Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix
Companion Resource
Growing Vegetable Soup
"Dad says we are going to grow vegetable soup." So begins Lois Ehlert’s bright, bold picture book about vegetable gardening for the very young. The necessary tools are pictured and labeled, as are the seeds (green bean, pea, corn, zucchini squash, and carrot). Then the real gardening happens... planting, weeding, harvesting, washing, chopping, and cooking! In the end? "It was the best soup ever." Ehlert’s simple, colorful cut-paper-style illustrations are child-friendly, as is the big black type. A recipe for vegetable soup tops it all off!
Author
Lois Ehlert
Lessons Associated with this Resource
- My Healthy Plate
- Fruit and Vegetable Bingo
- Storing Winter Squash
- How to Grow a Monster: The Needs of a Zucchini Plant
- Vegetables: Tops and Bottoms