Franken-Fruit
Fruit Salad in One Bite!

Beginner

​Using toys or real fruit, practice naming fruits out loud together.

Tip: Emphasize the small words that combine to create the full name (ex: blue-berries, dragon-fruit, water-melon).

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Intermediate

 Find fruits whose names have two words in them. Enunciate the two words and discuss why the fruit’s name might contain those words (ex: blue-berries are blue!)

Tip: Experiment with what happens when you swap the order of the two words (ex: dragon-fruit becomes fruit-dragon, water-melon becomes melon-water). 

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Experienced

Invent new fruits by mixing together the names of two original fruits (ex: blue-melon, pine-berry, straw-fruit). Imagine how these invented fruits would smell, look, taste, etc.

Tip: Draw pictures of how the invented fruits might look. Test their taste by combining the two original fruits into a smoothie or baking recipe.