OBJECTIVES:
1.Children learn that we can grow beets in a garden.
2.Children review how beets grow.
3.Children make their own beet to display in the classroom “garden.”

WHAT YOU MIGHT NEED:
Small paper plates
Colored paper, yarn, paint, or other art supplies
Scissors
Glue

WHAT YOU MIGHT DO:
• Make a beet using a paper plate and colored paper. Create the beet root on the paper plate, and paste green strips to the plate as the beet greens. Use this plate as an example to show the class.
• Tell children: we can grow beets in a garden. Ask children if anyone has ever grown beets in a garden.
• Ask children to remember how beets grow (the roots grow underground; the leaves grow above the ground).
• Show children example plate and tell children: today we will be making beets for our “class garden.”
• Provide children with plates, colored paper, scissors, and glue.
• Invite children to make their own beet for the “class garden.”
• Designate a space on a wall in the classroom for the “class garden.” Add to the wall each month with children’s colorful creations of the featured fruits and vegetables in the Harvest for Healthy Kids program.