Unit Plan
Meet Your Vegetables
This integrated curriculum unit helps students better understand the importance of good nutrition and how to make healthy dietary choices.
- Grades: PreK–K
Overview
I designed this unit as a fun introduction to healthy foods. Taking an integrated approach, students become familiar with vegetables through art, music, and cooking. While the nutritional aspects are inherent, my goal is to help students become more aware of where the food comes from and to become more familiar and comfortable with vegetables and fruits.
Objective
Students will:
1. Gain the knowledge and skills to select a diet that supports health and reduces the risk of illness and future chronic diseases. ~ Massachusetts Health Curriculum Framework
2. Identify a variety of fruits and vegetables and how they are grown and harvested.
3. Identify the connection between food served in the home with regional food production. ~ Massachusetts Health Curriculum Framework
Lesson Plans for this Unit
Lesson 1: Vegetable Faces: A Guiseppe Archimboldo Portrait Study
Lesson 2: Vegetable Soup: A Reverse Recipe
Lesson 3: In My Garden Sing Along
Reproducibles
Supporting Books
- Part of Collection:
- Everything You Need:
- Subjects:Cooking, Arts and Creativity, Health and Safety, Plant Growth and Development, Songs and Rhymes, Music, Food and Nutrition
- Duration:1 Week
