Food Group Sorting Game: Table-Top, On-Screen and No-Food Versions
A 20-minute sorting game where children place food cards into the six food groups, talk through tricky foods, and build a mixed plate. No real food needed.
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Food Groups for Kids: A Parent and Teacher Guide
The six food groups in kid-friendly words, how they differ from MyPlate posters, foods that fit two groups, and quick sorting activities.
Food Groups & Nutrients
Food Learning for Preschoolers (Ages 3 to 5)
Playful, age-appropriate ways to explore food with 3- to 5-year-olds: naming, senses and sorting, plus choking-safe food prep and calm, pressure-free tasting.
Nutrition Learning by Age
Handwashing for Kids, Step by Step
Teach children the five CDC handwashing steps, when to wash, why soap and water beat sanitizer, and how to adapt the sink for small or disabled kids.
Family Food Safety
Lesson Plan: Sorting Foods into Groups (Grades K–2)
A 40-minute K–2 lesson where students sort food cards into the six food groups, explain their thinking, and handle foods that fit two groups. No food handled.
Teacher & Parent Guides
Clean, Separate, Cook, Chill: Food Safety for Families
The four federal food safety steps explained for families, with safe cooking temperatures and age-matched jobs kids ages 6 to 12 can do at each step.
Family Food Safety
Five Senses Food Exploration: Look, Touch, Smell, Listen, Taste
A 25-minute sensory exploration of three or four foods, with optional tasting, a word bank of describing words, and ways to join in without eating.
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Food Learning for Early Elementary Kids (Ages 6 to 8)
How 6- to 8-year-olds can explore food groups, early label reading, where food comes from, simple kitchen jobs, and food safety habits at home and school.
Nutrition Learning by Age
Lesson Plan: Label Detectives (Grades 4–6)
A 45-minute lesson where students read Nutrition Facts labels, use the 5% and 20% Daily Value guide, and do serving-size math. No diet or weight talk.
Teacher & Parent Guides
Vegetables and Fruits for Kids: Variety, Forms and Safe Prep
How to offer vegetables and fruits in many colors and forms (fresh, frozen, canned, dried), what to know about juice, and how to cut produce safely for young kids.
Food Groups & Nutrients
Bean Seed in a Cup: Watch Roots and Shoots Grow
Sprout dry beans in a clear cup to watch roots and shoots appear over one to two weeks. Includes a daily journal, hygiene steps, and what to do about mold.
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Food Literacy for Ages 9 to 12: Labels, Budgets, Cooking and Ads
Help 9- to 12-year-olds read food labels, compare prices, cook with supervision, question food ads, and talk about food without dieting or body talk.
Nutrition Learning by Age
Kitchen Jobs by Age: What Kids Can Do (Ages 3 to 12)
Age-banded kitchen tasks for children 3 to 12, with the supervision each needs, safety rules for knives and heat, and why nobody tastes raw dough.
Family Food Safety
Using Food Printables in the Classroom: An Inclusive How-To
Practical advice for using food worksheets, cards and journals with students: allergies, cultural foods, food insecurity, no food rewards, and printing tips.
Teacher & Parent Guides
Whole Grains Explained for Kids: Kernels, Labels and Grains Worldwide
What makes a grain whole, how kids can spot whole grains on an ingredient list, and whole grains eaten around the world, explained for ages 6–12.
Food Groups & Nutrients
Build a Rainbow Snack Plate: A No-Cook Color Activity
Children arrange pre-cut fruits and vegetables by color into a rainbow plate. No cooking, choking-safe cuts by age, and optional tasting.
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Food Activities for After-School, Park and Library Programs
Group food games for rec centers, libraries and camps: a food group relay, garden walks, tasting stations with safeguards, and ways to mix ages from 5 to 12.
Teacher & Parent Guides
Food Allergies: What Families and Teachers Should Know
General information on the 9 major food allergens, reading allergen labels, school allergy plans, and inclusive non-food celebrations. Not medical advice.
Family Food Safety
Protein Foods for Kids: Many Sources, Animal and Plant
Protein foods from animals and plants, why beans count in two groups, and what to know about nut allergies and nut choking risks for young kids.
Food Groups & Nutrients
Supporting Curious and Cautious Eaters
Calm, pressure-free ways to help picky eaters try new foods: repeated exposure, family meals, kids helping in the kitchen, and when to talk to a doctor.
Nutrition Learning by Age
Dairy for Kids: What Families Should Know
What's in the dairy group, lactose-free and fortified options, the milk-fat advice that differs between sources, and safety basics for kids ages 3–12.
Food Groups & Nutrients
Fruit and Vegetable Alphabet Hunt: A to Z at the Store, in Books or Outside
Children hunt for a fruit or vegetable for each letter from A to Z at the grocery store, in picture books, or in a garden, and record finds on a tracker.
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Storing Leftovers and Lunchbox Safety for Families
The 2-hour and 1-hour rules, safe fridge and freezer temperatures, reheating leftovers, keeping packed lunches cold, and what to do with lunch leftovers.
Family Food Safety
Healthy Fats Explained for Kids: The Newest Food Group
Why healthy fats are now their own food group, which whole foods supply them, and what fat does in the body, explained calmly for ages 6–12.
Food Groups & Nutrients
Where Foods Grow: Roots, Stems, Leaves, Flowers, Fruits and Seeds
Children sort foods by the plant part we eat and where they grow, then trace animal foods like milk and eggs back to farms. Includes a matching worksheet.
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What Nutrients Do, Explained Simply for Kids
Carbohydrates, protein, fats, fiber, vitamins, minerals and water explained in plain kid language for ages 8–12, with food examples and classroom ideas.
Food Groups & Nutrients
Drinks for Kids: Water First, Plus Milk, Juice and More
What current guidance says about water, milk, 100% juice, sugary drinks and caffeine for kids ages 3–12, with practical, judgment-free tips.
Food Groups & Nutrients
Reading a Nutrition Facts Label with Kids: A Hands-On Activity
A 30-minute activity for ages 9–12 using empty packages and a practice label: serving size, the 5%/20% Daily Value guide, added sugars and ingredients.
Food Groups & Nutrients
Grocery Store Learning Games for Kids
Turn a regular shopping trip into counting, color, reading and budget games for kids 4–12, in any store or market, with no extra purchases.
Family Meal Activities
Lesson Plan: Handwashing With a Glitter "Germ" Model
A 30-minute lesson for ages 4 to 8 using glitter and lotion as a model of germs to practice the CDC handwashing steps, with honest limits and skin-safe options.
Teacher & Parent Guides
Family Meal Planning With Kids: A Weekly Routine
Plan a week of family meals together: give kids real choices within options, plan for leftovers, and keep the grocery budget in view.
Family Meal Activities
Mealtime Conversation Starters for Families
Easy, original questions to get kids 3–12 talking at the table, plus gentle screen-free ideas and options for quiet or neurodivergent kids.
Family Meal Activities
Exploring Foods From Many Cultures as a Family
A respectful family project for kids 5–12: trace your own food heritage, learn about other families' foods, and build a recipe-story map.
Family Meal Activities
Packing a Lunchbox Together: Kid Jobs and Food Groups
A 20-minute routine for packing school lunches with kids 5–12: age-based jobs, food-group variety, budget swaps and keeping cold food cold.
Family Meal Activities
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