Can you find the vegetables? MG Sprouts Horculture Acvies for Kids. © UGA Extension • Session Four: The Ugly Vegetables b e a n s c p o t a t o u f u n p e p p e r x d g c p e a s o u p a p l t o m a t o k r a d w e w r d i g w k d i i o t c h a r d s a g e s r t b r o c c o l i h h m u w g b y b e e t s b h c c u c u m b e r r s b o h c a r r o t h y m e r g a r d e n q o n i o n beans beet broccoli carrot corn cucumber leuce onion pepper potato radish tomato How many other garden words can you find? VERY VEGGIE WORD SEARCH
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Can you find the vegetables?
MG Sprouts Horticulture Activities for Kids. © UGA Extension • Session Four: The Ugly Vegetables
b e a n s c p o t a t ou f u n p e p p e r x dg c p e a s o u p a p lt o m a t o k r a d w ew r d i g w k d i i o tc h a r d s a g e s r tb r o c c o l i h h m uw g b y b e e t s b h cc u c u m b e r r s b oh c a r r o t h y m e rg a r d e n q o n i o n
beans beet broccolicarrot corn cucumberlettuce onion pepperpotato radish tomato
How many other garden words can you find?
VERY VEGGIE WORD SEARCH
Who Lives in Jack’s Garden?
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Group Activity DirectionsWrite the words from the Word Tips table on the dry erase board. Have your group help you choose words from the Word Tips table. Older participants may want to suggest their own words to fill in the MadLibs. Fill in the cho-sen words and read aloud with enthusiasm!
Garden Mad Libs
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Individual Activity DirectionsChoose a word for each part of speech below. See the Word Tips sheet for some word ideas you can use. Read the story on page 2 out loud, filling your words in the blanks. Laugh and laugh some more.
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Garden Mad Libs
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This spring, Ziggy the _______________ ___________________ planted a garden. His best friend, Artie
the _______________ ____________________ helped him to till the soil. They planted ____________
__________________S , ________________ _____________ and ___________________________.
They watered and waited patiently for the first _______________________ seeds to sprout. Nothing
happened. So they decided to __________________________ the ___________________________
and see what would happen. One Saturday, they went to the garden. Wow! They saw that a
______________________ and _________________ ________________ were sprouting. They
shouted “ ____________________________!” and __________________________-ed away. The
next day they invited all their friends to come see the ______________________, _______________
______________ that had __________________-ed in the garden. Their friends all agreed that the
_______________________was the most __________________________ ___________________
anyone around had ever grown.
The garden was a _________________ success!
THE END
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Ziggy in the Garden
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Word Tips
Word TipsNoun Verb Adjective Silly Words (noun)cat slink slimy toe jamzebra dig green robot headtomato drive bright pants watermelon hit silly rabbit’s footcabbage eat purple space alien potato jump smelly plumberworm shout sneaky underwearcucumber read old stroller snake roll freaky detectivecorn play red socksquirrel smell fresh tractormotorcycle fly bumpy dust bunnypickle love scary kerflufflerat sleep yellow copy cathat scoop scruffy acrobatpie crawl droopy bug bite
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Garden Funnies 2
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What does Santa do in his garden? Hoe, hoe, hoe!What green and bumpy and wears sunglasses? A cucumber on vacation!What do you call a worm with no teeth? A gummy worm!How do you know where a worms head is? Tickle it in the middle and see which end laughs!What do you call it when worms take over the world? Global WormingWhat did the lettuce say to the celery? Quit stalking me.What´s green and sings? Elvis ParsleyWhat does the letter “A” have in common with a flower? They both have bees coming after them.What is a clock’s favorite herb? Thyme!
Knock Knock!
Who’s there?
Arthur!
Arthur who?
Arthur any beets in your garden?
Knock, knock
Who’s there?
Lettuce.
Lettuce who?
Lettuce in, it’s cold out here.
What’s black and white, black and white, black and white, and green? Three zebras fighting over a cucumber!What dance makes worms wiggle with fright? The chicken dance! What does a bee use to style its hair? A honeycomb!Why did the tomato blush? Because he saw the salad dressing!What’s the fastest vegetable? A runner bean!What is green and bumpy, but also black and white? A cucumber in a tuxedo!What’s black and white and red all over? A beet reading the newspaper!
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What flower grows between your nose and your mouth? Tulips.What vegetable can you use to fly a kite? String beans!How do you change a pumpkin into a different vegetable? You throw it up in the air and it comes down squashWhat is green and goes to summer camp? A brussels scout!Why did the cabbage win the race? Because it was ahead!What does corn say when it feels embarrassed? “Aw, shucks!”Why do potatoes always argue? Because they can never see eye to eye.What’s green and a sharp shooter? Annie Okra!
Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Honeydew!
Honeydew who?
Honeydew you wanna hear some garden jokes?
Knock, Knock!
Who’s there?
Leaf.
Leaf Who?
Leaf me alone.
Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Figs.
Figs who?
Figs the doorbell, it’s
broken!
What vegetable do you need a plumber for? A leek!What the cucumber say to the dill? This is a fine pickle you got us into.Why shouldn’t you tell secrets in a cornfield? There are too many ears!How do you catch a rabbit? Hide behind a tree and make a sound like a carrot.How do you make a cucumber laugh? Tell him an elephant joke!Why did the worm cross the ruler? To become an inch worm!What kind of beans can’t grow in a garden? Jelly Beans.What did one rose say to the other? “Hi Bud.”
What’s Your Favorite Veggie?
Color and label your favorite fruits and vegetables. If your favorite isn’t pictured here, draw it on the back of this page.
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