Little Hands That Cook with Books: Let’s eat a RAINBOW!

March is National Nutrition Month! Here’s a great way to teach your child about Nutrition.

With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner and rainbows everywhere, here’s your teachable moment to talk about Nutrition with your child and how they can eat a rainbow everyday! We’ve been pinning all sorts of Rainbow Themed Snacks on our Cooking with Kids and Spring Projects to Make & Do Pinterest Boards. Come check them out and Follow Us!

Reading and Singing about Nutrition

Here is my one of my favorite Rainbow Songs from teaching Kindergarten.  It’s has nothing to do about physical rainbow colors but everything to do celebrating diversity.  I love that it helps to connect with our Around the World Cooking Lessons.

The World is a Rainbow by Greg and Steve (Click on Greg to see him sing)

The world is a rainbow
That’s filled with many colors:
Yellow, black, and white, and brown,
You see them all around.

The world is a rainbow
With many kinds of people;
It takes all kinds of people
To make the world go round.

Now you be you
And I’ll be me.
That’s the way we were meant to be.
But the world is a mixing cup.
Just look what happens when you stir it up!

The world is a rainbow
With many kinds of people;
And when we work together
It’s such a sight to see.
The world is beautiful when we live in harmony!

Now you be you
And I’ll be me.
That’s the way we were meant to be.
But the world is a mixing cup.
Just look what happens when you stir it up!

            

            

Rainbow Activities and Resources

Eating a Rainbow Activities  from Toddler Approved
Learning About Food Groups

Colorful Fun: Hands On Activities for Color Words

Fruit and Veggie Color List  for color of foods

Rainbow Activities from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas

Rainbow Resources from Squiddo

Let’s Talk Nutrition-Activities and Resources

Weather Hop-Resources from MANY bloggers

Ideas for St. Patrick’s Day Food from Kitchen Fun with My 3 Sons
Rainbow Tot Pack from 1+1+1=1

Make a Rainbow Necklace

Using Cereal or Pasta create a necklace-Build Fine Motor Skills

Make a Fruit and Veggie Color Book

Using flyers from groceries stores and magazines cut out pictures of fruits and vegetables and place them onto the page that matches the color.  Use the text below cut and glue to each page of the book.

Make your Own Rainbow List of Fruits and Vegetables

Brainstorm all the different fruits and veggies there are and write them under the color words.

See how many you can find.

See you many you can eat in one week.

At the grocery store shop for the rainbow with your child

How Many Ways Can you Make a Rainbow?

Have fun cooking and eating with Rainbows!

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