Fruit and Vegetables

By Mrs Wickham

What will we learn today?

Not only will we learn about different fruits and vegetables but we are also going to use these fruits to learn our letters.

S sL l

O o

How do we know if it is a fruit or a vegetable?

Fruits normally grow on trees – Have you ever picked an apple?

Vegetables normally grow under or near the ground – You will pull a carrot out of the ground.

Fruit

Let’s look at samples of fruit.

Vegetables

Let’s look at samples of vegetables.

SortingUsing what we have learned we can now sort all the items into

two separate groups.

Fruit

Vegetables

Beginning LettersEvery Fruit and Vegetable has a name (this is called a word)

and that name starts with a letter (the beginning letter)

Here are some samples

S s

Strawberry

S sThis is a fruit

This is a red

Orange

O o

This is a fruit

This is a yellow

Pumpkin

P pThis is a vegetable

This is a yellow

Lettuce

L lThis is a vegetable

This is a green

Cucumber

C cThis is a fruit

This is a green

Grape

G g

This is a fruit

This is a purple

Lemon

L lThis is a fruit

This is a yellow

Tomato

T tThis is a fruit

This is a red

Potato

P pThis is a vegetable

This is a light brown

Pea

P pThis is a vegetable

This is a green

Spinach

S sThis is a vegetable

This is a green