Dirty Vegetables
This activity describes how to teach your child to wash vegetables properly.
Dirty Vegetables
Time
- 5 to 10 minutes
Materials
- Vegetables such as carrots or potatoes
- Scrub brush
Directions
- Scoot your child up to the sink on a chair or step stool and demonstrate how to use the brush to clean the vegetables.
- Talk about how vegetables grow and why we wash them.
Extensions
- Cook, clean, and eat vegetables together.
- Visit a garden or grow some root vegetables (carrots or radishes are quick and easy) that can be pulled out of the ground, dirt and all.
- Take a few vegetables into the bathtub for cleaning during bath time.