1. Magic Bag
The teacher brings in a variety of fruit and vegetables.
A child is chosen to secretly choose one and place it inside a bag without showing the rest of the class. He/she then describes the chosen fruit or vegetable. The child may describe how it feels, tastes, smells, its texture and what it looks like.
The rest of the class take turns to guess the identity of the object in the bag. The child who guesses correctly has the next turn to choose and describe the mystery fruit or vegetable.
- Develop word list to describe different fruit and vegetables.
- Cut up fruit and vegetables for class to share and taste.
- Discuss which fruit and vegetables they liked the most and why?
- Discuss if there were any new or unfamiliar fruit or vegetables they hadn’t tried before.
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2. What have I eaten today
The children cut out pictures of fruit and vegetables from magazines and shopping brochures.
Individually, they glue pictures of the fruit and vegetables that they eat under the title: What have I eaten today?
Using the appropriate headings – breakfast, lunch and dinner.
In groups, the children compare what fruit and vegetables they each eat.
Discuss similarities and differences in the types of fruit and vegetables and how often they are eaten.
As a class graph these results showing the variety of fruit and vegetables eaten by our class in a day. Discuss how they could improve what they eat by eating more fruit and vegetables, and which ones they would like to eat more of.
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3. Can I please?
As a class, discuss how they could ask mum or dad to include more fruit and vegetables in their lunch or playtime snacks.
In groups, children role play different scenarios and ways to ask for more fruit and vegetables
eg Mum, can I please have some carrot sticks for playtime tomorrow?
Or I loved the grapes you put in my lunchbox yesterday. Can I have some more today please?
Each group performs their role play for the rest of the class. Ask the children to choose one of the role plays to perform at home.
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4. Apples are red, berries are blue
As a class brainstorm and list different fruit.
The children discuss their favourite fruits and why they like them. Encourage the children to use descriptive words and make a word bank for them to refer to if needed.
Teacher reads some poems about fruit such as
Taste of Purple Grapes hang purple
In their bunches,
Ready for September lunches.
Gather them, no minutes wasting
Purple is Delicious tasting.
By Leland B Jacobs
Have a mango
sweet rainwashed sunripe mango
that the birds themselves would’ve picked
If only they had seen it – A rosy miracle
Here take it from my hand.
By Grace
5. Come for lunch
Discuss some healthy recipes that the class could make as part of a healthy lunch.
Highlight what makes it healthy and discuss the need to include fruit and/or vegetables.
Explain that the children may invite other students or guests to join them for lunch.
List all the things the class needs to do first such as:
- decide on a menu
- find the recipes
- make a shopping list
- write and give out invitations
- gather necessary equipment such as bowls, spoons etc.
Ask the children to bring in various ingredients and equipment.
The children set out the food on tables ready for their invited guests to come and enjoy. They then explain what each group has made and how it is important to eat fruit and vegetables every day. The children also explain that eating fruit and vegetables can be fun and delicious!
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