Nutrition Lessons
Free Nutrition Education for Children!

Recommended Materials for 'A Bushel of Apples' Nutrition Lesson:

• How Do Apples Grow? (HC-4451)
• Apples (HH-1669H)
• Applesauce (GB-0657)
• Crock pot or large cooking pot
• 5 apples
• 1 tsp cinnamon & 1 tsp sugar
• potato masher
• paper cups and spoons

Recommended Materials for 'Food Pyramid Fun' Nutrition Lesson:

• Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly Felt Set (ST-7955)
• MyPyramid.gov Pre-Cut Felt Set (LF-22413)
• Ages 2-5 The Edible Pyramid: Good Eating Every Day by Loreen Leedy (HH-1126)
• Ages 4-8 My Food Pyramid: Eat Right, Exercise, and Have Fun (DK-9939) OR Good Enough to Eat by Lizzy Rockwell (HC-1741)
• Food Group Salad Pack (RY-62045)
• Food Group Bingo (LER-7240)
  

Recommended Materials for 'Enjoying Carrots' Lesson:

• '10 Crunchy Carrot' Song Cards (BR-CC)
• '10 Crunchy Carrot' Puppet Set (BR-CP)
• '10 Carrot Diamond' CD by Charlotte Diamond (CDC-317D)
• The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss (HC-3350S) - also available in Spanish (HC–3350P) OR Carrot Soup by John Segal (SS-7702)
• Canned, frozen, and raw carrots with green tops
• Package of carrot seeds
• Carrot Coloring Sheets
  

Recommended Materials for 'From Seed to Salad Bars' Lesson:

• Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens (HMH-1529)
• Dirt Made My Lunch CD by Banana String Slug Band (BS-902D)
• 4 books from Plant Parts Series: Fruits (CS-6207), Seeds (CS-6238), Flowers (CS-6191) and Stems (CS-6238) by Vijaya Bodach
• Up, Down, And Around by Katherine Ayres (CW-0170)
• And the Good Brown Earth by Kathy Henderson (CW-8412)
• Grow It, Cook It (DK-3677)
• Cutting board and knife
• Vegetable list (as many of the following as possible): cauliflower, artichoke, broccoli, apple, orange, celery, rhubarb, asparagus, sugar cane, potato, onion, garlic, spinach, lettuce, cabbage, parsley, chives, turnip, radish, carrot, beet, parsnip, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, dried beans, peanuts, nuts, etc.

Recommended Materials for 'Broccoli Power' Lesson:

• June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner (HMH-7677)
• The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers (PP-7491)
• Vegetables (From the See How it Grows Series) by Sally Hewitt (RP-7001)
• "Charles" Broccoli
• Broccoli Coloring Sheets
• Felt broccoli stalk, orange, glass of orange juice
• Broccoli florets for snack
• Delicious Dip (recipe included with lesson)