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Healthy Foods

Kindergartners learn that some foods help them grow big and strong — like fruits, veggies, and milk — and that treats like candy are for sometimes, a gentle first look at healthy eating.

KindergartenNutrition25 minutes1 class periodSHAPE / Skills-BasedExplicit teaching4 StandardsSHAPE
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Know grow foods.
  • ✓Know treats.
  • ✓Sort the foods.
  • ✓Pick foods to grow.
Essential Question

Some foods help you grow big and strong, and some are yummy treats for sometimes! Can you tell grow foods from treats?

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Interactive Task
Sort It · Interactive

Grow Food or Treat?

Project this and sort each food into a grow food or a treat.

🍎 Sort each — grow food or treat?Try it
🥦 Grow Food
🍭 Sometimes Treat
Tap a food, then tap a box.
The Lesson · Health & PE Flow (Warm-Up · Learn · Practice · Apply · Cool-Down)

25 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — Grow Big & Strong

3 min

Some foods help you grow, and some are yummy treats — which is which?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show foods.
  • Ask about them.
  • Get ready.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Look.
  • Think.
  • Get ready.
2

Learn — Two Kinds

7 min

Children learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Show grow foods.
  • Show treats.
  • Say treats are for sometimes.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Learn grow.
  • Learn treats.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Sort the Foods

7 min

Children practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to Grow Food or Treat?
  • Sort each one.
  • Talk about them.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Sort them.
  • Talk.
  • Explain.
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Apply — My Food

5 min

Children apply.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a grow food you like.
  • Say why it helps.
  • Pick a snack.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name it.
  • Say why.
  • Pick it.
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Cool-Down — Cool-Down

3 min

Children close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a grow food.
  • Name a treat.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Name one.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to SHAPE America National Health Education & Physical Education Standards.

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HE.1

Comprehend concepts about foods.

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HE.7

Practice healthy eating.

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HE.5

Make healthy food choices.

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HE.8

Encourage healthy eating.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Food picture cards.
  • Sentence frame: “___ is a grow food.”
  • Use real/play food.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with apple vs. candy.
  • Use pictures.
  • Sort one at a time.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Name more grow foods.
  • Make a healthy plate.
  • Explain why fruit helps.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🍎Food pictures
  • 💻Grow Food or Treat?
  • 🍽️A paper plate
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

grow fooda food that helps you growtreata food for sometimesfruita sweet plant foodvegetablea healthy plant foodhealthygood for youstrongpowerful and wellgrowto get biggermilkhelps make strong bones
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
Name a grow food.
Apple, carrot, milk, or banana.
QUESTION 2
Name a treat.
Candy, cake, soda, or cookie.
QUESTION 3
Are treats okay sometimes?
Yes — they’re for sometimes!

Cool-Down: grow food.

Have children name one grow food they will eat to grow big and strong. A printable foods sheet is in the PE & Health library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Healthy FoodsPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: fruit, grow, grow food, healthy, milk, strong, treat, vegetable
  1. a food for sometimes
  2. a food that helps you grow
  3. to get bigger
  4. powerful and well
  5. good for you
  6. a healthy plant food
  7. a sweet plant food
  8. helps make strong bones

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. Name a grow food.
  2. Name a treat.
  3. Are treats okay sometimes?
Answer key — Part A: 1) treat · 2) grow food · 3) grow · 4) strong · 5) healthy · 6) vegetable · 7) fruit · 8) milk
Part B: 1) Apple, carrot, milk, or banana. 2) Candy, cake, soda, or cookie. 3) Yes — they’re for sometimes!