FRUITS
FOOD COLORS
VEGETABLES
The Food Pyramid
Other food stuff
100

This round, fruit can be red or green.  It makes delicious pies!

apple

100

Many vegetables are this color, like broccoli, lettuce, cucumbers, and spinach 

green

100

This veggie is a favorite for salads. It is leafy and green.  

Lettuce

100

Bananas, grapes, strawberries and oranges are part of this group

Fruits

100

It is the most important meal of the day

breakfast

200

In what seasons can you pick strawberries?

Spring and summer

200

What color is an orange on the outside?

How about the inside?

orange

200

When eating out, what are some things you can have instead of French fries?

Salad, baked potato, vegetable

200

This group is where you find fish, beef, and eggs, nuts, and other proteins

Meats and beans

200

How long should you wash your hands before handling food?

20 seconds, or as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice. 

300

Some fruits, like peaches, have a hard round thing in the middle. What is it?

Pit

300

This is the color of lemons and bananas?

Yellow

300

this is yellow or white.  It grows on tall plants. Lots of people like to have an ear of this at a barbeque.

Corn

300

This group has milk, yogurt, ice cream, cheese

Dairy or milk group

300

What liquid is it important to drink plenty of every day, especially when it is hot outside?

Water

400

Peaches and cherries grow on this.

Tree

400

What is your favorite veggie?  And what color is it?

Whatever you like

400

This heavy vegetable gets its inside cleaned out and a light put in it to make a Halloween decoration.  It also makes a pie we have at Thanksgiving. 

Pumpkin

400

Carrots, green beans, and lettuce are what kind of foods?

Vegetables

400

Name a food your keep in the refrigerator.  

Why do we keep it there?

examples: milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream

Because it will go bad or spoil. 

500

What shape is a watermelon?

Round

500

Some fruits, like grapes, can be different colors.  What colors can grapes be?

Purple, red, green

500

Carrots are usually orange, but they do come in other colors.  Name one.

yellow, purple, red, and white

500

Cereal, bread, rice, and pasta are part of what group?

Grains

500

It takes time for your body to know it is full when you are eating.  This is a good reason to eat slowly.  How long does it take to know when you are full?

10-20 minutes