Knowledge and understanding of the world

Food - a fact of life developed a number of hands-on activities and display materials to help your pre-school children learn more about where their food comes from. Session plans provide guidance on how to deliver the key information and introduce a range of activities. Activities include matching colourful food images to the shops where they can be bought, matching food images to the plant or animal from which they originate and following instructions for growing chives and filling in a watering chart.

Channel 4 has created various recipes for different age groups to get kids cooking during the holiday. Please click here then select get kids cooking.

The Food - a fact of life website has developed 4 sheets each showing some of the foods available in each season. Please click here

The Food - a fact of life website has developed a Perfect Plant Salad session to get children thinking about where vegetables come from. To find these resources click here.

Nutrition education printables are fun activities that encourage learning and discussion about healthy food choices and nutrition. Kids will learn about the food pyramid, healthy eating, nutrition vocab, food groups and much more. To view the worksheets click here

Agriculture-4-U is a video diary of UK Agriculture and what happens down on the farm. It is a resource for teachers to use in the teaching of various subjects and to various age groups with a view to promoting a better understanding and an unbiased picture of agriculture in the UK. For more information click here.

LEAF Virtual Farm Walk - great interactive opportunity to find out all about farming and the environment. Two real farmers, Sally and David, are ready to show you around the virtual farm. There are lots of fun things to do on the walk, with lots of fascinating facts about farms and the animals and plats that live on them. Challenges also include pond-dipping and sorting food chains from field to shop. To view LEAF virtual farm click here.

British Nutrition Foundation has a variety of posters to provide teachers and students with accurate and concise reference information. The poster, 'What are nutrients?' provides detailed information on the functions and sources of nutrients. Posters can be ordered off the British Nutrition Fundation website.

RSPCA has produced 12 new farm animal resources for KS1 & 2 and Early Years pupils. The free resources include fun activities to help children understand where their food comes from, the use of labelling and how they, as consumers, can make a difference to farm animal welfare. You can also order a free full-colour farm animal photo pack to accompany the resources. See www.rspca.org.uk > education or use this link.

The Food – a fact of life website has developed an exciting set of resources aimed at children aged 3-5 based around different food occasions [on this link]. The sessions include easy-to-follow recipes and activities.

The Food - a fact of life website has produced a downloadable Food Route game. To view/order please click here

The Food - fact of life website has launched 12 new activity sessions, four in each of the following areas: Healthy eating, Cooking and Where food come from. Each session comprises activity notes and colourful resources. To get started why not look at Fruit and vegetable bingo and Kitchen equipment and Getting ready to cook and Where food come from

Discover the Great Green Soup Session. [on this link]. Help children learn about the importance of eating vegetables.

Print off the pre-school poster showing a food or drink for each letter of the alphabet [on this link].

Fancy growing potatoes with your children? Register here free for your Grow Your Own Potatoes pack