To create awareness that most food originates from the soil. If using pictures, the day before the lesson, ask children to bring a picture of one food item - a fruit, nut, meat, egg, etc. At lesson time, display the foods with identifying names on cards. Allow children to name their favorite food and lead them through the food's different forms back to the soil. Ask them to identify the figures with a naming word.
People eat eggs.
Ask them to identify beginning consonant sounds of the pictured food items and use consonant letters to spell beginning sounds. Challenge them to classify and describe how the foods differ in shape, sizes, and colors. Using the food item names, demonstrate upper and lower case form letters. Have the children make up complete sentences using the food item names. Combine two sets to describe the operation of addition.