Foundation Stage : Curriculum Topics : Harvest : Lesson Three – Harvest Soup


This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate and record how harvested crops can be used to make different meals. The class can make lists of different foods that could be combined to make a soup celebrating harvest.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to investigate and record how harvested crops can be used to make different meals

Learning Objectives

Know about similarities and differences in relation to living things. Explore a variety of materials experimenting with design and form.

Learning Outcomes

I can say things that are the same or different between vegetables. I can use materials to make models of vegetables.

Harvest Soup

Teaching sequence to help the children investigate and record how harvested crops can be used to make different meals

What Meals

Display posters for whole class discussion to help the children identify how to use vegetables to make different meals

Harvest Soup

Template to help the children make a record of the different vegetables used to produce some soup to celebrate harvest

Farm Crops

Vocabulary word bank to help the children identify and describe some of the crops grown and harvested on a farm using different actions

Harvest Soup

Interactive activity to help the children investigate and record how harvested crops can be used to make different meals

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to teach the children to investigate and record how harvested crops can be used to make different meals

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