Meet some colorful fruits and vegetables, and learn what makes them so healthy to eat, with this vocabulary-packed sing-along-song from Kids Learning Tube: Fruits and Veggies Nutrition Song for Kids.
Not only do the lyrics name so many of these colorful foods, but they also introduce the vitamins and minerals that make them so powerful. Follow along with the lyrics:
We are the rainbow of foods
that you should have in all your meals
Eat your rainbow every day
and great is how you will feelWe’ll give you essential vitamins
and also minerals
So when you get hungry to make sure you
sit and eat a rainbow
Let’s start with the color Red
we are some essential foods to eatWe are the Apple, Red Cabbage,
Tomato and CherryRed Pepper, Red Onion, Watermelon
and also StrawberryOur important nutrients
you need to keep being healthyAre Flavonoids, Lycopene,
Folate and Vitamin COur jobs to keep your heart
and your memory healthyPick one of us to fill the red color
on your plate and you’ll see
Orange and Yellow
are our group colorsWe are Cantaloupe, Carrot,
Mango and Yellow PepperButternut Squash, Papaya,
And PineapplePumpkin, Orange
and the sweet potatoThe Nutrients and vitamins
we provide to help you growAre Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A
And Vitamin CWe keep your Eyes, Heart and
Immune System HealthySo you can live a long life
and continue to seeWe are the rainbow of foods
that you should have in all your meals
Eat your rainbow every day
and great is how you will feelWe’ll give you essential vitamins
and also minerals
So when you get hungry to make sure you
sit and eat a rainbow
We are the Green group
And here’s who we areAsparagus, Bok Choy, Green Grape
and CucumberCabbage, Collards, Broccoli
And Green BeansGreen Pepper, Honey Dew,
Kale, Spinach, and PeasIsothiocyanates and
Omega-3 Fatty AcidsChlorophyll, Vitamin K
And CarotenoidsAre our Nutrients and Vitamins
that can bring you joyWe support Healthy eyes, Bones
and also your TeethBut in order to get our support
First us you must eat
We’re the Blue and Purple group
And we come after GreenDark Beans, Eggplant, Beet, Fig
Blue, and BlackBerryOur possible Nutrients
come from AnthocyaninWe can help improve your memory
and healthy agingWe are the rainbow of foods
that you should have in all your meals
Eat your rainbow every day
and great is how you will feelWe’ll give you essential vitamins
and also minerals
So when you get hungry to make sure you
sit and eat a rainbow
We are the White Group
and the final one tooWe are Ginger, Jicama, Onion,
and the MushroomOur possible Nutrients
come from our FlavonoidsWe help your Heart and Good Cholesterol
so eat us don’t avoidWe are the rainbow of foods
that you should have in all your meals
Eat your rainbow every day
and great is how you will feelWe’ll give you essential vitamins
and also minerals
So when you get hungry to make sure you
sit and eat a rainbow
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• The Very Hungry Caterpillar, animated
• How the food you eat affects your gut
• How to slice (almost) every fruit
• Pipkin the rabbit eats crunchy celery
• Beet Beet, Sugar Beet and how sugar is made
• Go inside fruits and vegetables with stop motion
• Why are there so many types of apples?
• Nutrition with Animated Science
• It’s Watermelon Time: Watermelon by Tom Rosenthal
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