Hunger & the Food Bank SEL Lesson | Preschool Food Drive
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Number of Pages:
24
- Description
Start a thoughtful, age-appropriate conversation about hunger and helping neighbors with this preschool SEL lesson. Children explore how hunger can feel, learn what a food bank does, and talk about ways people can help.
Use the song, emotion cards, posters, and guided questions to make a sensitive topic easier to discuss. If you choose to organize a classroom food drive, an editable family letter and collection signs give you materials to invite families to participate.
What's Included
- Teacher support: Teacher tips and a preschool picture book list.
- Food bank song: “Down Around the Corner at the Food Bank,” with a lyric card and printables about giving food donations.
- Guided lessons: A hunger lesson and a food bank lesson, each with discussion questions, plus “What Can We Do?” discussion questions.
- Feelings and food visuals: 6 emotion cards, a “How does your body feel when you are hungry?” poster, and 9 food cards for the food bank.
- Classroom posters: “Hunger & the Food Bank,” “Food for the Food Bank,” and “Helping Others.”
- Food-drive materials: An editable letter to parents, food bank donation-bin signs, and “We are Collecting for the Food Bank” signs. Both sets of signs come in full- and half-page sizes.
Learning Benefits
- Empathy and social awareness: Children consider how hunger can affect others and why community support matters.
- Feelings vocabulary: Emotion cards and the hunger poster help children talk about how bodies and feelings respond to hunger.
- Community understanding: Children learn what a food bank is and discuss how people can help.
- Helping others: A classroom food-drive project, if you choose to hold one, offers a shared way to take action.
Important Digital Details
- Instant Download: Access your file immediately after purchase. No physical items will be shipped.
- Print and Prep: For best results, print posters, signs & cards on cardstock and laminate for rugged, daily classroom use. Print instructions and letter on standard 8.5" x 11" paper.
- Usage Policy: Licensed for personal use or a single classroom only.