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Week 05 · Kitchen Helper

Tuesday

Wash fruit and vegetables
// Wash, measure and stir
⏱ about 15 min

Tuesday: Wash fruit and vegetables

Lucy the Ladybug lands on a bowl of apples.

"These came from outside," she says.

Bennie nods. "Wash them before anyone eats."

Rinse and rub

Fruit and vegetables grow outside in dirt.

Wash them before they go on a plate.

Hold one under cool running water.

Rub it all over with your clean hands.

Put it in a clean bowl.

Do the next one. Count as you go.

No tasting while you work. Eating comes at mealtime.

  1. Wash your hands first.
  2. Hold the fruit under cool running water.
  3. Rub it all over with your hands.
  4. Put it in a clean bowl.
WASHING CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Why do we wash fruit?
What kind of water do you use?
What do you rub the fruit with?
Where does washed fruit go?
SentenceTrue or false?
Wash your hands before you wash fruit.?
Tasting while you work is fine.?
Fruit goes in a clean bowl.?
Vegetables need washing too.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEEating comes at mealtime, not during the job.
Try it
Ask your grown-up for one apple or carrot.
Wash it under the tap. Rub all over.
Set it in a clean bowl for the meal.
Safety first
A grown-up does any cutting or peeling.
Nothing goes in your mouth while you help.
Wipe drips off the floor right away.
WASH AN APPLE
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
LUCY ASKS
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
A carrot is muddy. What do you do?
Who cuts the apple into pieces?
Water drips on the floor. What now?
SentenceTrue or false?
A grown-up does the peeling.?
You may lick the fruit to test it.?
Wet floors can make people slip.?
WHY THIS EXERCISENothing goes in your mouth while you help.
Draw a bowl of clean, shiny fruit.

Word Spot: how, just

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

How: H-O-W.

Just: J-U-S-T.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
___ many legs does a cat have?
We ___ saw a rainbow!

Clean fruit for the whole den! Tomorrow we measure with cups.

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