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Weekly Graphing Idea - Fruit

What is your favorite fruit?
 - You can either give them a selection to choose from (ex: grapes, apples, bananas, oranges)
 - Let them volunteer their own choices
 - Give them a selection of not-so-common fruits to choose from (ex: pineapples, kiwis, pomegranates, etc.)
 - Or pick a selection from the supermarket of fruit, cut sections, and let the children sample without telling them what they ate until afterwards. Such were star fruits, nectarines, plums, and raspberries. I did this a couple of times, and also used this as a lesson about 'try it before you deny it'.

Using Pinterest Pictures in the Classroom - Fruit Peelings Rainbow

1. What does this look like to you?

2. What do you think this is made of?

3. Can you name the different fruits making up this rainbow?
(Answer from bottom to top: lime, lemon, orange, pomegranate, grapefruit)

4. Is this rainbow like the rainbows we see after it rains? Why or why not? How is it different?

5. Which colors are the same as a real rainbow? Which ones are missing?

6. How many sections do you see? How many sections are in a real rainbow? Which one has more/less?

7. Why do you think someone made this fruit rainbow?

8. This rainbow is 3 dimensional. What do you think that means?

9. If you could make your own 3D rainbow, what could you use?

Planet Size by Fruit

This is a neat comparison!

Be a Scientific Explorer...with Fruit!

Next time you're at the market, go into the fruit aisle and have your kids pick out one fruit (one for each child, no duplicates) that they've never tasted. Take it home, look it up to see where it's from, and if there's any "trick" to eating it. Then taste it. Thumbs up? Thumbs down? Let them get a piece of their sibling's choice. Now, let them decide whether to eat or throw away the remainder, without repercussion.

If you let your child explore without "pushing" them to eat something they're not familiar with, chances are the next time you put a new-to-them food on the table at mealtime, they'll be willing to test it.