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Task: Ask children to name some of their favourite fruits and veggies. Talk about the difference between fruits and veggies. Where do they grow? Where do we get them? Perhaps even have some real ones cut in half, ask the kids "fruit or veggie?" then show them the centre to see what it is. Then use these for prints (they work much better if you have let them dry a bit).
Hint: fruits usually have seeds and grow above the ground, like apples and tomatoes. Vegetables do not have seeds and grow in the ground, like potatoes and carrots.
Task: Make a Class Book of "Our Favourite Vegetables." Each child illustrates a page and tells what their favourite vegetable is. You could do this with fruit too.
Hint: Work with the ‘Availability Chart for Australian and South Australian Grown Vegies’ and ‘Availability Chart for Australian and South Australian Grown Fruit’ available free of charge from Adelaide Produce Market or from the Go for 2&5 website.
They are good for you.
Carrots are orange, I'll eat a few,
Peas are green, I'll eat them too.
Task: Read the poem to the children and have them take turn with fruits and vegetables of their choice (they can be the ones they have made or their favourites). Keep repeating and adding different fruit and vegetables.
Hint: For fruit and vegetable names work with the ‘Availability Chart for Australian and South Australian Grown Vegies’ and ‘Availability Chart for Australian and South Australian Grown Fruit’ available free of charge from Adelaide Produce Market or from the Go for 2&5 website.
Supplies: A variety of fruits and veggies cut in half. You can use green peppers, apples (cut one length wide and one through the centre so you get the apple shape and the "star"), carrots, broccoli, pears, celery, **star fruit! (way cool), an orange, a lemon, and potatoes. Coloured construction paper, clear contact paper or laminate. You can also cut edges of construction paper with a fancy cutting scissors.
Directions: Let the kids "stamp" fruit and veggie prints on the construction paper. Older kids might find it fun to make different patters, or create a fruit and veggie person! When dry cover with clear contact paper or laminate for use as a place mat!
Fruit and Veggie Collages (art)
Supplies: Magazines, construction paper, glue scissors.
Directions: Let kids cut out pictures of fruits and veggies, and glue to construction paper for a fruit and veggie collage!
Grape Magnets (craft)
Supplies: Purple tissue paper, small stick, hot glue (adults use only), white glue, green chenille stick, magnet.
Directions: Have the kids roll up the tissue paper into little balls and glue together into a grape bunch shape. Glue it to the magnet for them, then let them stick on a stick for a stem and a green chenille stick curled up for the vine. You may have to reinforce it with hot glue.
Extra: Add a little paper strip to it that says "Bearing fruits of the spirit."
Grow a Potato Head (science/discovery)
Provide each child with a potato that has had the top cut off. Let them glue on buttons for eyes and a pom-pom for a nose, maybe some yarn for a mouth, whatever you have available. After it is dry give the children some grass seeds to sprinkle on the top of the head. The seeds will sprout and Mr Potato head will look like he grew hair. (You may wish to store them in a plastic container that has a lid so that they do not dry out).
Fruity Play Dough (sensory)
Add some fruity smelling Cool Aid mix to your homemade play dough when you make it! It will smell so good! Set out some fruit and vegetable cookie cutters to go with it!
Fruit & Veggie Taste Tests (sensory)
Provide the children with a variety of fruits and vegetables to sample, encourage them to smell them, touch them and taste them and describe the qualities of each one. You can carry out this activity by placing a fruit/veggie in a way that a child cannot see it (in a box for instance).
Veggie Sorting (concept)
Collect a variety of fruit and vegetable pictures and sort by colour, size shape, fruit or veggie, alphabet letter, etc.
Veggies and Fruits Colour Sort (concept)
Give the children coloured homemade baskets to sort vegetable & fruit pictures into. Use two paper plates, cut them in half, staple two halves together with tops facing each other, then cut a handle from one of the extra halves and staple to the top of the basket. Paint or colour them different colours. Have the kids fill the baskets with the correct colour fruits and veggies. (This could easily be made into an interactive bulletin board).
Apple/Pumpkin Sequence Cards (concept)
Let the kids practice ordering sequence cards of an apple tree, or a pumpkin, etc. You can purchase these in school supply stores or make your own using index cards.
Apple Lacing Cards
Make your own, cut apple shapes from construction paper, laminate and punch holes around for a lacing card. (You could make all kind of fruit & vegetable lacing cards.)
Veggie People (cooking)
Let the kids build edible fruit & veggie people with carrots, radishes, celery, broccoli, etc. You can use the Vegie Man and Vegie Lady from the Go for 2&5 website and/or order a Vegie Man mask.
Stone Soup (concept)
Have the children each bring a vegetable from home and cook up a big pot of soup using their vegetables. They will obviously need an adult to do the cooking, but they should be able to wash and cut their own vegetables somewhat. Give everyone a turn to stir the soup as it cooks. (A great activity to use along with the story Stone Soup by Marice Sendak).
Field Trip
Farm Market Visit: Visit a local farm market or Central Market to see what they are like. Let the kids buy some items to try at like... watermelon, squash, maybe some tomatoes?
Counting (math & manipulative)
Have some smaller things out for counting, like cherry tomatoes, or let the kids count seeds in things like apples, pumpkins, and oranges You can also try Dramatic Play.
Farm Market
Supplies: Lots of plastic fruits and vegetables, paper bags, baskets, etc. A pretend or real cash register, play money, rebus grocery lists, other items that would be fun are a grocery cart, apron for the clerk, store signs like a chalk board, etc.
Directions: Set up a pretend farm market, set up one table for fruits and one for veggies. Have one child be the clerk, and the others have to be shoppers. Give the shoppers a list and they need to purchase the items on their list. After they find their items they can pay the clerk. Have them separate and put back the foods when they are done and let a different child be the clerk, give them different lists and let them do it again.
Infant/Toddler Extras:
They will love to try the new foods too. Let them explore these foods in a high chair. Remember to cut up foods like grapes, and carrots so they don't choke.
Play stuffed fruits and vegetables would be a fun addition to the infant toddler area.
Some board books would be a great, with lots of pictures of children dressed in fruit & vegetable costumes!
Resources:
Internet - www.gofor2and5.com.au
Download the Extra Information Package
If you have any queries about the Parade or would like further information please contact the Event Manager: Kas Ward at 0407-061-657 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Fruit or vegetable?
(language, spelling, geography)Task: Ask children to name some of their favourite fruits and veggies. Talk about the difference between fruits and veggies. Where do they grow? Where do we get them? Perhaps even have some real ones cut in half, ask the kids "fruit or veggie?" then show them the centre to see what it is. Then use these for prints (they work much better if you have let them dry a bit).
Hint: fruits usually have seeds and grow above the ground, like apples and tomatoes. Vegetables do not have seeds and grow in the ground, like potatoes and carrots.
Class Book
(story & language)Task: Make a Class Book of "Our Favourite Vegetables." Each child illustrates a page and tells what their favourite vegetable is. You could do this with fruit too.
Seasons of local fruit and veggies
Task: Ask children about the difference between local and exotic/overseas fruit and vegetables? What are our local fruit and vegetables? When are they available?Hint: Work with the ‘Availability Chart for Australian and South Australian Grown Vegies’ and ‘Availability Chart for Australian and South Australian Grown Fruit’ available free of charge from Adelaide Produce Market or from the Go for 2&5 website.
Vegetable Colours Poem
There are many coloured vegetables -They are good for you.
Carrots are orange, I'll eat a few,
Peas are green, I'll eat them too.
Task: Read the poem to the children and have them take turn with fruits and vegetables of their choice (they can be the ones they have made or their favourites). Keep repeating and adding different fruit and vegetables.
Hint: For fruit and vegetable names work with the ‘Availability Chart for Australian and South Australian Grown Vegies’ and ‘Availability Chart for Australian and South Australian Grown Fruit’ available free of charge from Adelaide Produce Market or from the Go for 2&5 website.
Other Suggested Activities:
Fruit and Veggie Print Placemats (art)Supplies: A variety of fruits and veggies cut in half. You can use green peppers, apples (cut one length wide and one through the centre so you get the apple shape and the "star"), carrots, broccoli, pears, celery, **star fruit! (way cool), an orange, a lemon, and potatoes. Coloured construction paper, clear contact paper or laminate. You can also cut edges of construction paper with a fancy cutting scissors.
Directions: Let the kids "stamp" fruit and veggie prints on the construction paper. Older kids might find it fun to make different patters, or create a fruit and veggie person! When dry cover with clear contact paper or laminate for use as a place mat!
Fruit and Veggie Collages (art)
Supplies: Magazines, construction paper, glue scissors.
Directions: Let kids cut out pictures of fruits and veggies, and glue to construction paper for a fruit and veggie collage!
Grape Magnets (craft)
Supplies: Purple tissue paper, small stick, hot glue (adults use only), white glue, green chenille stick, magnet.
Directions: Have the kids roll up the tissue paper into little balls and glue together into a grape bunch shape. Glue it to the magnet for them, then let them stick on a stick for a stem and a green chenille stick curled up for the vine. You may have to reinforce it with hot glue.
Extra: Add a little paper strip to it that says "Bearing fruits of the spirit."
Grow a Potato Head (science/discovery)
Provide each child with a potato that has had the top cut off. Let them glue on buttons for eyes and a pom-pom for a nose, maybe some yarn for a mouth, whatever you have available. After it is dry give the children some grass seeds to sprinkle on the top of the head. The seeds will sprout and Mr Potato head will look like he grew hair. (You may wish to store them in a plastic container that has a lid so that they do not dry out).
Fruity Play Dough (sensory)
Add some fruity smelling Cool Aid mix to your homemade play dough when you make it! It will smell so good! Set out some fruit and vegetable cookie cutters to go with it!
Fruit & Veggie Taste Tests (sensory)
Provide the children with a variety of fruits and vegetables to sample, encourage them to smell them, touch them and taste them and describe the qualities of each one. You can carry out this activity by placing a fruit/veggie in a way that a child cannot see it (in a box for instance).
Veggie Sorting (concept)
Collect a variety of fruit and vegetable pictures and sort by colour, size shape, fruit or veggie, alphabet letter, etc.
Veggies and Fruits Colour Sort (concept)
Give the children coloured homemade baskets to sort vegetable & fruit pictures into. Use two paper plates, cut them in half, staple two halves together with tops facing each other, then cut a handle from one of the extra halves and staple to the top of the basket. Paint or colour them different colours. Have the kids fill the baskets with the correct colour fruits and veggies. (This could easily be made into an interactive bulletin board).
Apple/Pumpkin Sequence Cards (concept)
Let the kids practice ordering sequence cards of an apple tree, or a pumpkin, etc. You can purchase these in school supply stores or make your own using index cards.
Apple Lacing Cards
Make your own, cut apple shapes from construction paper, laminate and punch holes around for a lacing card. (You could make all kind of fruit & vegetable lacing cards.)
Veggie People (cooking)
Let the kids build edible fruit & veggie people with carrots, radishes, celery, broccoli, etc. You can use the Vegie Man and Vegie Lady from the Go for 2&5 website and/or order a Vegie Man mask.
Stone Soup (concept)
Have the children each bring a vegetable from home and cook up a big pot of soup using their vegetables. They will obviously need an adult to do the cooking, but they should be able to wash and cut their own vegetables somewhat. Give everyone a turn to stir the soup as it cooks. (A great activity to use along with the story Stone Soup by Marice Sendak).
Field Trip
Farm Market Visit: Visit a local farm market or Central Market to see what they are like. Let the kids buy some items to try at like... watermelon, squash, maybe some tomatoes?
Counting (math & manipulative)
Have some smaller things out for counting, like cherry tomatoes, or let the kids count seeds in things like apples, pumpkins, and oranges You can also try Dramatic Play.
Farm Market
Supplies: Lots of plastic fruits and vegetables, paper bags, baskets, etc. A pretend or real cash register, play money, rebus grocery lists, other items that would be fun are a grocery cart, apron for the clerk, store signs like a chalk board, etc.
Directions: Set up a pretend farm market, set up one table for fruits and one for veggies. Have one child be the clerk, and the others have to be shoppers. Give the shoppers a list and they need to purchase the items on their list. After they find their items they can pay the clerk. Have them separate and put back the foods when they are done and let a different child be the clerk, give them different lists and let them do it again.
Infant/Toddler Extras:
They will love to try the new foods too. Let them explore these foods in a high chair. Remember to cut up foods like grapes, and carrots so they don't choke.
Play stuffed fruits and vegetables would be a fun addition to the infant toddler area.
Some board books would be a great, with lots of pictures of children dressed in fruit & vegetable costumes!
Resources:
Internet - www.gofor2and5.com.au
Download the Extra Information Package
If you have any queries about the Parade or would like further information please contact the Event Manager: Kas Ward at 0407-061-657 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
