Students at Woodson Kindergarten Center have been able to have healthy snacks during school, and now parents will get a taste too.

Woodson Kindergarten Center was chosen to receive a state grant to fund the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, which encourages healthy eating in young students for the 2015-2016 school year.

As part of this program, the Austin Public Library will host a Look and Cook class from 5 to 6 p.m. Thursday for Woodson students and their families. The free event gives families a “taste” of the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program through various activities like Taste the Rainbow, Look and Cook, Fruit-a-licous Breakfast Cups, and dancing to the “Five Food Groups” song with Principal Jessica Cabeen.

The program has helped Woodson students snack on fresh fruits and vegetables such as pears, grapes, green beans, plum, bell pepper slices, zucchini slices, grape tomatoes, celery, cantaloupe, oranges, jicama, broccoli, strawberries and more, three times weekly.

Along with the fresh fruit and vegetable snacks, teachers are incorporating nutrition education during snack time as well with the goal of getting young school children to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, improving eating habits and helping schools create healthier school environments.

All Woodson students and their families are invited to Thursday’s event, which will be held in the large meeting room at the library.