Each week, a family will be
responsible for providing snack for the entire classroom. We usually have a
morning and afternoon snack and there will be 9 students in the class. You will
end up having about 4-5 turns as snack provider throughout the year, and the
rest of the time you get to relax!
I will
provide snack the first week of school - after that, I'll make up a list and
will let you know the schedule soon.
With our continued emphasis on becoming a
healthier school, it is more important than ever to educate our children about
the importance of putting good things in their bodies. A great way to do this
is to have your children be more involved in the planning, shopping and simple
preparation of the snacks they bring in to share.
I would
prefer most, if not all, of the snacks to be fruits and vegetables. Most children simply
do not get the recommended servings per day, and this is an easy way to
encourage this. Also, with fruits and vegetables, we don't have to worry about
hidden transfats, unnecessary additives, or sneaky nut contamination (remember,
we are a nut-free school!). Several children in our class have severe
allergies. Again, with fruits and vegetables, we just don't have to worry about
unintentionally making someone ill.
Here are some
suggestions:
Fruits:
berries, bananas,
apples, grapes, melon chunks, kiwis, clementines, oranges, etc.
frozen fruits are a
nice change of pace - frozen grapes, frozen berries, frozen all-fruit bars (no
sugar added)
dried fruits, like apricots and raisins
Vegetables:
carrot sticks,
celery, cucumbers, broccoli, red and green pepper strips
Besides fruits and vegetables, big containers of natural yogurt are great (please, no Gogurts), as is string cheese. Plain popcorn (we have an air popper), rice crackers, and pretzels are a nice occasional treat.
So, a typical week's
snack bag may look like this:
9 large bananas, 9
small apples, 9 clementines, 3 big bunches of grapes, carrot and celery sticks
with sunbutter, small cucumbers, 9 raisin boxes, bell pepper strips, 9 string
cheeses, and a bag of popcorn kernels.
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