When I was plundering through the Target Dollar Spot recently, I came across these little erasers shaped like food, and decided to use them for a food classification activity. They have sets of fruit, vegetables, and desserts. I’m going to have children use the classification mat I made, and sort them according to which foods are healthy foods and which are unhealthy foods. This activity will be in our science center.
Run right down to Target and get you some before they’re sold
. Just in case you don’t, I included some printable food pictures you can cut apart for sorting on the mats. I also made a mat for classifying Fruits and Vegetables.
To download the mats, just click the link below:
Healthy/Unhealthy Food Classification Mats
Note: If you want to print the mats, but not the food pictures, just hit CTRL-P and in the next box you see, select the page numbers you want to print (on Windows).

























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I LOVE it! Back to Target…. Thanks!
thanks for commenting, Eilis!
Bought them today because of your post!
My little one asked what the white vegetable is … I have no idea! Do you know what it is?
Actually, I couldn’t figure out what that was, either.
I think it is suppose to be squash or endame perhaps? Weird one though that not ANY kids will know….
thanks, Sarah.
Update: My group decided to pull the erasers apart (which is easy to do), so I solved it by hot gluing the separated pieces together.
Same here!
I can’t get there until tomorrow! I hope I can find them; this looks terrific.
Hi Karen– I got a lot of these last fall at the Dollar Tree. Also I saw some in the “clearance area” at Office Max last fall. I am so glad to have the classification mats! But I agree, you WILL HAVE to glue them. Mine fell apart as I opened the packages.
thanks, Janet.
I laminated both mats and bought all the erasers at Target. The children played with them yesterday and had fun with them too.
that’s great, Phyllis!
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Hi Gloria! Thank you so much! That’s very sweet of you!
Those are great. I need to get me some. I’m new here. I love your hands of activities.
thanks so much, Veronica!
This is so awesome! I’m afraid I missed these erasers at our store. : ( What a bummer!