Help kids get active as well as learn more about nutrition by involving them in some action-oriented games. Play a game of food charades in which children act out different cooking actions. Some great examples include making an ice cream sundae, eating pasta, washing dishes and peeling a banana.
Create a healthy food egg hunt to teach children facts about wholesome foods and eating habits. Use small slips of paper to record different healthy food sayings such as "Eat Five Fruits and Vegetables Every Day" or "Fruits and Vegetables are Good for Me." Hide these slips of paper inside plastic eggs left over from Easter. Encourage students to decorate paper bags with pictures of healthy food choices and let students use these bags to collect their eggs. Allow students to hunt for the eggs and gather together to enjoy a healthy snack and to read the sayings.
See who has the best sense of smell by playing a "whose nose knows" game. Line up a variety of foods, trying to use one from each food group such as lemons, hard- boiled egg, strawberries, tuna fish and tomato sauce. Blindfold children or simply have them close their eyes and let them guess what is in each cup by using their sense of smell.
Think of a food group, such as fruits and vegetables, then ask your preschooler, "Guess my vegetable!" After a certain number of guesses, you can give hints about the food such as the color or even beginning letter sounds if your preschooler understands that concept.
Place an array of different fruits and vegetables into separate paper bags. Pass the bag around the circle and let each student put their hand into it and feel the produce. Once all students have had a turn, let them take turns guessing which fruit or vegetable the bag contained.
Lay a large piece of fabric or cardboard on the floor and divide it in half. Print out a variety of foods, including foods such as ice cream or candy as well as more wholesome choices. Cut out some unusual foods such as starfruit or bok choy. Let students take turns identifying the foods and trying to sort them into "healthy foods" or "junk foods."