Reward

Now it's time to reward the kids! We did a chocolate fountain and gave them tons of different fruits to dunk in it. We got two fruits they'd never tried, papayas and kumquats, and they didn't really seem to thrilled (they were kinda gross). But hey, ya never know until you try!

Kacy made each person give examples of the fruit groups. They did really well and they hadn't even heard the info for like a month so maybe this meant it actually stuck with them.

So there you go. You have taught some children about fruits and veggies.

"Lettuce" Reward the Herbivores

Ok, now that's all fine and dandy but let's be honest. How many kids are going to track their veggies for fun? We need rewards and motivation! This was kinda hard for those creating the program because my rewards usually involve some sort of junk food (which kinda defeats the purpose). So after a little brain storming we came up with the perfect plan. A movie party! And, to fit the theme, we decided to watch Veggie Tales. So a day or two after the tracking was over we got all the kids in the movie room and put it on.

Of course we had to have a craft/game to go along with our show (because that's how we roll). So we played a game of memory. We put words of veggies (the same ones we used for bingo and the pretest) on one card and had the kids draw a picture of the veggie on the other. Then we played memory!

This was actually their final test, but in the form of a game they did not even realize they were showing off their newly acquired skills and knowledge.