A Few Ideas:  Use these fact sheets to decorate your walls.  Or you can print off one at a time and create a daily or weekly theme around it.  You can hang them in your lobby's Bulletin Board where the parents can see them.  Make a trip to the grocery store and show a picture and see if the children can find the fruit or vegetable in the store. 

Set of 30 fruit and vegetable fact sheets with information about: nutrition, uses, description, varieties, where first cultivated and whether they are grown in Nebraska. Color versions are color-coded to the five color groups (black & white versions could be printed on colored paper).

Available in a "printable" .pdf format. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print.

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Black & White Version (5,755 KB)

• Apple (Red)
• Apricot (Yellow/Orange)
• Artichoke (Green)
• Asparagus (Green)
• Avocado (Green)
• Banana (White)
• Bell Pepper (Color .pdf includes Green and Red versions)
• Broccoli (Green)
• Brussels Sprouts (Green)
• Cabbage (Green)
• Cantaloupe (Yellow/Orange)
• Carrots (Yellow/Orange)
• Cauliflower (White)
• Grapes (Blue/Purple)
• Grapefruit (Red)
• Greens (Green)
• Kiwifruit (Green)
• Lettuce (Green)
• Orange (Yellow/Orange)
• Papaya (Yellow/Orange)
• Peach (Yellow/Orange)
• Pear (White)
• Pineapple (Yellow/Orange)
• Potato (White)
• Spinach (Green)
• Squash (Yellow/Orange)
• Strawberry (Red)
• Sweet Potato (Yellow/Orange)
• Tomato (Red)
• Watermelon (Red)

This material was funded in part by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides nutrition assistance to people with low income. It can help you buy nutritious foods for a better diet. To find out more, call 1-800-430-3244.