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Instructions Food Pyramid Game

Ideal number of players per game: 4 to 6 Required:

• One die per team • One place marker for each player.

Print game board and game cards. Laminate if desired. Cut out cards. Each group should have a dealer, who shuffles the deck and deals five cards face down to each player. The remaining cards are placed in a stack on the table. All players start on "vegetables." Player to the left of dealer rolls the die and moves the number of spaces indicated in a clockwise direction. The player must lay down a card from the food group s/he landed on. If the player has no card from this group, s/he must draw a card from the stack. This card can be played if it belongs to the food group the player needs. Otherwise, the player must keep the card and play moves to the next person. If the stack is exhausted, the player draws a card from the hand of any other player they choose. The first person to run out of cards wins. If time runs out, the one with the fewest cards in their hand wins. Optional bonus: If player rolls a "two", s/he can move via the exercise icon to any food group. Important: The purpose of this game is to have the students see the picture of the food and say the name. The following language should be used. If they land on " fruit", they should say, "I have apples--and lay down the card. Or, they should say, I don't have any fruit. They then draw a card.

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meat

poultry

fish

shellfish

seeds) (sunflower)

tuna

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lentils

dried beans

tofu

eggs

peanut butter

nuts

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radish

mushroom

asparagus

bell pepper

garlic

tomato

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cabbage

green bean

artichoke

eggplant

carrot

lettuce

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peppers

zucchini

onion

beet

celery

cauliflower

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peas

potatoes

cucumber

lime

mango

apricot

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milk

cheese

yogurt

oil

shortening

butter

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waffle

nacho

oats

popcorn

tortilla

crepes

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wild rice

sandwich bread (white bread)

pretzel

bagel

(breakfast) cereal

croissant

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pasta

rice

pita bread

rolls

bulti-grain bread

whole wheat bread

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grapefruit

pear

apple

pineapple

peach

watermelon

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plum

cherry

orange

strawberry

grape

melon

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kiwi

blueberry

blackberry

raspberry

lemon

banana