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How to Get Kids to Eat Vegetables: Gardening Activity for Kids

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Hi friends! So excited for this post because it involves 1) a printable and 2) one of my all time favorite topics: gardening! One part of my journey to a more simple life is to simplify what goes into my body. Connecting with the food that goes into our bodies sounds a bit silly but packs a powerful punch.  Educating ourselves about the plants we eat is a big part.

Learning about what makes a plant grow connects us to that plant, at least for me. What I mean is that once I understand what a plant or animal for that matters needs to grow and to thrive in their environment. When I understand why a slug exists, what it’s role is in our ecosystem, for example, they don’t annoy me as much. I actually appreciate them.

Maybe I should have chosen a different example. Ants? Spiders?

You get my point. 

Same goes with eating. Learning about our bodies and the impact of certain foods on our bodies.

I created this Parts of the Plants We Eat printable to help us (adults & kids) understand a bit more about our food.

Parts of the Plants We Eat

Parts of the Plants We Eat

Activity Approach

  • Print out this download
  • Laminate the control card
  • Introduce the activity with the printable sheets, scissors, and a glue stick

plants we eat activity

“Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.” 
― Michael Pollan

Extension Ideas

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Thanks for visiting!

Marnie

About Marnie Craycroft

Marnie hails from Maine where she spent summers buried in sand and winters buried in snow. She is the daughter of a nearly four decade veteran of the public school systems. Teaching has always been a part of her life. She founded Carrots Are Orange in 2010.

Carrots Are Orange is a Montessori learning and living website for parents and teachers.

Marnie graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 with a BA in Economics. She spent nearly a decade working in investment management. In 2006, she earned her MA in business from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999 and currently lives in Boulder with her husband and three sons. She is Montessori trained. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Buzzfeed, PBS Kids, BabyCenter, the Melissa & Doug blog, Huffington Post, and WhattoExpect.com. Besides writing, passions include running (usually after her three sons), photography, and outdoor adventures.

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