You Won’t Believe What Fruits Our Little Learners Tried This Week – Healthy Eating Activities for Nursery Children 🍓🌱🎨

This week at Fun Box, our focus was on healthy eating — and what a colourful, sensory week it’s been!

Hands-On Healthy Eating Activities for Nursery Children

The children were involved in every step of preparing our snacks. They began by washing their hands carefully, learning about hygiene and self-care, before helping to peel and chop a delicious variety of fruits.

We explored a vibrant mix of flavours and textures including:

• Dragonfruit

• Grapefruit

• Passionfruit

• Mango

• Lime and Lemon

• Bananas and Strawberries

• Apple and Pear

• Kiwi and Pineapple

• Pomegranate and Grapes

It was lovely to see the children being so brave and adventurous — giving unfamiliar fruits a go, even if they weren’t sure at first!

As we tasted, we chatted about each fruit:

• How it looked and smelled

• Where it came from

• How it might be eaten in other cultures or at home

These healthy eating activities for nursery children supported several areas of learning from the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), including:🗣 Communication and Language🌍 Understanding the World✋ Physical Development (particularly fine motor skills)

Our Garden is Growing! 🌱

We also continued our little gardening project — with some exciting discoveries. The children noticed that our peas and beans have started to produce pods!

They observed the blooming plants closely and were delighted to spot the first signs of produce. This was a wonderful opportunity to deepen their understanding of nature and change over time, while encouraging care and observation — key parts of Understanding the World.

Creative Thinking with Shapes

A new resource this week was our mosaic picture puzzle. The children used a range of colourful 2D shapes to complete pictures on stencils.

This activity encouraged:🧠 Mathematics — recognising and matching shapes👀 Visual Literacy — following picture-based instructions🎨 Expressive Arts and Design — choosing colours and creating patterns

The focus and pride the children showed as they completed their pictures was a real joy to see.

Sensory Play: Rainbow Dough 🌈

And of course, there was plenty of time for messy play! One of the highlights was making our own rainbow-coloured playdough.

The children experimented with mixing colours, squashing, rolling and stretching the dough, and observing how the colours changed as they combined.

This open-ended sensory activity supported:👋 Physical Development🎨 Expressive Arts and Design🧪 Understanding the World

It’s been a full and exciting week — filled with new tastes, textures, discoveries, and creativity. We’re so proud of how curious and engaged the children have been. Here’s to more adventures next week!