Thirty-six food and nutrition words on unique printable cards: fruits, vegetables, grains, protein and dairy, with the words (vitamins, fiber, breakfast) for a unit on healthy eating.
36 items · a 5 × 5 card with a free space needs 24 or more. More items make the cards differ.For review bingo, type answer | clue (“56 | 7 × 8”): the card shows the answer, the caller reads the clue. Two columns pasted from a spreadsheet work too. Start a line with an emoji (“🐶 dog”) for a picture square.
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30 different cards. No two are the same. The card number and set number on every card let the caller check a winner (press C while calling).
About this set
A healthy eating unit works best when it is about discovering foods, not about scolding children for what they eat, and this list is built that way. It names fruits and vegetables by color (strawberry, blueberries, carrot, spinach, broccoli, sweet potato), foods from the other food groups (whole wheat bread, brown rice, oatmeal, beans, lentils, chicken, fish, eggs, milk, yogurt, cheese), the five groups themselves (fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, dairy) and the words that explain why we eat (vitamins, fiber, water, breakfast, snack). No food is labeled good or bad. Delete any item that does not fit your students’ diets or allergies, and add the foods your own families eat.
Grades: Pre-K to 5th grade. Best in: March, September.
Food groups: when a food is called, students say which of the five groups it belongs to before covering the square.
Rainbow plate: after the game, students draw a plate using at least four colors from the squares (red strawberry, orange carrot, green broccoli, purple grapes).
Taste-test follow-up: if you run a tasting, check for allergies first, then let students use words from the cards (crunchy, sweet, sour) to describe what they tried.
Grocery trip: students sort the squares into what they would find in each part of a store (produce, dairy, bakery, fish counter).
Kindergarten version: make 3 × 3 cards from the nine most familiar words (apple, banana, carrot, milk, eggs, water, bread, grapes, corn) and show a picture for each call.
The U.S. government’s MyPlate guide names five: fruits, vegetables, grains, protein foods and dairy. All five are on the cards.
Will this work in a class with food allergies?
The cards use words only, and nothing is eaten. Eggs, milk, fish and wheat are common allergens, so delete any item you would rather not have in front of a student with an allergy, and the cards are rebuilt without it.
Can I change the words?
Yes. The 36 words are in the box above the cards. Delete, add or edit any line and the cards are rebuilt at once. Nothing is saved on our servers.
How do I call the game?
Press “Call the game”. Each press of the space bar tumbles the ball cage and pops out the next item in very large type, with the list of items already called beside it. Press C and type a card number to check a winner, P to change the win pattern, V to have each call read aloud, and F to fill the projector.
How do I save the cards as a PDF?
Press Print and choose “Save as PDF” as the printer. Each page can also be saved as a PNG picture from under its preview.
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