Eat Your Vegetables Day

Good Morning! It’s June 17, which means it’s Eat Your Vegetables Day!

Most of us aren’t lucky enough to have a little one who loves vegetables but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to get them interested in those vitamin packed, energy fueling nuggets of goodness.

Think about checking out some books at your local library and having some fun hands on learning at home.

Picture Books

Growing Vegetable Soup- Ehlert

A zesty introduction to raising a veggie garden to make the best soup

Rah, Rah, Radishes- Sayre

You don’t like vegetables you might change your mind with the fun rhymes in this book

Vegetables in Underwear- Chapman

A chance to work on opposites while giggling at veggies

Non-Fiction

Edible Numbers- Bash

Count, learn, and eat

Edible Colors- Bash

See, learn, and eat

The Vegetables We Eat- Gibbons

Get up close and personal with dozens of vegetables

Connecting what you’ve read with hands on activities helps your learners retain what they’ve read about. Making a meal with veggies together or going to the local store to plant a garden are some good, hands-on undertakings to do together. If not try these fun vegetable activities from Play Ideas: