Grow It, Try It, Like It! Nutrition Education Kit | Food and Nutrition Administration

Cover of Grow It, Try It, Like It! Nutrition Education Kit Featuring MyPlate — Book 1 - The Basics

Grow It, Try It, Like It! Nutrition Education Kit is a garden-themed nutrition education kit for child care center staff that introduces children to: three fruits - peaches, strawberries, and cantaloupe, and three vegetables - spinach, sweet potatoes, and crookneck squash.

The kit includes seven booklets featuring fruits and vegetables with fun activities through the imaginary garden at Tasty Acres Farm! It also has a CD-ROM with supplemental information and a DVD with Cool Puppy Pup's picnic and lunch parties. Each set of lessons contains: hands-on activities, planting activities, and nutrition education activities.

Use the kit to promote learning at home with fun parent/child activities and family-sized recipes that give tips for cooking with children.

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Illustration of kids picking squash in the garden — Book 2 - Crookneck Squash Row

illustration of kids picking spinach — Book 3 - Spinach Lane

illustration of children picking sweet potatoes — Book 4 - Sweet Potato Hill

illustration of children picking cantaloupe — Book 5 - Cantaloupe Corner

illustration of children picking peaches off the tree — Book 6 - Peach Tree Orchard

illustration of children picking strawberries — Book 7 - The Strawberry Patch