Harvest of the Season - APPLES!
Harvest of the Season brings local farm produce into classrooms along with a fully equipped cooking kit. Teachers follow the curriculum provided to make a delicious, seasonal recipe while teaching children about the nutritional benefits of fruits and vegetables.
This program is appropriate for grades K-6 and beyond. In each Harvest session students will:
- Follow a recipe and measure ingredients to prepare and eat healthy snacks.
- Read stories and view pictures from local farms to learn where their food comes from.
- Analyze recipe ingredients and complete supplemental activities in math, writing and science to learn about the nutritional benefits of fruits and vegetables.
The following links provide information and activities to help you teach the Harvest of the Season Apple lesson.
Apple Activities
To help you reinforce the Harvest of the Season Apples lesson and earn cost-share hours, we have developed grade level appropriate activities for your students. We hope you enjoy them!
K-1:
A is for Apple worksheets (teacher information sheet)
Apple Songs
Coloring Sheet (teacher information sheet)
Food Groups Mobile(teacher information sheet)
2-3:
Apple Wise Guys Book (teacher information sheet)
Favorite Apple Survey and Graphing (teacher information sheet)
Word Search and Answer Key (teacher information sheet)
Cooking Up Math (teacher information sheet)
4-6:
Johnny Appleseed Story and Crossword Puzzle (teacher information sheet)
Learning About Differences (teacher information sheet)
Nutrition Comparison Chart (teacher information sheet)
Cooking Up Math (teacher information sheet)
All Ages:
Apple Books (how to use a book as costshare)
Chefs to Critics (teacher information sheet)
A Few Websites for more ideas and info on apples and apple farms:
http://www.brokenlimbs.org/
Home page for the documentary “Broken Limbs” about apple farmers in Washington and the challenges they face.
http://www.harvestofthemonth.com/download.asp#apple
Link to Los Angeles’ Harvest of the Month pages. Click on the apples Educator newsletter PDF for lot’s of interesting facts and activities.
http://www.bestapples.com/kids/home.shtml
Washington Apple Commission kids page; fun facts, activities and games.
http://www.motts.com/ApplesAndHealth/AboutApples/
Links to facts about apples, descriptions of different kinds of apples and more.
http://www.fastq.com/~jbpratt/education/theme/food/apples.html
Apple themed units, books, songs and more; lot’s of apple ideas here.
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2009-2010 Harvest of the Seasons Sessions
Apples / Apple Ramen Coleslaw/
Oct. 27 - Nov.6
Carrots / Carrot and Cream Cheese Power Snack/
Jan. 12 - Feb. 5
Sunchokes / Summer's Comin' Sunchoke Salad/
Mar 9 - Apr 2
Salad Greens / Honey Mustard Salad Wrap-Up/
May 4 - 28
For more information contact the Harvest of the Season Program Coordinator at: Carey.Thornton@kingcounty.gov or (206) 205-3126
The following websites provide additional information and activities on nutrition, health and seasonal eating:
MyPyramid and Dietary Guidelines
Provides educational activities and tools to plan and track your eating based on age and physical activity.
Puget Sound Fresh
Provides information on local farms, farmers' markets, recipes and a calendar of seasonal produce.
Produce for Better Health Foundation
Curricula and teaching tools for classrooms.
World’s Healthiest Foods
Search for any fruit or vegetable to find nutrition information plus how to select, store & prepare it.
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