Free Printable Healthy and Unhealthy Food Worksheets for Grade 1
Help grade 1 kids learn about healthy food choices with these Healthy and Unhealthy Food Worksheets. These printable activities help children understand foods that can be part of a balanced eating pattern and help them understand why choosing a variety of nutritious foods is important.
Children can identify healthy and less nutritious food choices, sort foods into categories, match foods with simple food groups, complete sentences, and practice making healthier choices. Familiar foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, dairy foods, eggs, sweets, chips, and sugary drinks make these activities easy for young children to understand.
You can also check out our Worksheets on Food we eat which help kids understand 5 food groups and their importance and health benefits.
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With these picture-based sorting, matching, identifying, true or false and sentence-completion activities, children practice recognizing healthier food choices.
The worksheets are designed for Grade 1 kids related to health and science lessons and can be used at school or home.
What’s included in the worksheets:
- Students look at pictures and identify foods as healthy or less healthy choices. Examples:
- Apple → Healthier choice
- Candy → Less nutritious choice
- Carrot → Healthier choice
- Soda → Less nutritious choice
- Students sort pictures into two categories: Healthy Choices and Less Healthy Choices
- Students circle the foods that are healthy.
- Students draw a healthy meal with a fruit, vegetable, grain, and protein food for a morning breakfast.
- Students identify healthier snack options.
- Students use a word bank to complete simple health sentences.
- Students read simple statements and decide whether they are true or false related to healthy food choices.
Learning Objectives
After completing these worksheets, children will be able to:
- Identify nutritious food choices.
- Identify foods from different food groups.
- Sort foods into simple categories.
- Compare everyday food choices.
- Understand the importance of eating a variety of foods.
- Practice making healthier food choices.
