Vegetable Worksheets for Kids – Food Groups & Nutrition Activities
38 Printable Pages • Vegetable Identification • Food Groups • Nutrition Activities • Puzzles • Research • Answer Key Included
Make learning about vegetables interactive with this 38-page Vegetable Worksheet Pack! Students explore different vegetables through puzzles, matching, sorting, identification, research and food-group activities.
This printable resource works well for nutrition units, food group lessons, FCS/FACS, health, homeschool, life skills and elementary science. Activities give students opportunities to identify familiar and unfamiliar vegetables, build food vocabulary, compare portions, classify foods and learn more about different types of vegetables.
Save with the Food Group Worksheets Bundle
This resource is also included in the Food Group Worksheets Bundle, which brings together Fruit Group Worksheets, Vegetable Group Worksheets, and Food Group Activities & Worksheets.
Choose this individual resource for a focused lesson, or explore the bundle for more fruit, vegetable, nutrition, and healthy eating activities.
Already purchasing the bundle? You do not need to buy this resource separately.
What's Included
- 38 printable pages
- Vegetable Crossword Puzzle
- Vegetable Word Search
- Vegetable matching activities
- Name the Vegetable worksheets
- Vegetable identification activities
- Portion size comparison activity
- Which Is a Vegetable? activity
- What Doesn't Belong? activities
- Create a Rainbow of Vegetables
- Vegetable Research Activity
- Vegetables from A to Z
- Additional vegetable and nutrition worksheets
- Answer key included
Learn to Identify Different Vegetables
Students practice recognizing and naming a variety of vegetables through picture identification, matching and classification activities.
These worksheets can help students build food vocabulary while discovering vegetables beyond the varieties they already recognize.
Vegetable Puzzles & Activities
Reinforce vegetable vocabulary and food knowledge with activities including:
- Crossword puzzle
- Word search
- Picture and word matching
- Vegetable identification
- Sorting and classification
- What Doesn't Belong?
- Alphabet activities
The variety of activities makes it easy to use individual pages for independent work, learning centers, early finishers, review or supplemental activities.
Which Is a Vegetable?
Students practice identifying vegetables and distinguishing them from other types of foods.
Use this activity as a starting point for discussions about food groups, food classification and different types of produce.
Create a Rainbow of Vegetables
Vegetables come in many different colors. Students sort and identify vegetables by color while exploring the variety found within the vegetable group.
Extend the activity by asking students to brainstorm additional vegetables for each color or research a vegetable they've never tried before.
Vegetable Portion Size Activity
The included portion comparison activity introduces students to the idea that vegetables come in different sizes and forms.
Use it as part of a broader classroom discussion about food portions, food groups and meal planning.
Vegetable Research Activity
Encourage students to investigate a vegetable in greater detail.
Students can choose something familiar or discover a completely new vegetable while practicing basic research and food-learning skills.
This activity can be paired with classroom books, library resources or supervised online research.
Vegetables from A to Z
How many vegetables can students name?
The Vegetables from A to Z activity combines food vocabulary, alphabet skills and research as students explore vegetables beginning with different letters.
Skills Students Can Practice
- Vegetable identification
- Food vocabulary
- Food-group classification
- Sorting and matching
- Reading
- Research
- Observation
- Comparing foods
- Following written directions
- Food and nutrition awareness
Perfect For
- FCS/FACS
- Family & Consumer Sciences
- Life skills
- Nutrition lessons
- Food group units
- Health lessons
- Homeschool
- Elementary science
- Food and cooking units
- Independent work
- Learning centers
- Early finishers
- Review activities
Product Details
- 38 printable pages
- Vegetable-themed worksheets and activities
- Food group and nutrition learning
- Puzzles, matching, sorting and identification
- Vegetable research activity
- Answer key included
- Printable PDF digital download
Want More Food Group Activities?
These Vegetable Group Worksheets are also included in our larger Food Group Worksheets Bundle.
They are also included in our comprehensive Teacher Curriculum Set.
If you're planning to teach several food groups or want a larger collection of cooking and nutrition resources, one of these larger sets may be a better fit.
Please Note
- This is a digital download; no physical product will be mailed
- Designed for general educational use
- Printing supplies are not included
- These worksheets are also included in the Food Group Worksheets Bundle and Teacher Curriculum Set
Digital Download
Download the 38-page printable resource after checkout and add hands-on vegetable activities to your next food group or nutrition lesson.