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~ Spice Up Your Season ~

Grow It, Try It, Like It! Preschool Fun With Fruits and Vegetables
A Team Nutrition USDA Resource

To view a "book" click the picture to open that portion of the Grow It, Try It, Like It! nutrition education kit:
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Book 1: 
an introduction to the Grow it, Try It, Like It nutrition education kit


Included is a teaching guide, garden arts and crafts, and tool shed resources

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Book 2:
all about the crookneck squash





Children use all their senses to learn about unique vegetables. Includes tasting recipes and activites

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Book 3: 
go from seeds to stores with spinach




Includes hand on planting activities, spinach stories and songs, and growing at home materials

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Book 4: 
discover the secrets of sweet potato hill




Help children make a pretend sweet potato hill to learn about this fun and sweet vegetable! 

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Book 5: 
combine fruit and fun to introduce the juicy cantaloupe



Children will learn how the cantaloupe looks, feels, smells, and tastes trough hands on activities and tastings

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Book 6: 
branch out to teach about the growth of a pit into a tree



Use the peach to help your children reach new heights and discover the fun of this skinned and fuzzy fruit

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Book 7: 
use bright and flavorful fruit to broaden food choices



Hands on activities, tasting parties, and songs will help your children learn all about the strawberry and its process from seeds and plants to markets 

Additional Resources: 
Food and Nutrition Fun 

for Preschoolers

A variety of resources to help you increase food and nutrition awareness in children

ChildCareInfo.com is a part of a work-group that is revising the USDA's Grow It, Try It, Like It! nutrition education kit to be more practical for family child care providers. If you are familiar with this resources, please take a few minutes to answer the following questions. Your input will greatly help the work-group. Disclaimer: this survey is the sole property of Childcareinfo.com and was not solicited by the USDA.
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