Five Food Groups Worksheets

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Eat well so you study well! Our free, printable five food groups worksheets draw on the fact that for the child to grow into a healthy individual, they must eat foods from across all food groups. While fruit and veggies are massive sources of vitamins, grain foods give us energy. Think of dairy foods to boost your uptake of calcium, and consume protein-rich foods to keep your muscles in tip-top shape.

Our food groups worksheets pdf are suitable for kindergarten, grade 1, and grade 2 children.

Sorting Food into Groups | Cut and Glue

What's in your basket? A mix of fruit, veggies, grains, protein, and dairy! Get 1st grade and 2nd grade kids to cut the food cards, sort them into one of the 5 groups, and glue in the correct basket.

Sorting Food into Groups - Cut and Glue

Matching Foods to Their Groups

Don't simply match the butter to "dairy", but pay attention to this food and rejoice in the delicious ways you get to take it in. Instruct kids to match each food picture to its food group in this section.

Matching Foods to Their Groups

Fruit Food Group

Every aspect of this set of worksheets is fruity and fresh, for the fruit food group is the centerpiece here. Walk along a juicy path lined with fun activities and exercises focussed on fruit.

Fruit Food Group

Vegetable Food Group

Get your daily dose of nutrients in with an assortment of worksheets, where healthy veggies pervade each corner. Explore the vegetable food group in greater detail through these exercises.

Vegetable Food Group

Identifying Grains

Eat cereal for breakfast, for this grain food has carbohydrates galore. Don't let the bunch of grapes or the fish distract you as you circle each instance of grain food in this five food groups worksheet pdf.

Identifying Grains

Coloring Protein Food Group

Some would say that protein is the big daddy of all food groups. Explore protein foods in this part of our printable five food groups worksheets, where grade 1 and grade 2 kids identify and color them.

Coloring Protein Food Group

Dairy Food Group | Who Am I Riddles

We have, since time immemorial, adored cheese and milk, as dairy foods help build and maintain strong bones. Read each description and answer its who-am-I question in this pdf.

Dairy Food Group | Who Am I Riddles

Food Pyramid | Cut and Glue

Illustrating optimal intake of food groups for a healthy diet, our food pyramid worksheet pdf requires grade 1 and grade 2 kids to cut and glue the picture cards in the pyramid.

Food Pyramid | Cut and Glue

Identifying Odd Ones in Groups of Food

Get the little ones in kindergarten and grade 1 to toss out the imposter in each set of foods here. Watch them cull out the one that doesn't belong in each group of pictures.

Identifying Odd Ones in Groups of Food

Five Food Groups Chart

Here's a chart that rightfully belongs on the wall of your children's study area. Brightly colored and peppered with pictures, it shows the five food groups, along with examples.

Five Food Groups Chart

Interpreting Food Groups Graph

A box of food images and a graph that represents them guide children in this printable five food groups worksheet. Look at the pictures, read the graph, and answer the questions.

Interpreting Food Groups Graph

Sorting Foods into Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

The picture cards in this food groups worksheet pdf show typical foods we consume for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The task is for kids to sort them into the correct categories.

Sorting Foods into Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Matching Food Groups to Their Functions

Familiarize kids with the specific function of each food group for them to understand the significance of a balanced diet. Let them match the group to the function in this exercise.

Matching Food Groups to Their Functions

Statements on Food Groups | True or False

For our bodies to thrive, we source energy and nutrients from food. Instruct children to figure out if these statements on the nutritive wealth of different foods are true or false.

Statements on Food Groups - True or False