Vegetable Activities for Kids

To wrap up our vegetable theme I want to leave you with a collection of resources from around the web. Whether you’re looking for vegetable activities for preschool, printable lesson plans on vegetables for kindergarten and preschool, or just some fun ideas for teaching about vegetables, there is a ton of inspiration in this collection.  Vegetable math, science, literacy, art projects, recipes…there’s a little bit of everything here. I hope these ideas are helpful as you plan your own vegetable theme for preschool and kindergarten.

FIND ALL OF OUR VEGETABLE ACTIVITIES IN OUR PRINTABLE LESSON PLANS

FOR HOME PRESCHOOL AND PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS.

Math & Science Activities for Teaching About Vegetables

Montessori-Inspired Vegetable Unit (Living Montessori Now)

Vegetable Math (Fantastic Fun and Learning)

Grocery Story Math for Kids (The Measured Mom)

Exploring Our 5 Senses with Fruits and Vegetables (Learn Play Imagine)

Learning About Pollination with Vegetables (The Educator’s Spin On It)

Runaway Radish Book Activity & Experiment (All Done Monkey)

Cabbage Juice Science Experiment (Teach Beside Me)

Carrot Top Experiment (Rainy Day Mum)

Measuring Carrot Tops (Crystal’s Tiny Treasures)

Natural Dyeing Experiment (Crafty Mom’s Share)

Vegetable Stand Pretend Play (Fantastic Fun and Learning)

Vegetable Art Projects & Sensory Activities

The Real Mr. Potato Head (Green Owl Art)

Painting with Vegetables Collaborative Art (Fantastic Fun and Learning)

Vegetable Stamping with Natural Dyes (A Mom with a Lesson Plan)

Peas in a Pod Craft (Teach Preschool)

Salt Dough Vegetables Book Activity (Kitchen Counter Chronicles)

Broccoli Paint Brushes & Color Mixing (No Time for Flashcards)

Gluing a Vegetable Rainbow (The Adventures of Bear)

Sensory Fun with Corn Cobs (Happy Hooligans)

Vegetable Garden Rock Signs (Repeat Crafter Me)

Garden Vegetable Printing (No Time for Flashcards)

Book Related Vegetable Activities

Little Peas All Around the Classroom (Teach Preschool)

Rabbit Food (JDaniel 4’s Mom)

Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share (JDaniel 4’s Mom)

Eating the Alphabet from A to Z (The Good Long Road)

The Tale of Peter Rabbit (School Time Snippets)

Growing Vegetable Soup (Crafty Moms Share)

The Carrot Seed (Teach Preschool)

P is for Peas (The Good Long Road)

Grow Your Own Veggies with Kids

Growing Potatoes with Kids-Science Experiment (Kids Activities Blog)

How to Grow Potatoes (The Educator’s Spin On It)

How to Grow Carrots & 5 Reasons Why (The Educator’s Spin On It)

Growing Peas (The Educator’s Spin On It)

All About Growing Zucchini (The Educator’s Spin On It)

Eat Your Veggies: Fun Tips and Recipes

All About Me Edible Face Healthy Lunch (Learn Play Imagine)

Vegetable Soup Rice (Glittering Muffins)

Making Vegetable Soup (The Educator’s Spin On It)

Cooking with Kids: Zucchini Slice (Learn with Play at Home)

Veggie Crunching Contest & Tips for Growing Veggie Lovers (Lets Lasso the Moon)

The Vegetable Food Group (The Educator’s Spin On It)

Sneaking Carrot Lunches (JDaniel 4’s Mom)

Carrot Cake Pancakes (Feels Like Home Blog)

Sneaky Sweet Potato (All Done Monkey)

Cooking Pierogi (Creative World of Varya)

Vegetable Inspired Literacy Activities & Free Printables

Letter Gardening (No Time for Flashcards)

23 Books About Vegetables (Fantastic Fun and Learning)

Free Food & Nutrition Unit (Teach Beside Me)

Free Printable Syllable Sorting Activity (Fantastic Fun and Learning)

Garden Preschool Pack–Some portions include vegetable activities (Homeschool Creations)

Fruit and Vegetable Matching Cards (Homeschool Creations)

That’s the end of V is for Vegetables series. You can also follow along with our Letter V Pinterest Board where I’ll be pinning new activities related to this theme as I find them.

GET A FULL WEEK OF VEGETABLE THEME LEARNING AND PLAY

Save time and get right to the playful learning with our printable lesson plan sets. Each set includes over 30 playful learning activities related to the theme, and we’ve provided different versions for home preschool families and classroom teachers so all activities are geared directly toward your needs.

This set includes active hands-on learning ideas and the following printables:

1) Vegetable Emergent Reader (2 versions)
2) Syllable Sorting Activity
3) Vegetable Photos (color and B/W)
4) Vegetable Letter Puzzles (color and B/W)
5) Vegetable Stand Pretend Play Signs
6) Vegetable Number Cards (Color and B/W)
7) Shopping for Vegetables Counting Game
8) Vegetable Cards with and without labels (color and B/W)
9) Vegetable Sink or Float Predictions and Results Recording Sheets (color and B/W)
10) Vegetable Taste Test Recording Sheets (color and B/W)
11) Design a Vegetable Garden Planning Sheet (2 versions)

GET YOUR LESSON PLANS

Home Preschool Vegetable Theme Lesson Plans

Preschool Classroom Vegetable Theme Lesson Plans

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