Growing Vegetable Soup We hope you enjoy this …Read other books about Nutrition. For example: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle The Berenstein Bears and Too Much Junk Food,

Growing Vegetable Soup


We hope you enjoy this book and four more weeks of great integrated lesson plans! Provided

in this packet are detailed, four- component lesson plans to use with your Family Literacy program. Each lesson includes Adult Education, Parenting, Early Childhood, and PACT. Each of the four lessons has a theme. These themes incorporate opportunities to use the book, Growing Vegetable Soup, by Lois Ehlert, thoughout the lessons.

About the Book Growing Vegetable Soup was written and illustrated in 1987 by Lois Ehlert. Lois Ehlert has written and illustrated many children’s books, including, Eating the Alphabet, Planting A Rainbow, and Stone Soup. The illustrations are simple and clearly defined using bright colors. Her text is simple as she introduces the vegetables, tools, and the sequence of a seed becoming a full size fruit or vegetable. She then uses those vegetables and combines them to make a delicious vegetable soup. The book is widely available in public libraries and can be purchased in soft cover from www.amazon.com. Book prices are $6.00 (new) and $2.00 (used).

Parents and Children will learn about these themes:

• Nutrition #1 • Vegetables Around the World #2 • Growing and Planting #3 • Food and Recipes #4

For Parents (Adult Education and Parenting) Parents are presented with opportunities to learn more about healthy eating, using the food pyramid, child growth charts, family food traditions, seed science, sequencing, math, and recipes.

For Children Children will learn the names of a variety of fruits and vegetables, how they can benefit from eating those vegetables, and each vegetable’s origin. Children will sing vegetable and recipe songs, taste vegetables, and paint using vegetables as paint brushes.

For Parents and Children Together (PACT) Parents and children will have opportunities to work together to make healthy snacks and meals, research vegetables, talk about planting and gardening, and complete household chores in the kitchen.

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For Parents (Adult Education and Parenting)-

Lesson 1: Nutrition Objectives: Parents will have the opportunity to practice reading comprehension strategies while examining their own eating habits. Parents will discuss how their eating habits affect the eating patterns of their children. The use of the Food Pyramid will also be incorporated into the lessons.

Materials Needed:Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert Examples of a Food Pyramid (Included) Article, “Healthy Eating Tips” (Included)

Adult Education Activities: Begin by having parents make a list of everything they have had to eat in the past 24-48 hours. Next, read Growing Vegetable Soup with parents. Ask them what they think their children might like about the book. Ask parents to compare the foods on their lists to the foods in the book. Then, analyze the list using the food pyramid and the article, “Healthy Eating Tips” (both included). The activities in the adult education portion of this lesson will be used as a starting point for parenting education instruction.

Parenting: Talk with parents about how they set examples for their children. Have them brainstorm ways in which they set a good example for their children. If they have trouble getting started mention these examples: watching their language, not smoking, trying not to yell or fight in front of children, and using good manners. Point out that parents can set examples that are good and bad. A good example might be that children who see their parents reading will want to do the same. Have parents continue to brainstorm habits that children will emulate. Lead the discussion toward food. Have them look at the list they developed above and think about what kind of nutrition example they are setting. Ask parents if their own eating habits set a good or bad example. What could they change?

Additional Activity:

• Clinical growth charts for children from birth through age 20 are available on the Center for Disease Control website. You can download the individual growth chart graph and have parents see where their child falls on the graph (Be sure to remind parents that there is a range of weights that are considered healthy). Discuss how healthy eating habits will help children stay at a healthy weight and be healthier overall.

Download at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/growthcharts/clinical_charts.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhanes/growthcharts/clinical_charts.htm


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For Children-

Lesson 1: Nutrition Objectives: Children will learn the names of various fruits and vegetables. Children will learn about eating healthier by learning how to “shop” for and choose nutritious foods.

Materials Needed: Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert Various fruits and vegetables Index cards, markers, pictures of vegetables from magazines or newspapers

Activities: Language and Literacy: The book labels all the items on the page. Bring in vegetables (ones that won’t spoil being left out in the classroom) and help children label them using index cards. Pointing out words to children helps them to learn that printed words have meaning. You could label items in the classroom such as table, chair, desk, bookcase, toy box, etc. Seeing the printed words will help them to learn the letters of the alphabet and also help them make a connection between the letters and sounds of the English language. When parents work with their children, discuss how they can do the same in their homes.

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Dramatic Play: Have children pretend the classroom is a grocery store. Have children look around the room for pretend food and vegetables (either paper cut outs or plastic). Have children shop for a nutritious meal.

Outdoors: Take a field trip to a farm, preferably one where children can pick vegetables. Invite a vegetable farmer in to your classroom to explain what they do. Be sure to have them bring props.

Music and Movement

Encourage development of motor skills when cooking by allowing your child to measure water or vegetables in a cup, pour ingredients into a saucepan, and stir the soup. Be extra careful when working near a stove. Allow your child to tear lettuce or spinach leaves, break up noodles, scrub carrots and potatoes with a vegetable brush, shell peas, or snap string beans in half.

Art Experiences: Make vegetable prints or kitchen gadget prints using a small amount of tempera paint placed in a shallow container. Use cookie cutters or a potato masher. Cut open a pepper, apple, or pear and press into the paint and then onto paper.


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PACT- Lesson 1: Nutrition

Objectives: Parents and children will learn how to plan and make nutritious snacks and meals together.

Materials Needed: Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert “Snack Recipe” Sheet (Included) Paper plates and grocery store advertisements Food pyramids (poster or hand-outs)

Activities:

Infants and Toddlers: Parents can encourage healthy eating habits in their children by setting a good example. When eating vegetables like carrots as a snack, talk about eating carrots and how good they are. Children will pick up on this and want to eat healthy snacks too. Parents and children can make healthy and creative snacks together. Ideas can be found by using the “Snack Recipe” sheet (included).

Preschool and School Age: Give parents and children a paper plate and old magazines and grocery store ads. Have parents and children work together to create a healthy meal by cutting out food pictures and gluing them to the plate. Have a food pyramid poster on the wall or give each family a hand out of the food pyramid to use as a reference. Encourage parents and children to be creative and healthy using things they like to eat.

Circle Time: Read other books about Nutrition. For example: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle The Berenstein Bears and Too Much Junk Food, by Stanley and Janice Berenstein The Edible Pyramid: Good Eating Every Day, by Loreen Leedy Introduce these new words: nutrition, vegetable, healthy


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Activity Resource Page-

Healthy Eating Tips From the Centers for Disease Control at http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/heal_eat.htm

Here are some tips for healthy eating at home, work, and elsewhere to help you get started. Try some of these ideas.

Start your day off right!

• Eat breakfast! • Drink 100% fruit juice (canned, from a carton, or freshly squeezed) with breakfast, or take

a can to drink at work. • Spruce up your breakfast—a banana or handful of berries will liven up your cereal, yogurt,

waffles, or pancakes. • Take a piece of fruit to munch on during your commute.

Wouldn’t it be easier to eat something if it was right in front of you? An easy way to make fruits and vegetables more accessible to you is to make sure you buy them. Make sense, right? So when you go grocery shopping, hit the produce section first. Then keep bowls of fruit on the kitchen table and counter. Now that you’ve bought them, eat them.

Baked potatoes, corn on the cob, bread. What do these items often have in common? We cover them with butter, right? And if we’re not careful—and we aren’t all the time—we don’t realize how much we actually use. If you must use butter and margarine, use them sparingly. Even better, switch to reduced-fat margarine or try jelly on your bread, bagels, and other baked goods.

Use "light" or low-fat dairy products (e.g., milk, cheese, yogurt, or sour cream). Use in recipes and/or drink 1% or skim milk. You’ll still get the nutrients and taste but not the fat.

When you make or buy a salad, a little bit of salad dressing goes a long way. Measure 1 tablespoon of dressing and toss well with your salad. The dressing coats the salad instead of drenching it. For even more flavor, sprinkle the salad with lemon pepper before adding dressing. Even better, use light or fat-free salad dressing. The same principle applies when using condiments; a little mayonnaise is all you need. Or use the light or fat-free kind.

If you like to eat meat, there’s no reason you have to give it up. But you can help reduce fat by choosing the leanest cuts such as beef round, loin, sirloin, pork loin chops, turkey, chicken, and roasts. All cuts with the name "loin" or "round" are lean. And if you cook it yourself, trim all visible fat and drain the grease.

What can we say about fried foods? They taste great, but are not great for you. They’re high in fat. We’ve come up with a few suggestions that will save your arteries. Use oils sparingly (try olive and canola oils). Bake chicken without the skin. Substitute a baked potato for French fries.


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Activity Resource Page Cont…

Why do we eat snacks? They taste great, they’re easy, and they satisfy our sweet and salt cravings. And, let’s face it, crunchy food is fun. So why not make your own snacks by packing healthy, quick, and easy-to-grab foods such as little bags or containers of ready-to-eat vegetables (e.g., celery sticks, cucumber wedges, and cherry tomatoes). Or make healthier choices on snacks that are store bought, like pretzels. Keep them with you in your briefcase, office, car and home.

If you’re like most people, no matter how much you’ve eaten at dinner, there’s always room for desserts and sweets. "I’m stuffed. Couldn’t eat another bite. What’s that? You’ve got ice cream? Well, okay." You can still say, "okay," just

• Cut down on the portion size and how often you eat these items. • Substitute low-fat or fat-free baked goods, cookies, and ice cream. They still taste great. • Choose fruit. It tastes great, is filling, and provides energy.

One word of caution: just because something is fat free or low fat doesn’t mean you can eat as much as you want. Many low-fat or nonfat foods are also high in calories. Eat everything in moderation.

You’re in a restaurant or ordering in. When the food arrives, it’s piled so high you think there’s no way you can finish it. Sometimes it tastes so good you can’t stop. But then you’re too full. Typical restaurant servings are often twice the size of a single serving. Try this: When dining out or ordering in, ask for half of a serving or a "doggy bag." That way you won’t be as full, and you can have some tomorrow.

Fast food combines two of our favorite desires: things in a hurry and food. Unfortunately, it also tends to combine a lot of fat and calories. But it doesn’t have to if we’re careful. You can still get food in a hurry, but try these suggestions.

• Order a lean roast beef sandwich. • Order grilled chicken sandwiches and do the fixings "your way." • Keep the portions to regular and small. No "double" anything or "going large." • Order items without the cheese.

Healthy Eating Tips From the Centers for Disease Control at http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/heal_eat.htm


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Food Pyramid

A PDF Version of a guide to using the food pyramid is available at http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/pyrabklt.pdf


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Activity Resource Page- Snack Recipes

Creative Snacks Parents and Children Can Make Together

• Ants On a Log-fill celery sticks with peanut butter or cream cheese and put raisins on top

• Make your own Chips or Bagel Chips. Slice bagels into thin slices and brush with melted butter. Toast bagel chips in oven or toaster oven (about 10 minutes at 400 degrees). Let kids have fun with this by adding their own flavors—cinnamon, dill, garlic, etc.

• Let kids use a melon-baller to make melon balls out of a watermelon or cantaloupe.

• Experiment with food coloring. Add food coloring to cottage cheese to make it more appealing.

• Make tortilla cookies by using cookie cutters or scissors to cut tortillas into fun shapes, brush with melted butter, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and bake at 325 degrees for 12 minutes.

• Make animal cracker sandwiches, spread peanut butter and jelly or other filling on animal crackers to make finger sandwiches.

• Make regular peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and use cookie cutters to cut them into unique shapes. The shapes alone will encourage kids to eat them.

Kid Favorites

Rice Krispies Treats Ingredients - 1/4 cup margarine - 4 cups miniature marshmallows - 1/2 teaspoon vanilla - 5 cups Rice Krispies Cereal Directions 1. Heat margarine and marshmallows in a saucepan until thick and syrupy. 2. Add vanilla. 3. Pour over cereal. 4. Press into a greased pan. Let cool.

S'mores

Ingredients - Graham crackers - Milk chocolate pieces - Miniature marshmallows Directions 1. Top a graham cracker with a piece of milk chocolate candy bar and 3 miniature marshmallows. 2. Melt in microwave.


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Lesson 2: Vegetables Around the World

Objectives: Parents will work on their writing skills by completing a family recipe form. The parenting education lesson is also designed to build a sense of community among Family Literacy participants by allowing parents to share some of their family history.

Materials Needed: Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert Food Pyramids from various parts of the world (included) “Family Recipe Collection Form” (included)

Activities: In lesson one we discussed the food pyramid. Not many adults know that the food pyramid they are used to seeing in the United States may not be the food pyramid used elsewhere in the world. Use the pyramids provided to show parents that not everyone eats the same. Discuss how the eating patterns from family to family might differ depending on what part of the world their families are from. Have parents take a copy of the “Food Recipe Collection Form” to complete at home (included). Cultural Food Pyramids, Created by SEMDA members and dietetic students (Southeastern Michigan Dietetic Association). Shown here are the Japanese food pyramid, Mexican Food Pyramid, and the Arabic Food Pyramid. The following are also available for downloading: Chinese, Cuban, Indian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Thai. These pyramids are available at http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000023.html#xtocid2381818

Parenting: Use parenting time in this lesson to build a sense of community among parents in your program. Ask parents to share their experiences with food as it relates to their family traditions, heritage, religion, or culture. Talk with parents about helping pass these traditions on to their children.

Additional Activity- o Ask a grandparent of a Family Literacy particpant to come to the parent education class and

share a family recipe.


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For Children-

Lesson 2: Growing Vegetables Around the World Objectives: Children will have the opportunity to see and hear about vegetables from around the world that may be unfamiliar to them.

Materials Needed: Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert

Objects for kitchen tong relay (cotton ball, bottle caps, markers, blocks, paper cup, bowl, kitchen tongs)

“Vegetables: Where are they From?” Article (included)

Activities: Language and Literacy: Read other books about vegetables from around the world. For example: How My Parents Learned to Eat, by Ina Friedman This is the Way We Eat Our Lunch, by Edith Baer Too Many Tamales, by Gary Soto Corn is Maize: The Gift of the Indians, by Aliki

Movement: Play kitchen tong relay by placing small objects (cotton ball, bottle cap, marker, block, paper cup, etc.) at one end of the room and a large plastic bowl or bucket on the other side of the room. Using a pair of kitchen tongs pick up one object at a time and walk to the other side of the room placing the object in the bowl. Continue until all the items are in the bowl. This is a fun rainy day activity.

Outdoors: Take a vegetable/plant walk around the produce section of your local supermarket. Have children look at the different types of vegetables from around the world that they may never have seen.

Sensory: Make food cards of exotic foods from around the world using pictures from grocery ads, seed catalogs, or magazines. Glue the pictures onto index cards and write the name of the fruit or vegetable on the card. You can sort the fruit/vegetable cards by country, color, taste, size, etc.

Art Experiences: Make a food color poster of fruits and vegetables from around the world. Using old magazines and grocery store ads, cut out pictures of fruits and vegetables from around the world and glue them on pieces of construction paper grouped by where they are from in the world. See the activity resource page included to help you decide where fruits or vegetables come from.


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PACT- Lesson 2: Vegetables Around the World

Objectives: Parents and children will have the opportunity to interact with each other to learn about vegetables, do reseach, and create healthy snacks together.

Materials Needed: Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Eherlt

Vegetable Cards (included)

Activities: Infants and Toddlers:

• Introduce children to a variety of different foods. Treat them to different types of fruits and vegetables that they might not be used to. Be mindful of possible food allergies. As a parent, it is important that your children see you eating the same sorts of foods.

• Show infants and toddlers vegetable cards (included), tell them what the vegetable is, talk about the color, and how good it is to eat.

Preschool and School Age: • Have parents and children plan and put together a meal that uses a vegetable that they

wouldn’t ordinarily use in every day cooking. If available, get a copy of The Kids Multicultural Cookbook, Food and Fun Around the World by Deanna F. Cook and Michael P. Klue. You may need to provide books or internet access for parents and children to do research.

• Have school age students and their parents use the internet to learn facts about a vegetable from another country. Have children choose a card from the vegetable cards (included) to research. Have them find out things like where the vegetable is originally from, where is it grown now, and what is it used for.

Circle Time: Read other books about eating around the world. For example: How My Parents Learned to Eat, by Ina Friedman This is the Way We Eat Our Lunch, by Edith Baer Too Many Tamales, by Gary Soto Corn is Maize: The Gift of the Indians, by Aliki Introduce these new words: Maize and tradition (for older children and parents)


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Activity Resource Page- Family Food Traditions Recipe Collection Form Name of

student/family?____________________________ Who did you get the recipe from?_____________________________________ Your relationship to this person?_________________________ Name of this recipe? _________________________________ How long has the recipe been in your family?________________ Name of the person who created the recipe?________________ Ingredients- ________________________ _____________________ ________________________ _____________________ ________________________ _____________________ ________________________ _____________________ ________________________ _____________________ ________________________ _____________________ ________________________ _____________________ ________________________ _____________________ How is the dish prepared? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What other foods is the dish usually served with?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Is the dish served at special events such as holidays or other celebrations?____________________________________________________


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Activity Resource Page

Japanese Food Pyramid


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Mexican Food Pyramid


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Arabic Food Pyramid


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Vegetable Examples: Where are they from?

• Brussel Sprouts-Belgium • Artichoke-Mediterranean Region, Sicily, Egypt, and the Canary

Islands • Bamboo Shoot-Asia • Cassava Root – (Tapioca)-Brazil • Jalapeno Pepper-Mexico • Fennel-The Mediterranean • Shiitake Mushroom-Japan • Potato-Peru • Tomato-Peru • Kelp-Japan • Yams-Asia • Lotus root-Asia • Water Chestnut-Southeast Asia • Cactus-Mexico • Jicama-South America • Squash-South America/Mexico • Okra-Ethiopia • Cucumber-India/Thailand


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Vegetable Cards

Eggplant

Artichoke

Broccoli

Corn

Carrot

Chili Pepper

Lettuce

Cucumber


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Lesson 3: Planting and Growing This activity was found at: http://atozteacherstuff.com

Submitted by: Amanda Hill, Kindergarten Teacher Objectives:

Parents will have the opportunity to look inside a seed, as well as discuss elements that are important for plants to grow, such as air, water, and food.

Materials Needed:

Lima beans (soaked in water overnight) Illustration of lima bean with baby plant inside (included) Ziploc bags, magnifying glasses, wet paper towels

Activities: Start a discussion with parents by asking them “How does a plant begin?” Ask students for thoughts and predictions. “How does a seed turn into a plant?” By making predictions and testing for results, parents are becoming scientists in their own classroom. Give each student a seed (lima bean) that has been soaked in water so it is easier to open. Show them how to open the seeds carefully. (They fall apart, so you must be gentle!) Show the illustration of the parts of a seed including the baby plant, seed coat, and plant food. Ask students to see if they can identify these parts on their seed. Extending the Activity: Now that we know where a plant begins, can it grow where we left it? What does it need to grow? What are some things that you need to grow? Water, food, sunlight are some ideas. Allow the parents to be scientists again, and find the answer to the questions. Put beans in Ziploc bags to test the following conditions:

• No water (no wet paper towel) • No light (cover in black, put in closet) • No food (take seed apart--baby plant without bean) • Optional: no air (close Ziploc bag) • Water, light, food and air

Check bags periodically to see what happens and discuss results.

Parenting: Encourage parents to use pictures of seeds, dirt, sun, water, and plants to talk to their children about the order in which plants grow. Sequencing, or putting the parts of a story or process in order, can help children see how plants grow. Discuss with parents how they can use sequencing to talk to their children about other processes, such as getting ready for bed, or getting ready for school.


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For Children-

Lesson 3: Planting and Growing Objectives:

Children will have a choice of activities that integrate the themes reflected in the story Growing Vegetable Soup. Early childhood activities have been provided that will enhance development, provide new experiences, and introduce new words.

Materials Needed: Book Growing Vegetable Soup Gardening tools (or spoons, cups, tiny shovels or scoops) Seeds

Activities: Language and Literacy: Read other books about growing and planting. For example: The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson (Illustrator) Introduce these new words: shovel, seed, sprout, plant, grow, dig Dramatic Play:

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Children will love to “garden” inside or outside using gloves, digging tools, aprons, seeds. If you are indoors, use playdough as “dirt” to let children “plant” seeds!

Music and Movement

Listen to soft music as children crouch down like a small seed, and then slowly begin to rise as they grow into a plant!

Outdoors: Look for plants growing in your child’s environment. Can you find plants at school? At home? At the grocery store? At a greenhouse?

Sensory: Fill a basin, tub or silly pool with sand or dirt. Provide gardening tools so that children can dig, plant, pat, and search for seeds. Children can weigh and compare size and shape of seeds by using a magnifying glass or a scale.

Art Experiences: Children might enjoy drawing pictures of seeds and plants. Use pictures of seeds, dirt, sun, water, and plants to talk to your child about the order in which plants grow.


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PACT- Lesson 3: Planting and Growing

Objectives: Parents and children will have an opportunity to interact together and have conversations regarding planting and growing while enjoying these inexpensive and fun parent-child activities.

Materials Needed: (Infants and Toddlers) Special notebook for writing signs of growth (Preschool and School Age) Seeds, dirt, water

Activities: Infants and Toddlers: Parents can take a walk with children outdoors or indoors, and talk to their children about what they see. As families pass things that are growing, parents can name the objects, and allow the child to touch the object, if possible. Babies are growing, too! Parents can use a baby book or notebook to record changes in height, weight, and skill development.

Preschool and School Age:

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Visit a greenhouse together, and talk about the plants that you see. Name different things that grow, like fruits, vegetables, trees, flowers, and people! At home or at school, families can plant seeds together, and talk about what that plant needs to grow.

Circle Time Read other books about growing and planting. For example: The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson (Illustrator) Introduce these new words: shovel, seed, sprout, plant, grow, dig


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This diagram was found at: http://atozteacherstuff.com

Submitted by: Amanda Hill, Kindergarten Teacher

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Lesson 4: Food and Recipes

Objectives:

Parents will strengthen math skills by multiplying and dividing ingredient amounts in recipes. Parents will also have an opportunity to conduct research on a vegetable, document their findings, and give an oral report.

Materials Needed:

“Cooking Measurement Equivalents” (included) Several recipes using vegetables (included) Access to website www.fandvforme.com.au/menu.htm Activities: Provide recipes for parents to look at and copy onto a recipe card. A great recipe to include would be the recipe for vegetable soup found on the back of the book! Ask the adults to choose one recipe that they think they may try at home. As a group or individually, describe a scenerio to the students that will encourage them to problem-solve using math concepts. For example, as they look at the recipe they have chosen, ask them how many servings it provides. How would they change the ingredients if they were interested in cutting the recipe in half? How would they change if the recipe was doubled? It may be helpful to review measurement using the chart “Cooking Measurement Equivalents” (included). A great writing activity would be to introduce students to the reader-friendly website www.fandvforme.com.au/menu.htm. After browsing through the site, ask parents to choose one vegetable to research. As they read, they can jot down interesting facts about the veggie they selected. After writing about their vegetable and organizing their thoughts, parents could present their information to the group. Encourage students to practice their speech with a partner, and to use an outline to guide their speech. Parenting: Parents can share their favorite recipes with the group. Staff could provide note cards to parents so that they can copy any recipes they would like to try! Encourage parents to talk about the new foods that they are introducing to their children. Parents with young children may have questions regarding the introduction of solid foods. Contact local community members to see if a pediatrician, nutritionist, or nurse could visit your program.

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For Children-

Lesson 4: Food and Recipes Objectives:

Children will have a choice of activities that integrate the themes reflected in the story Growing Vegetable Soup. Early childhood activities have been provided that will enhance development, provide new experiences, and introduce new words.

Materials Needed: Book Growing Vegetable Soup Different foods to taste Pots, pans, measuring cups, kitchen items Cooking songs (included) Dirt dessert recipe (included)

Activities: Language and Literacy: Read other books about food and recipes. For example: A Cake Just for Me by Karen Magnuson Beil and Paul Meisel (Illustrator)Stone Soup by Ann McGovern and Winslow Pinney Pels (Illustrator)Betty Crocker Kids Cook! by Betty Crocker Editors and Betty Crocker

Introduce these new words: wash, cook, eat, oven, stove, bake, stir, pour, measure

Dramatic Play: Children will have a great time cooking at home and in the classroom. Provide measuring cups and water so that children can pour and stir into bowls and pots. Children will enjoy tearing lettuce leaves, breaking up noodles, and scrubbing potatoes.

Music and Movement: Songs like “Pat-a-Cake” and “Peanut Butter and Jelly” (included) are fun movement songs to try at home or at school!

Outdoors: Have a picnic outside! Children can try new foods, and talk about the taste, shape, and color of the foods they are eating. Children may enjoy making mud pies outdoors, or dirt dessert indoors (recipe included).

Sensory: Allow children to see, feel, and taste the difference between raw and cooked vegetables. Talk about how food changes when it is cooked. Some examples could include carrots, potatoes, or peas.

Art Experiences: Create potato prints using paper, potatoes, and paint! Cut the potatoes in half, so that they have a flat side. Dip the flat side in paint, and press on paper to create prints. Talk about the shape, color and design.

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PACT- Lesson 4: Food and Recipes

Objectives: Parents and children will have an opportunity to interact together and have conversations regarding food and recipes, while enjoying these inexpensive and fun parent-child activities.

Materials Needed: (Infants and Toddlers) Empty baby food jars

Activities: Infants and Toddlers: Parents can introduce infants and toddlers to all of the foods in their environment. At the grocery store or in the kitchen, parents can allow their child to see, feel, or taste a new food. They can repeat the name of the food, and use words to describe how it looks, feels and tastes. Parents can make a list of their child’s favorite foods. Parents may want to save empty baby food jars to create a “word jar.” By washing out and decorating the jar, parents can listen to their children, and write down the new words that they hear their child say. Words can be written on slips of paper and placed inside the jar. Families can watch the language grow!

Preschool and School Age: Children love to role-play what they see their parents doing. Before a trip to the grocery store, parents can include their children in making grocery lists. Children can help in the store by looking for items, or choosing and weighing fruits and vegetables. At home, children can help set the table, wash foods, or measure ingredients. Children can also help sort groceries into categories, such as canned goods, frozen goods, and beverages.

Additional Activity:

Encourage families to try the recipe for vegetable soup that appears on the back cover of the Growing Vegetable Soup book. Ask families about their cooking experiences.

Circle Time: Read other books about food and recipes. For example: A Cake Just for Me by Karen Magnuson Beil and Paul Meisel (Illustrator)Stone Soup by Ann McGovern and Winslow Pinney Pels (Illustrator)Betty Crocker Kids Cook! by Betty Crocker Editors and Betty Crocker Introduce these new words: wash, cook, eat, oven, stove, bake, stir, pour, measure

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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Meisel%2C Paul/002-8734945-9805638


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Cooking Measurement Equivalents Found at www.infoplease.com

1 tablespoon (tbsp) = 3 teaspoons (tsp)

1/16 cup = 1 tablespoon 1/8 cup = 2 tablespoons 1/6 cup = 2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons 1/4 cup = 4 tablespoons 1/3 cup = 5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon 3/8 cup = 6 tablespoons 1/2 cup = 8 tablespoons 2/3 cup = 10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons 3/4 cup = 12 tablespoons

1 cup = 48 teaspoons 1 cup = 16 tablespoons

8 fluid ounces (fl oz) = 1 cup 1 pint (pt) = 2 cups

1 quart (qt) = 2 pints 4 cups = 1 quart

1 gallon (gal) = 4 quarts 16 ounces (oz) = 1 pound (lb)

1 milliliter (ml) = 1 cubic centimeter (cc) 1 inch (in) = 2.54 centimeters (cm)

Source: United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA).

http://www.infoplease.com/


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Zucchini Squares Part of Lore’s Lowcarb Recipes at

www.titanic.kn-bremen.de/idxsalad.html Ingredients

• 6 medium zucchini, shredded • 2 T butter

• 4 eggs • 1 1/2 c shredded swiss cheese

• 3 T parsley • 2 green onions, chopped

• 1 t dried basil • 1 or 2 cloves garlic, minced

• 2 T parmesan cheese

Preparing Lightly butter 11x7 baking dish. Place zucchini in colander & salt lightly. Squeeze out moisture. Zucchini should be quite dry. Melt butter over medium heat. Sauté zucchini until tender. In medium bowl, beat eggs. Add 1/2 c Swiss cheese and the basil to zucchini. Place in baking dish. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake @ 350

for 30 minutes. Cool slightly & cut into squares.

Broccoli Salad Posted by Ruth Bennett at the Atkins Lowcarb List at

www.titanic.kn-bremen.de/idxsalad.html Ingredients

• 6 cups chopped raw broccoli • 1 cup of mayonnaise

• 4 or 5 strips of crumbled bacon • 4 Tbsp of onion

• 8 oz of grated cheddar cheese

Preparing Mix all ingredients. Enjoy.


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COOKING SONGS

Pat-a-cake

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man, Bake me a cake as fast as you can,

Pat it and prick it, and mark it with B, Put it in the oven for baby and me.

Peanut Butter and Jelly

Peanut, peanut butter

And jelly First you take the peanuts

And you crunch 'em, you crunch 'em Then you take the grapes

And you squish 'em, you squish 'em

Peanut, peanut butter And jelly

Then you take the bread

And you spread it, you spread it Then you take your sandwich

And you eat it, you eat it

Peanut, peanut butter And jelly


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Dirt Dessert Recipe found at www.homeparents.about.com

• 20 ozs. Oreos-crushed • 12 ozs. Cool Whip

• 8 ozs. Cream Cheese • 4 oz. box Vanilla Pudding

• 3 1/2 cups Milk • 1 cup Powdered sugar

• 1/4 cup Butter • Gummy worms

*Cream butter, cream cheese, and sugar all together. Set aside. *Mix pudding and milk together and then add cool whip (use large bowl).

*Add cream cheese, mix. *Layer crushed Oreo’s, then cream mixture, ending with Oreo's.

Top off with gummy worms.

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