activity pages and a bright color kit for homeschool, daycare, and toddler classrooms.
WHAT YOU GET
58 pages, including:
► 18 black and white toddler activity pages, from Dot the Banana and Q-tip Broccoli to Let's Slice the Fruits and Which One Is a Fruit?
► Build My Plate cut and paste pages and Pack a Lunch Box
► I Eat My Colors mini book and 2 original action rhymes
► Play dough mats, puzzle, ten frame, and cube mat in color and black and white
► Food groups headband and My Healthy Food Day page
► My 5 Food Groups poster and 20 food group cards
► Healthy Plate mat with 5 pieces, memory game, and My Big Rainbow Plate
► Little Healthy Eater certificate in color and black and white
► 2 page lesson guide with a suggested week
► 8.5 x 11 inches (US Letter); for A4, choose Fit to Page
WHAT MAKES IT WORK
Big pictures and one simple task per page fit how toddlers learn.
The 5 food groups keep the same colors on every poster, card, and mat, so children start to sort by group.
Foods are named by group and by color, so the language stays positive.
✥ IDEAL FOR
◆ Tot school and toddler classrooms
◆ Homeschool
◆ Daycare and childcare
◆ Nutrition themes, morning tubs, and circle time
★ SKILLS DEVELOPED
◆ Food groups
◆ Sorting fruits and vegetables
◆ Colors
◆ Fine motor
◆ Counting and memory
TERMS
© Teacher Natalie - iLovePreK. For personal use only: classroom, childcare/daycare, and homeschool use with your own children or students.