Children classify common fruits and vegetables, consider their nutritional value, and investigate how they differ in taste, colour, texture, and shape. A simple cold-cooking activity, letter Dd practice, and visual-motor concepts connect the discussion to direct experience.
What children learn
- Identify and distinguish common fruits and vegetables.
- Discuss why fruits and vegetables are important in the diet.
- Compare their tastes, colours, textures, and familiar shapes.
- Recognise and trace the letter Dd and practise tall/short, green, and slanting lines.
Key activities
- Sorting an assortment into fruit and vegetable baskets
- Sampling foods representing different tastes
- Comparing fruit and vegetable shapes, colours, and textures
- Exploring green with food items and colour objects
- Preparing a no-cook dish from cucumber and assorted fruit slices
You’ll need
assorted fruits and vegetables, sorting trays or baskets, five taste samples, fruit and vegetable picture cards, cucumber and fruit slices, paper plates, salt and sugar syrup, green objects, letter Dd cards, loose parts
Structure: 5 days; each day: Thought of the Day, Tuning-in Time, Warm-up, EVS, Literacy, Numeracy