Food Activities for Preschool

The Food Acitivites in the Math and Literacy Centers offers an interactive approach for preschoolers to explore and express their unique identities. Filled over 55 pages of diverse hands-on activities, these morning tubs provide a vibrant range of tools that encourage self-discovery and creativity. From matching letters on price tages, graphing food by colors, to counting your groceries in your cart, our morning tubs provide an engaging and stimulating environment where children can start their day while delving into the exciting journey of self-awareness.

1. Socialization: The activities provides opportunities for children to engage in collaborative learning through small groups, they can share materials, tackle challenges together, begin conversations, play, and learn with their tablemates. These activities foster teamwork and communication skills.
   
2. Creativity and Play: Both are something we can build and increase by spending time working on it. Math and Literacy Centers are a perfect way to introduce a little more play and freedom into learning rather than traditional worksheets or morning work that kept kids busy but did not encourage creativity and play.

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• Play Dough
• Toy Letters and Numbers
• Small Circle Buttons
• Play Food

• Jumbo Tweezers
• Pom Poms
• Clear Bingo Markers

Beginning Sounds

This activity is packed with several ways to practice beginning sounds.

Sorting by Sound

Sorting is an important skill for preschoolers.This sound activity will have children working on their auditory discrimination skills too as they say each picture sound and determine which one’s match the targtet letter.

More or Less Groceries

This interactive math exercise helps children practice comparing quantities and understand the concepts of “more” and “less” while making learning enjoyable and engaging.

Grocery Store Counting

What a fun way to practice counting! And kids love to push the grocery cart!

Food Patterns

Learning about patterns is an important way for children to learn what comes next, promote ciritcal thinking, and cognitive development

Alphabet Tags

Practice early reading skills and find the tags that match the target letter.

Number Sense Food Fun

In this activity we are helping children work on their understanding of the relationship between numbers and coutning.

Food Color Graphing

This activity will help preschoolers develop basic graphing and data collection skills, as well as color recognition and counting.

Same or Different Matching

Great activity to practice visual discrimination ad you find the shapes that match the target shape shown.

Alphabet Food

Letter formation helps map the foundation for hadnwriting and literacy. This hands on activity provides several options to explore formation.