Food Group Sorting Worksheet for Kids: Cut and Paste!
Children ages 3-5 learn to sort familiar foods into the five major food groups — vegetables, fruits, dairy, meat and fish, and grains — building an early foundation for understanding balanced nutrition. Cutting and gluing each food item into its correct category also strengthens scissor control and hand-eye coordination alongside the health and classification learning.
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Month 10: Learning & Development | Ages 5-6
This is page 26 of the pack. Ages 5-6 · KindergartenAges 5-6 · Year 1Ages 5-6 · UKGAges 5-6
Curriculum
- Health & Hygiene > Healthy Eating
How to use this worksheet
Look at the food pictures at the bottom of the page together and name each one, talking about which food group it belongs to. Have your child cut out each picture carefully along the lines, then decide together which of the five labeled boxes — vegetables, fruits, dairy, meat and fish, or grains — it belongs in. Glue each food item into its correct group, checking the placement together before moving to the next picture.
Materials needed
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencil
Extension activities
- 1Have your child draw their favorite foods from each of the five food groups on a blank sheet.
- 2Plan and create a simple healthy meal together using foods from at least three different groups.
- 3Visit the grocery store or kitchen pantry and identify real foods from each of the five groups.
- 4Make a weekly meal chart together, checking off which food groups appear at each meal.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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