Fruits and Veggies Sorting Activity πŸ₯πŸ“πŸ‹πŸ₯•πŸ₯¦

in Home Edders β€’ 2 years ago

Hey guys,

This is one of those easy & very practical activities you can do with your kids at home so they can learn about fruits and vegetables.

This activity is a sorting type but it is also for vocabulary enrichment or other language learning.

And not to mention that this is food and nutrition education. You can use this to learn your kids that veggies and fruits are important to their health, that they are full of vitamins and that natural food is the best choice we can take to keep our bodies healthy and well.

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In a few words, this is what we actually did.

SO the black beans I meant to be "the soil". I used some of our wooden fruits and veggies toys, throw them in the box and then my son (2yr and 2mo that time) had to sort them into fruits and veggies.


You can try out this activity:

  • to introduce them to fruits and vegetables or
  • to consolidate these notions
  • or maybe you can use it as an opportunity to teach your children some new words in a different language, like we did.

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Almost forgot, this activity is a sensory activity too because the beans have the role of stimulating a young child's sense of touch. Sensory play encourages learning through exploration and curiosity. We are in love with sensory activities:x:X

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I named every fruit and vegetable both in Romanian and English. For example: "Look, this is an ORANGE!. How do we call it in Romanian? PORTOCALA. Is this a fruit or a veggie? What basket should we put her in? Can you tell me what color is it? Or shape? and so on...

We also had one book to look at and use it as reference.There were two pages where fruits and veggies were already sorted, each type on a page, as you can see down below.

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I asked questions, I gave answers, I came up with some new details for example: Fruits can be found in the trees or the bushes or in the vine. Veggies can grow in the soil etc...

Learning process comes smooth within this activity. It's relaxing and enjoyable, it doesn't requires to much attention. It is an activity where kids can ask their own questions based on what they observe, but they can also provide detailes about what they see.

They can analyze shapes and colors on fruits and veggies, find some similarities, making connections.

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Even though we didnt do it this time, it is best to expose in addition some real fruits and veggies too so the kids can examinate them. Or try this just with real foods like oranges, apples, bananas, kiwi, pear, carrot, celery, peas, pepper, tomatoes, etc

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For this activity, we used another set of wooden fruits and veggies we have.

These are much bigger and much appropriate to reality. These wooden toys imitate very well how fruits and veggies really are.
You can see how beautiful shaped are they and what nice colors have too.

They can be cutted in half because they are actually 2 half pieces which stick together with a small velcro. This activity is great for fine motos skills development, concentration and attention.
They came together with a wooden knife and a wooden board.

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You can put your child sort the fruits and veggies by color or maybe shape? Long (carrot and banana), round (tomato, orange, kiwi).

If you dont have wooden/plastic fruits and veggies you can print some and then color it. Thouth the best is to replace these with real fruits and veggies you have at home.

Thank you for reading! I would appreciate a feedback on this and fell free to mention if there's anything you could add to it.

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missdeli

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Oh my, you just made me remember that my son has a lot of these kinds of fruit toys. I might as well going to duplicate this activity of yours. Good evening!

Thank you @afterglow! Its been a busy week for me so my replies are quite late. Thats so grrat to hear! My son loves this kind of play. To make it more interesting, you could hide the fruits/veggies in aluminum foil or napkins. Also helping children in developing fine motor skills and patience, hand eye coordination.

Thank you for the suggestion @missdeli, I will it in mind. Have a nice day ahead.

Thanks! Have a great day too!

You're welcome (^_^)

A beautiful activity without a doubt. I think it's great the contrast of the black beans and the figures of fruits and vegetables definitely a way to capture the child's attention. It is super entertaining and full of color in addition to developing rational thinking skills we can exercise motor skills.

Thank you Emileira! Thats exactly as you said. This kind of activity play is very enjoyable for the little ones and they all like sensory play.

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Thank you @steemflow!

This is surely a great way to learn. I'll add it to my to-do list.

I guess it is..
thanks for comenting. Glad you liked it:)

You're welcome

Sorting is a great way to being organised. This is awesome

Yeah, sorting at little age increase the chances of being organized in adulthood, but it also have cognitive benefits in your children.

it's such a great game for kidsπŸ˜€

Yes, they all like colored tiny objects toys.

Fantastic idea to educate the little ones, great

Oohh thanks so much! Glad you like it!

I really liked this game, certainly it is a fun and effective way to learn for the children πŸ˜„

Thank you! Yes, its quite fun and enjoyable for the little minds. They all like sensorial play. The beans were very interesting!