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. 

LET's EAT A RAINBOW!

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! 

Rainbow Recipes

One recipe that caught our eye was shared on our AfterSchool Party by Quirky Momma
 Spinach Artichoke Hummus Rainbow and Pot of Gold from Peppers created by JDanial4's Mom. 

Here is a Fruit Rainbow by Live, Learn, Love Eat. 

They are having a Eat The Rainbow competition

just for fun to see who can eat the most fruits or veggies in a day.

Live, Learn Love, Eat even made a rainbow from VEGETABLES!

Rainbow Fruit Skewers by Blogs Babble

We have a Fruit Princess Wand lesson too with Little Hands that Cook

Bent on Better Lunches is a part of a Blog Hop about St. Patrick's Day

with many other Bento Box Bloggers

Check out the amount of colors available in fruits and veggies!

Check out the rest of the St. Patrick's Day Blog Hop Starting with Obento Mamma

 Need More Activities About Nutrition? 

Reading and Singing about Nutrition

Heres a great program for your kids called Today I Ate A Rainbow. They even have a special song.   

Source Today I Ate a Rainbow
There are Song Videos too on the site! Check it out! 

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!

Books on Rainbows

            

            

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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