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BRIGHT IDEAS
CHALLENGE STUDENTS TO TRY NEW FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
WITH THESE FUN ACTIVITIES:
"Try Me" or "Dare" Plates:
Introduce unique fruits and vegetables that students might not typically
eat on a regular basis and challenge them to try it for bragging rights!
Don’t forget that to a child a green apple or strawberry might be unique.
Start by introducing students to a wide variety of common fruits and
vegetables to broaden their food experiences and build from there. The
common "unique" food will be more available both financially and
physically and introducing this is bound to have more impact than
introducing an exotic fruit. Cut the pieces small (to avoid waste and save
money) but showcase the whole fruit for students to see and touch as
well. Make it fun! When students try the new fruit or vegetable they
could either get a ballot to enter a draw for healthy prizes or a sticker to
place beside their name. At the end of the month, the student with the
most stickers could win a healthy prize.
Taste Testing:
Encourage students to taste test new fruits and vegetables using different
scenarios and vote on their favorites. For example, sample different
varieties of apples, or the same produce grown both locally (or in your
school garden) and abroad and comment on the differences. Showcase
the results on a graph to the whole school.
Trivia Tuesdays:
Every Tuesday challenge students with a new food related trivia question.
Ask them to try new fruits and vegetables and correctly identify what it
is or where it is from (blindfold them if it is easily recognizable by sight).
Bring in a plant, or picture of a plant, and ask students to correctly identify
what is growing or introduce a new kitchen utensil and ask students to
correctly explain what it’s used for.
World Map Activity:
Introduce new fruits and vegetables grown around the world and locally.
Invite students to place stickers or push pins on a map indicating the
location of where the fruit and vegetable came from and discuss. What
type of fruits and vegetables can be grown locally and when? Where does
most of our produce come from and why? Etc.
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