Healthy Food Fun: Color and Cross Out Worksheet

How to use this worksheet

Look at each food picture on the page together and name what it is. Ask your child to decide whether the food is a healthy choice or an unhealthy one. If it's healthy, have them color it in; if it's not, have them cross it out with an X. Continue through the page, discussing briefly why each food fell into its category.

Materials needed

• Crayons or colored pencils
• Pencil

Extension activities

• 1Discuss different food groups and which foods belong to each one.
• 2Create a healthy meal plan together for one day, choosing foods from the colored pictures.
• 3Draw their favorite healthy foods on a blank plate template.
• 4Go grocery shopping together and point out healthy versus less healthy options on the shelves.
• 5Prepare a simple healthy snack together using ingredients discussed on the worksheet.