JW True Christian Academy

I decided to write up what we did, (and what YOU can do), as a les­son on The Food Pyramid.

Vocab­u­lary

nutri­tion
calo­ries
vit­a­mins
healthy
food pyra­mid
fruits
veg­eta­bles
grain
meat/protein
dairy

Name the 5 food groups
– Each group has a dif­fer­ent color, so we used 5 dif­fer­ent col­ors of con­struc­tion paper.

Cat­e­go­rize foods
Cut Pic­tures out of food mag­a­zines to clue on the cor­rect color paper. We used the print-out from here.

Food Diary
Write down all the foods you eat each day for 5 days.
Give your­self a star each time you eat some­thing from one of the food groups!

Try some­thing New
Find a food from each food group that you’ve never eaten before! Don’t be scared!!

Scrip­tures about Mem­bers of the Food Groups — amaz­ing!
MILK: Judges 4:19
MEAT: Deut. 12:15
FRUIT: Isa. 28:3,4
VEG: Num. 11:4,5
GRAINS: Lev. 2:4,5

Fun & Games
* Play — http://www.nutritionexplorations.org/kids/activities/littled.asp
* Read — My Food Pyra­mid by DK Pub­lish­ing
Good Enough to Eat
Show­down at The Food Pyra­mid
* Cut-outs, Games & Activ­i­ties — Ages 5 — 7, Ages 8 and up

We ended up with a mini-lapbook at the end of our les­son, and a better-trained eye when it comes to choos­ing our food selec­tions.
The girls have turned into Food Nazis — mak­ing sure that each group is rep­re­sented at each meal! I hope we con­tinue to pay atten­tion to our food intake!

Related posts:

1. The Food Pyramid
2. Oh, what we’ve been doing!