Kid Scoop News—January 2026

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Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions. Cut out these fruits and vegetables. Then paste them on the plate to create a clown face using the different foods as eyes, mouth, nose, hair, etc.

Total the number of fruits and vegetables you will eat, by color, today. Can you eat at least one in each of the five color groups?

Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables that are brightly colored is an easy way to get the mix of vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that you need from your food. Pick foods that are brightly colored inside and out. Here are some examples of foods that make up the food rainbow!

Tomatoes Watermelon Cherries Red grapes Cranberries Strawberries Red cabbage Raspberries

Oranges Apricots Cantaloupe Carrots Lemons Pineapples Sweet corn Mangos

Lettuce Kiwi Green grapes Avocados Artichokes Spinach Celery Cucumbers

Garlic Onions Bananas Turnips Pears Potatoes Jicama Cauliower

Blueberries Blackberries Plums Raisins Eggplant Purple grapes Prunes Elderberries

Make a chart like the one on the right. Then fill in which fruits and vegetables you eat, by color, each day. Can you eat at least one in each of the five colors every day? Standards Link: Health: Make healthy food choices; group food choices in many different ways.

© Vicki Whiting January 2026

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