Nutrition Education 

for Kindergarten

Student Workbook

Name: ____________________________________________
Food and Nutrition Service • FNS-472

May 2014

The U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, 

reprisal and, where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or if all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic 

information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.) If you wish to file a Civil Rights 

program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to 

request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form.

Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax at (202) 690-7442 or 

email at program.intake@usda.gov.

Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have speech disabilities and wish to file either an Equal Employment Opportunity or program complaint, please contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at 

(800) 877-8339 or (800) 845-6136 (in Spanish).

Persons with disabilities who wish to file a program complaint, please see information above on how to contact us by mail directly or by email. If you require alternative means of communication for program information 

(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape), please contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
STAR Chart 

(Student Achievement Recognition Chart)

Name

Lesson 1 • Meet the Five Food Group Friends

Achievement Markers

1. Named the five food groups 

2. Named a food that belongs to each food group

3. Demonstrated proper hand washing

4. Named a time when it is important to wash hands

1. 2.

3. 4.

Comments

Lesson 2 • Discover MyPlate

Achievement Markers

1. Named five foods that make a MyPlate meal

2. Identified the MyPlate icon

3. Explained how the MyPlate icon serves as a 

reminder to eat from all five food groups

1. 2.

3.

Comments

Discover MyPlate Workbook • STAR Chart 1
STAR Chart 

(Student Achievement Recognition Chart)

Name

Lesson 3 • Eat Your Colors!

Achievement Markers

1. Named a reason why we should eat fruits and 

vegetables of different colors

2. Named two different-colored fruits

3. Named two different-colored vegetables

4. Tasted a new fruit or vegetable

1. 2.

3. 4.

Comments

Lesson 4 • Planting the Seeds for Healthier Eating

Achievement Markers

1. Planted a bean sprout 

2. Identified the sequence in the plant life cycle as a 

tomato grows from a seed into a plant 

3. Named three things a plant needs to grow

1. 2.

3.

Comments

2 Workbook • STAR Chart Discover MyPlate
STAR Chart 

(Student Achievement Recognition Chart)

Name

Lesson 5 • Starting Our Day the MyPlate Way

Achievement Markers

1. Named a reason why it is important to eat breakfast

2. Described feeling hungry or full

3. Ate a breakfast with foods from at least three 

food groups 

1. 2.

3.

Comments

Lesson 6 • Let’s Play, Let’s Party!

Achievement Markers

1. Named three different ways to be physically active

2. Named two reasons why it is important to be 

physically active every day for good health

3. Explained that healthy food choices help fuel our 

bodies to play and be active

4. Prepared (and tasted!) a MyPlate snack

1. 2.

3. 4.

Comments

Discover MyPlate Workbook • STAR Chart 3
4 Workbook Discover MyPlate
Lesson 1 Activity

1

Fruit and Vegetable Sorting

Help the Food Group Friends sort fruits and vegetables. Color the 

foods at the bottom. Cut them out. Paste fruits into Farrah Fruit’s

basket. Paste vegetables into Reggie Veggie’s cart. 

Only paste foods that belong.

fat free

Discover MyPlate Workbook • Lesson 1 5
6 Workbook Discover MyPlate
Lesson 1 Activity

2

Grains and Dairy Sorting

Help the Food Group Friends sort grains and dairy foods. 

Color the foods at the bottom. Cut them out. 

Paste grains into Jane Grain’s basket. 

Paste dairy foods into Mary Dairy’s cart. 

Only paste foods that belong.

fat free

Discover MyPlate Workbook • Lesson 1 7
Discover MyPlate Workbook 8
Lesson 1 Activity

3

Protein Foods Sorting

Help Dean Protein sort protein foods. 

Color the foods at the bottom. Cut them out. 

Paste protein foods into Dean Protein’s cart. 

Only paste foods that belong.

Discover MyPlate Workbook • Lesson 1 9
10 Workbook Discover MyPlate
Lesson 1 Activity

4

Wash Your Hands!

Look at each picture. Show the order. Write 1, 2, 3, or 4

next to each picture. Circle things that start with the letter S.

Discover MyPlate Workbook • Lesson 1 11
12 Workbook • Lesson 1

Lesson 1 Foods I Like

Read each sentence. Color the pictures. 

Draw a food you like in the last sentence.

I like to eat .

I like to eat in a .

I like to eat at .

I like to eat .

Activity

5

Discover MyPlate
Lesson 2 Activity

1

MyPlate Placemat

 Write your name. Draw a picture of one food from each food group on the MyPlate.

Name:

raisins

fat free

Discover MyPlate Workbook • Lesson 2 13
14 Workbook Discover MyPlate
Lesson 2 Activity

2

Kate’s Lunch Plate

It is time for lunch! Help Kate pick one food from each food group. Color her lunch choices. Did you color a vegetable, fruit, grain, dairy, and protein food?

Milk Rice Noodles Chicken Meatballs Salad Pineapple Apple

Broccoli

Discover MyPlate Workbook • Lesson 2 15
Lesson 2 Activity

3

What Do We Need?

Color in the plate for each food group you see. 

What food group is missing?

fat free

16 Workbook • Lesson 2 Discover MyPlate
Lesson 3 Activity

1

Bananas for Fruit!

I love fruit! Color the fruits. 

What letter does the name of each fruit start with? 

Write the letter on the lines next to each fruit. 

Discover MyPlate Workbook • Lesson 3 17
Lesson 3 Activity

2

Vote for Veggies!

Veggies are my favorite! 

Write the first letter of each vegetable on the lines.

Color in the vegetables that start with 

the same letter in each row.

What have 

you tried?

18 Workbook • Lesson 3 Discover MyPlate
Lesson 3 Activity

3

Snack Count

It’s snack time! Count the number of fruits and vegetables on each plate. 

Write the numbers on the lines. Which plate in each row has more? 

Circle it. Color the fruits and vegetables.

Discover MyPlate Workbook • Lesson 3 19
Lesson 4 Activity

1

Time to Grow!

How do plants grow? 

Number the pictures from 1 to 9 going from left to right, top to bottom. 

Then read the sentences in order to learn how a bean grows. 

Plant the seed. Cover with soil. Water it.

It grows roots. It grows leaves.

It gets 

taller.

 It flowers. A bean grows! Time to eat! 

20 Workbook • Lesson 4 Discover MyPlate
Lesson 4 Activity

2

1, 2, 3, 4 — Grow, Fruit 

and Veggies, Grow!

Look at the fruits and vegetables growing! 

How many fruits or vegetables are in each picture box? 

Count them. Write the number in the square. Color the pictures.

Discover MyPlate Workbook • Lesson 4 21
Lesson 4 Activity

3

Time for Strawberries

Look at each picture. Show the order. Write 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the box. 

Color each picture. Write the letter from each box below. What does it spell?

e i

k l

I _ _ _ _ strawberries.

1 2 3 4

22 Workbook • Lesson 4 Discover MyPlate
Lesson 5 Activity

1

What a Day!

Look at each picture. Show the order. 

Write 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the box. Color the pictures.

Discover MyPlate Workbook • Lesson 5 23
Lesson 5 Activity

2

Where Is the Fruit?

It is time for breakfast. You have a bowl of cereal and milk. The fruit is 

missing. What fruit is for breakfast? Look at the pictures. Write the letter 

that begins each word. The letters spell the word of the missing fruit. 

?

Draw a picture of the missing fruit on the tray. 

What fruit is for breakfast?

24 Workbook • Lesson 5 Discover MyPlate
Lesson 5 Activity

3

Breakfast Time!

1. Pick a Protein, Fruit, Grain, and Dairy food to make breakfast. 

Circle one choice in each group.

2. Circle a vegetable to eat as a snack.

Fruits Dairy Grains Protein Foods Vegetables

How full does your tummy feel 

before you eat breakfast?

How full does your tummy feel 

after you eat breakfast?

Discover MyPlate Workbook • Lesson 5 25

100%

Orange

Juice

fat free
Lesson 6 Activity

1

Run, Jump, Play!

Color the pictures that show how to be active at play. 

Only color activities that make your heart beat faster.

Circle your favorite way to be active when you play.

26 Workbook • Lesson 6 Discover MyPlate
Lesson 6 Activity

2

Field Day Fun!

It is time for soccer. 

Help Nate and Kate find the way. 

Follow letters that spell MyPlate.

M Y

P

L

T A

E

K

U

B

H

O

S

N

H

T

Y R

C

W

Discover MyPlate Workbook • Lesson 6 27
28 Workbook Discover MyPlate
Certificate

Good job, ___________________________________! 

You tried new foods and learned about MyPlate.

Keep up the good work. 

Choose healthy foods from each food group. 

Run, jump, and play every day. 

It is fun and good for you!

Teacher’s Signature


Discover other nutrition education 

materials developed under the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 

Team Nutrition initiative at:

http://teamnutrition.usda.gov.