Food Groups

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Food Groups

• Poems taken from
• http//www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html

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Dairy Products

• Dairy products are food from the farmThat came
  from pasture and coopMilk from cows and eggs
  from hensAre part of the dairy group.
• We eat our eggs cooked soft or hard,Scrambled,
  poached, or steamedFrom milk we make our
  cottage cheese,Our yogurt, and ice cream.

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Breads and Cereals

• Breads and cereals start from seedsOf grasses
  farmers growThey're all ground up and mixed
  with eggsAnd other flavors for dough.
• The crust of pies and dinner rolls,And noodles
  of chicken soup,Doughnuts, spaghetti, and Cream
  of WheatAre in the bread and cereals group.

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Fruits and Vegetables

• The food we like to eat that growsOn vines and
  bushes and treesAre vegetables and fruits, my
  friend,Like cherries, grapes, and peas.
• Apples and oranges and peaches are fruits,And so
  are tangerines.Lettuce and carrots are
  vegetables,Like squash and lima beans.

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Meat, poultry, and seafood

• Cows and pigs and sheep make upThe mammals that
  we eat.Spare ribs, steak, or hamburgers,We call
  this cooked food "meat".
• "Poultry" refers to birds we eat,Like chicken,
  duck, and turkey."Seafood" is fish and other
  thingsThat swim in water murky.

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Fruit

• In a giant fruit basketHere's what I
  foundGrapes and grapefruitPlums, sweet and
  roundStrawberries, blueberriesRaspberries
  tooDates and figsAs sticky as glue!Apples and
  pineapples,Cherries and pearsPeaches with
  skinWith soft, fuzz hairsApricot, orangesA
  lemon and limeWatermelon, cantaloupeFresh in
  their primeRipe bananasA juicy tangerineThe
  tastiest fruit basketI've ever seen.

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Eat Them Everyday(to the tune of "Row Row Row
Your Boat")

• Milk, milk, eggs and cheeseFruits and
  vegetablesMeat and breads and cerealsEat them
  everyday.