A Message to Educators
Dear Educators,
When it comes to nutrition, fruits and vegetables play a vital role. The "Fruits & Veggies - More Matters®" recommendation of the National Cancer Institute encourages Americans to eat at least five daily servings of fruits and vegetables for better health. Yet, not everyone is aware of the healthy contribution that avocados can make to good nutrition and the "Fruits & Veggies - More Matters®" plan. Those Awesome California Avocados sets the record straight about how avocados can contribute to a healthy diet - while providing your students with engaging, curriculum-blended activities in science, math and language arts.
In this kit, activities help students learn more about where their healthy food comes from by investigating the path of a California Avocado from grove to grocery store. Your studens will also enjoy discovering new information about seeds, their different parts and how they grow - all while tending their easy-to-raise, fast growing avocado trees. Class activities will foster learning in science, math, language arts and U.S. geography, while the take-home activities are designed to involve parents in an important aspect of their child's life-skills development. By completing exercises in this guide, your students will explore differences and similarities between fruits and vegetables and the essential role both play in good nutrition. Best of all, students can check out the exciting web site at http://www.avocado.org for a host of fun activities, puzzles and delicious recipes to try at home.
Youth Media International has teamed up with the California Avocado Commission to bring you this exciting new teaching tool that offers appealing activities for young children in grades K-3. Although the material is copyrighted, you may make as many photocopies as necessary to suit the needs of your children. Please share the materials with other teachers in your school as well.
Sincerely,
Roberta Nusim
Publisher