Growing Vegetable Soup Activities
Looking for Growing Vegetable Soup activities that actually work with your kids? You’re in the right place! I’m excited to share a hands-on printable that brings this beloved book to life in a fun, low-prep way. If you love keeping storytime going with meaningful follow-up ideas, be sure to explore more book activities for preschoolers—you’ll find lots of easy wins there!
This printable is packed with simple, skill-building activities that encourage sorting, sequencing, counting, and letter recognition—all wrapped in a cozy vegetable soup theme that kids truly like. It’s the kind of resource you’ll reach for again and again.
Using Growing Vegetable Soup with Young Learners
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert is a vibrant and engaging book that’s perfect for introducing young learners to gardening, healthy eating, and plant life cycles. Its bold illustrations and simple text make it ideal for preschoolers, who are naturally curious about how things grow.
Reading this book together opens the door to meaningful conversations, hands-on learning, and cross-curricular activities that support early literacy, counting, sequencing, and vocabulary development in a fun, accessible way.
Growing Vegetable Soup Activities
This Growing Vegetable Soup printable pack is a hands-on companion, perfect for preschool and kindergarten learners. Designed to extend the story beyond the page, these print-and-go activities help kids connect through playful learning experiences.
With this pack, children will work on early math, literacy, and science skills—all within the familiar and cozy context of growing and making vegetable soup. These activities build foundational concepts in a way that feels approachable and age-appropriate.
What’s Included:
- Vegetable Sorting (Above/Below Ground): A simple cut-and-paste science activity
- Beginning Sounds: Letter identification tied to familiar vegetable names
- Veggie Patch Counting: A number matching activity that supports early math
- Vegetable Soup Sequencing: A visual storytelling task that builds comprehension and order recognition
Each page is designed to feel like play, but with clear learning goals woven in. The engaging theme and variety of formats keep kids interested while reinforcing important preschool skills.
If you’re looking for something that’s easy to prep, meaningful, and kid-approved, this printable pack is a great fit. You’re doing a wonderful job creating learning moments that matter—and this resource is here to support you.
What can kids learn from this activity?
This activity pack helps kids build important early skills like counting, letter recognition, sorting, and sequencing—all while connecting to a familiar story. As they cut, glue, match, and circle, they’re also strengthening fine motor skills and practicing how to follow directions.
It’s a great fit for homeschool or classroom use, whether you’re planning a garden unit, a storytime extension, or just need something meaningful for your centers. Best of all, it’s low prep, easy to explain, and can be used again and again—making it just as helpful for you as it is for your little learners.
How to Use These Worksheets
These Growing Vegetable Soup worksheets are simple to prep and easy to use—just print and go! Each page focuses on a different early learning skill, from sorting vegetables by where they grow to identifying beginning letter sounds. You can work through them one at a time after reading the book, or spread them out over the week as part of a garden or food unit.
Whether you’re using them in a homeschool setting or a classroom, these activities encourage hands-on learning, build fine motor skills, and help young children connect real-world concepts to what they see in the story.
Growing Vegetable Soup Ideas for Kids
Looking to build on the learning from your Growing Vegetable Soup activity pack? This section is full of fun and simple ways to keep the vegetable theme going! These ideas pair perfectly with the printable and work well for story extensions or just a cozy week of garden fun at home or in the classroom.
These printables and activities make a great addition to your vegetable-themed week:
- Gardening with Kids
- Preschool Food Theme Sorting Activities
- Garden AB Pattern Worksheets
- Growing Vegetable Soup Story Sequencing Cards
- Life Cycle of a Plant Worksheet
Frequently Asked Questions
A: This pack is ideal for preschoolers, typically ages 3–5. The activities are simple enough for younger learners but still offer great practice for kids who are getting ready for kindergarten.
A: Just a little! Most pages are print-and-go, but you’ll want scissors and glue handy for the cut-and-paste activities. I like to print everything at once and have a small tray ready for the week—super easy!
A: You can absolutely use this in the classroom! It works great in small groups, literacy or math centers, or as a book-based activity after reading Growing Vegetable Soup aloud. It’s flexible enough to fit wherever you need it.
This Growing Vegetable Soup activity pack is such a sweet way to bring storytime to life while building real preschool skills. From sorting and counting to sequencing and letter sounds, your little learners will be picking up all kinds of early concepts without it feeling like a lesson. It’s hands-on, low-prep, and easy to use—whether you’re at home or in the classroom.
Go ahead and grab the printable to get started! If you’re looking for more book-inspired fun, be sure to check out the related posts linked above. And if this activity was a hit, feel free to share it with a fellow teacher or homeschool friend!
Tara is the brains behind Homeschool Preschool, where her journey from preschool and public school teacher to homeschooling mom of three fuels her passion for early childhood education. With a blend of expertise and firsthand experience, Tara’s writings offer practical tips and engaging resources to support families in creating meaningful learning adventures at home.
