Food Related Books and Activities
(Originally produced in cooperation with the Summer Library
Reading Program)
Fizz Boom Legumes
It’s Alive Biological Science
Book: An Orange in January
Author: Diana Hutts Aston
Publisher: Dial Books
ISBN-13: 978-0803731462
Age Level: 4 and up
Follow an orange from blossom to ripe fruit, from tree to truck to market . . . and into the hands of a boy who shares this treat with his friends, so that everyone can taste the sweetness of an orange in January.

- You will be making a vertical book. You will need a copy of the book handout, 1 per child.
- Scissors
- Stapler (if children are small you will need to make books for them, older children can cut, assemble and staple their own.)
- MyPlate Poster
- An orange or food model picture of an orange
- Tennis ball or another small ball to show
- Hold up the orange/or picture and ask the children how many of them like to eat oranges?
- Ask children if they know where oranges come from? (Oranges grow in warm climates, states like California and Florida)
- Ask children if they think oranges grow on a garden vine or in a tree?
(Oranges grow in warm climates on trees. Once the tree is established you will get oranges from the tree every other season.). - Show children the MyPlate Poster and tell them that today they are going to hear a story about how oranges become oranges and find their way into their homes.
- Tell children that an orange is a fruit and fruits are in the red section of MyPlate show them on MyPlate Poster. An orange the size of a tennis ball is 1 serving of fruit.
- Read An Orange in January
- After reading have children make vertical An Orange in January books (you will need to cut and assemble for small children, older children can cut, assemble and staple their own.)
- After assembling books read them with the children.
Serving Sizes of Fruits for Children |
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Gender |
Age |
Amount |
Boys and Girls |
2 to 3 years |
1 cup |
Boys and Girls |
4-8 years |
1 to 1 ½ cups |
Girls |
9-13 years |
1 ½ cups |
Girls |
14-18 years |
1 ½ cups |
Boys |
9-13 years |
1 ½ cups |
Boys |
14-18 years |
2 cups |
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