Community Food Connection Show & Tell

Help children recognize how local plants and animals contribute to their daily meals

• Basket of local foods (breadfruit, mango, dasheen, fish, eggs)
• Chart paper
• Markers
• Pictures of local foods (optional)

1. 1Gather a variety of local foods or pictures
2. 2Prepare chart paper with 'Plants give us...' and 'Animals give us...' headings
3. 3Send note home asking families to contribute one local food item

1. 1Invite children to bring one item from home or choose from the teacher's food basket
2. 2Each child shares the name of the item in English and local language if different
3. 3Ask: 'Does this come from a plant or an animal?'
4. 4Help children explain how the food is eaten in their family
5. 5Record responses on the chart under appropriate headings
6. 6Celebrate the variety of foods from our Caribbean environment