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Our Programs

Spoons Across America offers hands-on food literacy programs for children from Pre-K through 5th grade, along with easy home activities for families. Our classroom programs combine tastings, simple recipes, nutrition learning, cultural exploration, and age-appropriate culinary skills to build confidence and healthy habits. Educators receive the full printed curriculum and a Food Explorers Kit with all essential non-disposable tools needed to teach each program, while families can access easy, child-friendly home activities that bring food discovery into everyday life.

Spoons Across America's
School Programs

Our nationally available school programs bring hands-on food and nutrition education to children from Pre-K through 5th grade. Through age-appropriate lessons that include tastings, simple recipes, cultural exploration, and foundational culinary and nutrition skills, students build confidence, curiosity, and healthy habits.

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Beginning Explorers
PreK/K + 1st Grade

Beginning Explorers introduces young children to healthy food discovery through simple tastings, hands-on activities, and story-based lessons that build early curiosity, confidence, and foundational learning skills.

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Intermediate Explorers
2nd + 3rd Grade

These lessons help children explore food from different cultures and learn how to make thoughtful, healthy choices through simple hands-on recipes.

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Advanced Explorers
4th + 5th Grade

These lessons help children understand how food connects to the environment and their bodies while building confidence in cooking, exploring food-related careers, and creating their own flavorful, nutritious recipes.

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The Food Exploration Project
1st - 5th Grade

Twelve lessons covering a wide range of nutrition and culinary topics. Works great in locations where mixed-age groups are together and/or where repetition amongst various grades is desired.

Spoons Across America's
Home Programs

Our home programs bring food discovery into everyday life with simple, family-friendly activities that encourage children to taste new foods, build basic kitchen skills, and explore where food comes from. Designed to be easy for caregivers to use at home, these activities support healthy habits and curiosity through hands-on learning that fits naturally into daily routines.

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Food Exploration Project
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The Food Exploration Project — Homeschooling leads children through hands-on lessons where they explore fresh ingredients, learn simple cooking skills, and understand how food travels from farm to table. Each themed session includes a healthy recipe to prepare and taste, culminating in a final “Dinner Party” children create for their family.​

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Food Explorers Challenge

The Food Explorers Challenge is a home-based program that helps children learn about fruits from around the world and become confident food explorers by tasting and discovering new ingredients. Each Food Explorers Kit includes five sets of interactive educational materials along with a Parent Guide to support fun, hands-on learning at home.

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