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Provided by: Earth Friends|Published on: August 20, 2026
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Synopsis
- This set of kindergarten-readiness activities connect early skills like color recognition, counting, and fine motor practice to caring for the natural environment and learning about nutritious foods.
- Children try new foods and match them to the colors of the rainbow, sort food waste, and create an origami treasure chest to store seeds while naming shapes.
Subjects: Science, Mathematics, Health
Authors: Earth Friends, WQED
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Materials:
- To engage in all of these activities, students will need:
- Foods that match the colors of the rainbow (optional)
- Food waste from 1-2 meals
- Paper
- Scissors to pre-cut paper into squares
Classroom Implementation:
- Use the food-waste sorting activity to introduce the idea that our everyday choices affect the environment, and invite children to suggest small ways to waste less.
- Save seeds found in the treasure-chest activity for a class planting project, connecting the fine motor craft to how plants grow and what they need.
Broken Links:
- The Martha Speaks video is no longer active; the activity can be carried out without it.
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