Free Pre-K 3 lesson plan · Unit 6: Plants and food
Pre-K 3, week 23: fruits, vegetables and triangles
This week your learner will name fruits and vegetables, find triangles and make a healthy plate. Each activity takes about 5 to 10 minutes. Print the pages, or do them with things you already have at home.
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5-minute parent prep
- Choose 3 fruits or vegetables to look at together (an adult does any cutting).
- Fold a napkin into a triangle.
- Print pages 2 to 5, or skip printing and use the no-supplies swaps.
Household supplies only: Paper, crayons, a few fruits or vegetables, a napkin, a plate. No supplies? Every activity has a no-supplies swap.
The week at a glance
| Day | Focus | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Talk and listen | Fruits and vegetables page, Market talk card |
| Tuesday | Math | Find the triangles page, Triangle hunt card |
| Wednesday | Explore | A healthy plate page, Wash the fruit card |
| Thursday | Make and move | Draw a flower page, Tear a fruit bowl card |
| Friday | Story and review | Song of the week, Parent notes page |
| Every day | Read, sing, play | Read a picture book together, sing the song of the week, play outside and check in on feelings with the free feelings cards. |
Printable pages
Fruits and vegetables
Say: "What is this? What color is it?" Your learner names each food and its color with you, then colors them.
Find the triangles
Say: "A triangle has three sides and three points. Color the triangles." Your learner colors the triangles.
A healthy plate
Say: "What goes on a healthy plate?" Your learner points to each food and colors the ones they would put on their plate.
Draw a flower
Say: "Draw a flower. What color is it?" Your learner draws a flower any way they like.
Activity cards
Market talk
- Hold up a food.
- Ask "What is it? What color?"
- Your learner answers or points.
Easier: Name it and your learner repeats.
Next step: Ask "Is it a fruit or a vegetable?"
Say this: "A banana. It is yellow."
No supplies: Talk about foods in a book.
Language: vocabulary
Triangle hunt
- Fold the napkin into a triangle.
- Count the sides together.
- Look for triangles at home.
Easier: Just trace the napkin triangle.
Next step: Make a triangle with 3 spoons.
Say this: "Three sides. A triangle."
No supplies: Make a triangle with your arms.
Math: shapes
Wash the fruit
- Your learner washes each fruit in the bowl.
- Dry them together.
- An adult cuts them for snack, and everyone sits to eat.
Easier: Wash one piece.
Next step: Count the pieces.
Say this: "Wash, wash, now it's clean."
No supplies: Wipe fruit with a damp cloth.
Health: nutrition
Tear a fruit bowl
- Draw a bowl on the sheet.
- Your learner tears paper into fruit pieces.
- Glue them in the bowl.
Easier: You start each tear.
Next step: Tear red for apples and yellow for bananas.
Say this: "A red apple. A yellow banana."
No supplies: Arrange the torn pieces, no glue.
Physical: fine motor
Song of the week: Fruit salad
Apples, bananas, grapes so sweet,
Carrots crunchy, good to eat.
Wash them, share them, one, two, three,
A healthy plate for you and me.
Actions: Pretend to stir a big bowl. Try next: Name your favorite fruit in the song.
Parent notes for Friday
Not a test. Notice what your learner does this week, and practice the rest later. Nothing here is sent to UpOnly Learning.
- Names 3 fruits or vegetables
- Finds a triangle
- Puts foods on a pretend plate
- Tears paper into pieces
Want the bigger picture? See developmental milestones by age and the child development guide for ages 3 to 5.
Safety for this week
- Use objects too big to fit in your learner's mouth, and stay close during any counting or sorting with real objects.
- Water play only with an adult within arm's reach the whole time, even in a small tub.
- An adult handles anything hot or sharp, knives, and rocks or heavy objects.
- Dry beans and seeds only with an adult watching closely, and not with a learner who still puts things in their mouth.
- No scissors needed: tear paper instead. If you do use scissors, use child safety scissors with an adult right there.
- Choose crayons, markers and paint labeled for young learners (look for the AP seal).
Questions parents ask
Whole grapes are a choking risk. The AAP advises cutting round, firm foods like grapes into small pieces no larger than one-half inch, and your learner always sits down to eat. The grapes on the page are a picture only.
Offer a small bite next to a food they already like, let them help wash or choose it, and eat it yourself. Many tries over time help. Never force it.
Many 3 year olds talk with you in short back-and-forth exchanges, ask who, what, where and why questions, say their first name, draw a circle when shown how and string large beads. Every student grows at their own pace, so use these as things to practice, not a test.
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