How Did That Get In My Lunchbox? (#27)

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How Did That Get In My Lunchbox?

by Chris Butterworth & Lucia Gaggiotti
https://www.amazon.com/How-Did-That-Get-Lunchbox/dp/0763665037

"One of the best parts of a young child’s day is opening a lunchbox and diving in. But how did that delicious food get there? From planting wheat to mixing dough, climbing trees to machine-squeezing fruit, picking cocoa pods to stirring a vat of melted bliss, here is a clear, engaging look at the steps involved in producing some common foods."

Before diving right in and reading this book to unengaged children ask them to first think about their favorite common food and how it is picked, produced, or manufactured in order for to be readily available for them to eat. 

Ask children to make a list of the steps of a diagram of how the food is produced. 
Apple Juice (there is also a whole machine in the process that mashes, squishes, and squeezes the juice from the picked apples)

How It's Made Video explaining Apple Juice being produced in a factory

Tomatoes 

American Cheese 

Wheat for Bread

Yummy Juicy Clementines!

Cocoa for Chocolate

After allowing time for the children to think and explore possibilities read the book How Did That Get In My Lunchbox? Ask children if they were correct in how they thought the food was produced. Have children edit or make new lists or diagrams showing the entire process of how food is grown, produced, and delivered. 

Maine Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - Education (SNAP-Ed) 
"aims to improve the likelihood that individuals eligible for SNAP will make healthy food choices within a limited budget and choose physically active lifestyles consistent with the current Dietary
Guidelines for Americans and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Guidance" 

Other Children's Activities to Learn About Food & Healthy Eating:

  • Grow a vegetable garden
  • Vegetable Guessing Bag
  • Explore and try RAINBOW FOODS 
  • Save your food scraps and leftovers and start a compost bin 
  • Create a dramatic play center that has a food stand, farm, grocery store, or restaurant

Children's Books About Healthy Eating and Food:





https://www.choosemyplate.gov/kids
Games, Activities, Songs and Videos, & Much more for parents and kids

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