Healthy Unhealthy Food Sort (Free Download)

Helping your kiddos understand the difference between healthy and unhealthy foods at an early age can and will set the foundation for a lifetime of smart eating habits. Your preschoolers and kindergarteners are at a crucial stage where they begin forming preferences and making choices about the foods they eat. Our printable healthy unhealthy food sort worksheets are designed to make this learning process not only fun, but engaging, and interactive for your little ones!

In this blog post, you’ll find:

• A free set of three healthy unhealthy food sort worksheets for preschool and kindergarten.
• Tips on how you can help your kids or students classify healthy and unhealthy foods.
• The importance of teaching your kiddos about healthy vs. unhealthy food choices.
• Fun activities and lesson ideas for you to consider using so as to reinforce learning.

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Ways You Can Help Your Kids Classify Healthy And Unhealthy Foods

Before children can sort foods into healthy and unhealthy groups, they must first need to understand what these terms mean.

Here are a few key points on how you can introduce this concept to your kids or students:

Healthy Foods Give Us Energy –  Explain to your children that fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and proteins help our bodies grow strong and give us the energy to run, play, work, and think.

Unhealthy Foods Taste Good But Can Be Harmful – I like to remind my kids that treats like candy, chips, and soda (or pop as we like to say here in Canada) might taste soooo good. However, eating too much of them on a daily basis can make us feel tired or sick over time.

Balance Is Key – I also like to remind my kids that it’s okay to enjoy some unhealthy foods in moderation,  but most of what we eat should be from the healthy category.

Using pictures, real food items, or toys shaped like food can help reinforce these ideas in a hands-on way.

Importance Of Teaching Kids Healthy Vs. Unhealthy Food Choices

Helping our kiddos to develop healthy eating habits at a young age will and can have several long-term benefits.

Such as:

Prevents Health Issues – Eating well can reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes, and other diet-related diseases that are so prevalent today.

Boosts Cognitive Development – Nutrient-rich foods support our kids’ brain development and improve focus and learning.

Encourages Independence – Kids who understand food choices will make better decisions when they have options.

Forms Lifelong Habits – The food preferences formed in early childhood often carry into adulthood.

Teaching our children how to identify and choose nutritious foods will give them the tools they need to maintain a healthy lifestyle as they grow and develop.

Ways To Make Healthy Unhealthy Food Sort Fun 

Making any lesson plan fun can help kids absorb and remember the information. And, there’s no difference when it comes to teaching nutrition education.

Here are some creative ways to teach the concept of healthy vs. unhealthy foods:

1. Hands-On Sorting Activity – Use our healthy unhealthy food sort printable worksheets and guide your kids to cut out different foods and paste them into the correct category. You can also use physical food items or play food for a tactile experience.

2. Would You Rather Food Choices – I’ve included a set of would you rather food questions in my paid resource that your kids will absolutely love working through!

Alternatively, you can ask fun questions like the ones below to your kiddos:

• Would you rather eat an apple or a candy bar?
• Would you rather drink milk or soda?
• Would you rather snack on carrots or potato chips?

After answering, discuss why one choice is healthier than the other for your children.

3. Food Hunt Game – Place pictures of foods around your classroom or home and have your kids hunt for the healthy ones. Once they find them, they can place them in a healthy food basket and an unhealthy food basket.

4. Role-Playing Grocery Shopping – Give your children play money and have them pretend to shop for foods at a pretend grocery store. They should aim to fill their cart with as many healthy options as possible.

5. Cooking Together – Prepare a simple, healthy snack together, such as fruit salad, veggie wraps, or smoothies. Discuss what makes the ingredients nutritious.

Free Healthy Unhealthy Food Sort Worksheets

Here’s what you will receive when you download our free printable worksheet packet:

Color the Healthy Food – Kids are instructed to look at two food items and color the healthier choice.  Cut, Sort, and Paste Activity – Kids are directed to cut out pictures of foods and sort them into healthy food and not healthy food categories.

Would You Rather Question – I designed these to encourage kids to think critically about food choices.

These printables are perfect for both at-home and in-classroom use.

Healthy Unhealthy Food Sort Printables (12 downloads )

If your kids enjoyed these free printable worksheets – I bet they will have so much more fun while learning all about healthy and unhealthy foods with the worksheets inside this fun packet. 

 

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Healthy And Unhealthy Food Sorting Activity

Helping our kids learn the difference between healthy and unhealthy foods is an essential life skill.

By making learning about healthy and unhealthy food fun and interactive with activities like sorting, and coloring. Would you rather have food questions,  and hands-on food experiences children are more likely to develop positive eating habits that last a lifetime.

Don’t forget to download your FREE healthy unhealthy food sort worksheets below and start teaching your preschoolers and kindergarteners about making healthy choices today!

Healthy Unhealthy Food Sort Printables (12 downloads )

Psst – If you enjoyed these worksheets make sure to check out the fun pack here. 

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