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Veggies Got Talent! A Coloring Activity Cookbook
$19.95
Finally, a fun-filled way to get kids (and grown-ups) excited to eat their veggies!
This 100+ page reproducible resource features 30 vegetables, each with their own coloring sheet, playful rhymes, name in 5 languages, nutritional value, growing season, fun facts, and easy low-cost recipes for tasty ways to prepare them. Plus, a host of fun activities to integrate nutrition into core subject areas, and a way for kids to put on their own VGT performance!
“It’s like a vegetable version of Dr. Seuss, but more fun ‘cause kids get to color, cook, eat…and read!”
–Milania Macharelli, 5th Grader, Southington, CT
“This is by far the most unique, creative, and interactive way I’ve seen to engage children in healthy eating!”
—Peyton Dutka, Nutrition Department, University of Massachusetts
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Veggies Got Talent! A Coloring Activity Cookbook
Ideal for nutrition and food educators, school food service, SNAP-ED, childcare workers, farm to school programs, food banks, youth organizations, pediatricians, teachers, and parents!
Did you know that 4 out of 5 children in this country don’t even eat one vegetable a day? That while schools are serving vegetables as part of every school lunch, they’re often tossed aside and thrown away? Well, the vegetables are sick and tired of living their lives in vain. So, they got together and created “Veggies Got Talent!” – a totally fun and inspiring resource to help veggies get in front of the eyeballs and tastebuds of today’s youth!
Featuring 30 friendly vegetables, each with their own coloring sheet, playful rhymes, name in 5 languages, nutritional value, growing season, fun facts, and easy low-cost recipes for tasty ways to prepare them. 115 reproducible pages chock-full of hands-on activities guaranteed to help kids make friends with vegetables!
Hand out a coloring sheet with its playful rhymes, fun facts, and recipes every time you serve up the vegetable, and watch kids give it a try! Plus, share the recipes with parents and caregivers. Then integrate nutrition into core subjects with hands-on activities from “Find Us Growing in the Garden” to “The Veggies Have Lost Their Vowels!”
Kids can even put on their own “Veggies Got Talent! Show” to promote veggies to their peers and families in an exhilarating performance!
Use “Veggies Got Talent: A Coloring Activity Cookbook” to:
- Promote the veggies you’re serving every day at school!
- Give teachers fun activities to connect cafeteria with classroom learning!
- Create a Kids Art Gallery with students’ colored in veggie illustrations!
- Share recipes and fun facts with parents on your website or school newsletter
- Connect your Farm to School, School Garden, Salad Bar, and Cooking Programs
- Promote the positive things you’re doing at school and get the whole community together to celebrate healthy foods!
- And if you feel like being super-creative, have classes put on their own “Veggies Got Talent! Show” for their peers and families!
Plus, a host of fun activities to integrate nutrition into core subject areas including:
- Top 10 Tips to Eat Your Veggies (Parent Handout)
- My Veggie Tracker (Post on Fridge)
- Find Us Growing in the Garden? (Science)
- The Veggies Have Lost Their Vowels, Can You Help Them? (Language Arts)
- Eat a Veggie Rainbow! (Health and Art)
“I love this book, it’s very easy to use, and as the Student Engagement Manager for my whole district, I give out the coloring sheets when talking about the importance of eating school breakfast and lunch! Elementary schools would love this!” —Tory Gibson, Nutrition Services District, Horry County Schools, SC
“Veggies Got Talent!” is a great resource for bringing the fun to children in nutrition education!”
–Cheron Copeland, NDTS CNC, Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Student Division Co-Chair
“This resource is easy to facilitate, very interactive, creative and fun! The recipes and translations of the vegetable names provide a multicultural lens for nutrition education!”
–Julie Andrews-Scott, MA, Curriculum Development Specialist, San Francisco, CA