Teacher's tips

Level of Education: Elementary School

Subject: Science

Theme: Fruits

Age 06 to 08 years old

This game is a great ally when teaching food, specifically fruits. It has two different levels. You should always start with the easiest one because the backgrounds are different for each fruit. It will help the kids to assemble them easier. When you notice the students don't struggle anymore, challenge them to try the hard level. When the image appears on the screen, ask them to click on the (+) symbol. A text with nutritional facts will emerge. Ask students to read them and write the most significant points.

The game has an interdisciplinary approach. English teachers can use it to develop reading and writing of small texts with nutritional facts. Also, you can enrich the activity by proposing research of more information about the fruits. [FIM-DICA]

Learner outcomes

To understand the importance of healthy eating;

To learn about fruits and their significance;

To develop motor skills;

To develop logical thinking;

To analyze forms and expand the ideas of composing and decomposing shapes;

To develop discrimination and visual perception;

To develop different thinking skills, such as observation, analysis and evaluation, and problem-solving;

To highlight the discrimination and visual perception by analyzing the parts and their positions on the puzzle.

Teachers' goals

To present students with the importance of fruits;

To stimulate the kids to have healthy eating habits;

To provide opportunities for moments of discussion around the importance of eating for their health;

To offer the game as a didactic resource to explore the content discussed in the classroom;

To widen students' knowledge;

To work with students on their motor skills.

Suggestions of approaches for the teacher

(Approach 1) Elaborate on a more complex activity for older students. Ask the students to write important information and draw the fruits of the game. Then, they research to find different facts about them. The teacher must have reliable material about that.

(Approach 2) Take some fruits to the classroom for the kids to try the texture, the color, and the smell. You can also blindfold them and ask them to identify the fruits without seeing them. It is an activity that you will work on with healthy eating and the five senses.

(Approach 3) Encourage students to research about typical fruits of some countries.

(Approach 4) Ask students to research the importance of fruits. Then, tell them to make folders and put them on the school's mural.

(Approach 5) Ask the kids to bring their favorite fruit to class and make a picnic with them.

(Approach 6) Make a fruit salad with jelly. The students can help, but be careful with knives and fire.

(Approach 7) Ask students to make a table with the fruits they eat the most.

(Approach 8) Show students different fruits and talk to them about them.

(Approach 9) Make fruit popsicles with the students.

More about the content

Where are fruits originated?

Passion fruit - Tropical America

Mango - Asia

Orange - South China

Banana – Southeast China

Papaya - Tropical Americaical

Apple - Europe and Asia

Lime - India

The video below is about food groups and nutrition. You can show it to the students and discuss some topics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z51bWG17m-Q

Discussion topics:

• The importance of each nutrient (proteins, fats, carbohydrates, fibers... )

• The importance of water

• Amount of water on our bodies

• Amount of water in food

• Importance and types of vitamins