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Beginning Explorers
PreK/K + 1st Grade

Beginning Explorers introduces young children to food discovery through simple tastings, hands-on activities, and story-based lessons. Beginning Explorers includes two curricula, the PreK/K: Fruit Explorers Challenge and 1st Grade: Food Sources, Safety + Storybooks, which build early curiosity and confidence around healthy foods while supporting foundational learning skills.

 

Educators receive the full printed curriculum along with a Food Explorers Kit that includes all essential non-disposable materials needed to teach the program. Our curriculum is designed for specific age groups and grade levels, but is flexible enough to adapt to your classroom and students' needs. You can access the curriculum through the printed books or online via the Educator Portal, which includes additional supportive resources.​

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Continue reading below to learn more about this program. 

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- PreK/K -

Fruit Exploration Challenge

Worksheet-based activities focused on tasting and learning about 48 different fruits.

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  • Worksheets guide children to practice writing, identify the size of shapes, draw the inside and outside of fruits, and record observations while exploring them.

  • Adaptable to fruits that are seasonally and locally available and used in any order, with a blank worksheet included for fruits not included in the series.

- PreK/K -

Dive Deeper into the Fruit Exploration Challenge

- 1st Grade -

Food Sources, Safety + Storybooks

Ten lessons focused on food sources and food safety through storybooks centered on farming, plant parts, finding culinary courage to try new things, and appreciation for a wide variety of foods.​​​

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  • Lessons include dissecting fruits to identify seeds, making butter in a jar, and watching celery ‘drink’ food-dyed water to learn about parts of a plant.

  • Minimal ingredients are needed for lessons with a focus on tasting rather than creating full recipes.

- 1st Grade -

Explore Each Lesson of Food Sources, Safety + Storybooks

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What's included in the Beginning Explorers Kit

This program includes a Food Explorers Kit consisting of:​​

  • Curriculum Books

    • PreK/K: Food Explorers Challenge​

    • ​1st Grade: Food Sources, Safety + Storybooks

  • (25) Child Safe Knives

  • (25) Measuring Cups

  • (25) Measuring Spoons

  • (25) Tasting Cups

  • (5) Mixing Bowls

  • Book - A Fruit Is A Suitcase For Seeds

  • Book - I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato

  • Book - Right This Very Minute

  • Book - There's No Such Thing as Vegetables

  • Branded Utility Tote

  • Tasting Sticks

  • USB Containing Handouts, Parent Newsletters, and Supporting Materials

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Click Below to Apply

All of our programs are offered at no cost to educators. Apply below to bring food discovery, tasting activities, and simple lessons into your classroom.

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1st - 5th Grade

Twelve lessons covering a wide range of nutrition and culinary topics. Works great in locations where mixed-age groups are together and/or where repetition amongst various grades is desired.

Home Programs
All Ages

Our home programs bring food exploration into everyday life with easy activities, simple recipes, and engaging lessons that help children build confidence, curiosity, and healthy habits right in their own kitchens.

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