“Potato” explained in 4 pictures
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Children understand that potatoes are a vegetable, that they grow underground, and that they can be eaten in many different dishes
💬 What Is a Potato?
A potato is a kind of vegetable. Potatoes are part of the vegetable family. They can be round or a little bumpy in shape.
🤔 Have you ever seen a potato? What shape was it?
💬 Potatoes Grow Underground
Potatoes grow underground. Green leaves grow above the ground. In the soil, the potatoes slowly get bigger.
🤔 Do potatoes grow bigger above the soil or under the soil?
💬 Let's Look Inside a Potato
A potato has a thin skin on the outside. When you cut it, the inside is whitish. When you cook it, it becomes soft.
🤔 How are the outside color and the inside color different?
💬 Many Kinds of Potato Dishes
Potatoes are often cooked before we eat them. We can boil them, bake them, or fry them. They can become potato salad or French fries.
🤔 Which potato dishes have you eaten before?