🍎 Food We Like

What your child will learn

• Students will name foods they eat at breakfast, lunch, dinner and as snacks, and match each food to the time of day.
• Students will sort common fruits and vegetables by colour and by shape (round, long, other).
• Students will state why sharing food is good and demonstrate sharing in a classroom activity.
• Students will identify ways to avoid wasting food and explain why wasting food is not good.

Lessons in this unit

1. Meals of the Day: Foods eaten at different times: breakfast (poha, upma, idli, milk), lunch (rice, dal, chapati, sabzi), dinner (light meal like khichdi or chapati-sabzi), snacks (fruit, biscuits, namkeen). Match foods to times.
2. Fruits and Vegetables by Colour and Shape: Sort common fruits and vegetables by colour (red: apple, tomato; yellow: banana, mango; green: spinach, cucumber) and by shape (round: apple, orange, onion; long: banana, cucumber, carrot; other: cauliflower, broccoli).
3. Sharing Food: Why sharing food is good: everyone gets some, it makes us happy, friends share. How to share: divide equally, offer to others first. Role-play sharing a snack.
4. Not Wasting Food: Why we should not waste food: food is precious, many people do not have enough, wasting is not good. How to avoid waste: take small amounts, finish what you take, save leftovers for later, share extra food.

Key words

breakfast

The first meal of the day, eaten in the morning, like poha or upma.

lunch

The meal eaten in the middle of the day, like rice and dal.

dinner

The meal eaten at night, before sleeping.

fruit

The sweet part of a plant that we eat, like a mango or an apple.

vegetable

The part of a plant we cook and eat, like a potato or a carrot.

share

To give a part of your food to someone else.

waste

To throw away food that could have been eaten.

Help your child at home

What to watch for

We eat the same food at every meal.

Help: We eat different foods at different times. Morning foods are light like poha, night foods are light too, but lunch is often rice and dal.

All green things are vegetables and all red things are fruits.

Help: Some fruits are green (guava) and some vegetables are red (tomato). We sort by the part of the plant and how we eat it, not just colour.

Sharing means giving away all my food.

Help: Sharing means giving a part, not all. You still have some, and your friend gets some too.

If I take more food, I am a big eater and that is good.

Help: Taking more than you can eat leads to waste. It is better to take a little and take more if you are still hungry.

Try this at home

• Riya eats poha in the morning. Is that breakfast or dinner?
• Meera sees an apple and a banana. Which is red? Which is yellow?
• Riya has one apple. How can she share with Meera?
• Arjun takes a big spoon of rice but cannot finish. What should he do next time?

Quick questions to ask aloud

1. Which food do we usually eat in the morning? (poha / rice and dal / khichdi)
   Show answer

   poha. Poha is a light food we eat in the morning for breakfast.
2. Which fruit is yellow? (banana / apple / brinjal)
   Show answer

   A banana is yellow. An apple is red or green, and a brinjal is purple.
3. Why do we share food with friends? (so everyone gets some / so we can eat more / because food is not tasty)
   Show answer

   so everyone gets some. When we share, everyone gets a little bit, and that makes everyone happy.

Parent guide: how to help your child with Class 1 EVS

Frequently asked questions

What will my child learn in "Food We Like" (Class 1 EVS)?

Your child will be able to: Students will name foods they eat at breakfast, lunch, dinner and as snacks, and match each food to the time of day.; Students will sort common fruits and vegetables by colour and by shape (round, long, other).; Students will state why sharing food is good and demonstrate sharing in a classroom activity.; Students will identify ways to avoid wasting food and explain why wasting food is not good..

How does MangoMindz teach "Food We Like"?

In 4 short parts (Meals of the Day, Fruits and Vegetables by Colour and Shape, Sharing Food, Not Wasting Food). Each part has a picture-based lesson read aloud by Mango Teacher, a quick check, and a quiz built from common mistakes children make, with Mango, a study buddy, for questions.

How long does "Food We Like" take?

About 120 minutes in total, spread over 4 parts of 15–25 minutes each.

How can I help my child with "Food We Like" at home?

Work through a small example together, such as: Riya eats poha in the morning. Is that breakfast or dinner?; Meera sees an apple and a banana. Which is red? Which is yellow?. Then ask a quick question aloud: Which food do we usually eat in the morning? (poha / rice and dal / khichdi)

What mistakes do children often make in "Food We Like"?

We eat the same food at every meal. Fix: We eat different foods at different times. Morning foods are light like poha, night foods are light too, but lunch is often rice and dal. All green things are vegetables and all red things are fruits. Fix: Some fruits are green (guava) and some vegetables are red (tomato). We sort by the part of the plant and how we eat it, not just colour. Sharing means giving away all my food. Fix: Sharing means giving a part, not all. You still have some, and your friend gets some too.

Is "Food We Like" free on MangoMindz?

Yes. Every lesson part and quiz in "Food We Like" is free on MangoMindz, with no ads.