Food groups and healthy eating
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Draw your lunch. Colour each food and say which food group it belongs to.
Answers differ. Check that each food is put in the right group.
2
With a grown-up, name one food from each of the five groups that your family eats.
For example: bread, tomato, banana, beans, yoghurt.
3
A family eats 3 servings of fruit in the morning and 4 in the afternoon. How many servings of fruit is that?
3 + 4 = 7
4
Help a grown-up wash a bunch of vegetables or fruit. What did the water look like? What was it carrying away?
The water may look cloudy because it carries away dirt.
5
Ask a grown-up: “Which food does our family eat most often?” Which food group is it?
The child names the food and its group.