What Did I Eat Today?

Materials

food pyramid poster

Instructions

* Thanksgiving is celebrated the fourth Thursday of November.
1. Talk about the food pyramid with the children, using the poster to
illustrate.
2. Ask them what their favorite Thanksgiving foods are. Discuss which food
groups the Thanksgiving foods belong in (turkey=meat and poultry).
3. Ask parents to write down the foods that their children eat for a full day.
The children can illustrate the foods.
4. Read and share the results with the children. Ask the children to tell
which foods belong to which sections of the food pyramid.
5. Write down the snacks or lunches that the children eat at school and put
them in the correct groups.