Printable Fruit Vocabulary Cards

Since we are studying fruits and vegetables this week in our science unit study, I wanted to include a set of free printable fruit vocabulary cards for my younger girls, ages 5 and 7. These types of vocabulary cards are also called 3-part cards in some homeschool and teaching circles.

I’ve only made a few sets of 3-part vocabulary cards, but I must remember to add these to my printable queue since my girls always enjoy them!

This set of printable fruit cards added a fun element to our learning!

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Free Printable Fruit Vocabulary Cards

I often use high-quality clip art for my worksheets and printable activities, however, I wanted to use real pictures for this set of fruit vocabulary cards.

This set includes 20 fruit cards including:

• red apples and green apples
• blackberries
• blueberries
• red grapes and green grapes
• oranges
• pineapple
• cantaloupe
• kiwi
• lemon
• peach
• raspberry
• strawberry
• pears
• plums
• watermelon
• bananas
• cherries
• coconut

Creative Ideas for Using Fruit Vocabulary Cards

You can use this set of Fruit Vocabulary Cards as you would any set of 3-part cards in the Montessori style.

Even though they seem simple, these vocabulary cards can be used with children into upper elementary school and possibly even middle school if you want to continue work with spelling and vocabulary.

Browse through the creative ideas below and choose the suggestions that are the best fit for your children.

• Use as a traditional matching, Memory-style game
• If your child can read, have him match the word to the fruit
• Sort the cards by beginning sound or beginning letter
• Sort the cards by color
• Sort the cards by preference – which ones your kiddos like and which ones they don’t!
• Sort the cards into two groups: those fruits they have tried and those they have not
• If you have these fruits at home, have your child match the card to the actual fruit
• Sort by category: grows on a bush, grows on a vine, grows on a tree, grows on a plant
• Use as spelling words for the week – This is a great opportunity to practice phonics and spelling. Work on beginning sounds, vowel teams, digraphs, and more.
• Draw a fruit and use in a sentence
• Match the fruits to the pages of the fruit book you’re reading.
• Pair these cards with the Fruit Coloring Pages. How fun!

We’re using The Fruits We Eat by Gail Gibbons as one of the spines in our Fruits and Vegetables unit study.  My kiddos are using the cards as a hide and seek activity with this book.

This is how we play:

They draw a card and find it in the book.  Then we read all about the fruit and how it grows.  This has been a great activity!

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Lauren Hill

Lauren Hill is a Christian mom to 5, ages 19 to 7. She homeschools her children in the classical education tradition and is currently in her 15th year of homeschool. She creates engaging worksheets and hands-on printable activities for Preschool and Elementary age children to supplement their daily studies.

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