Snacks and Lunches

It's a long day in Room 23 when you are three or four. To keep up our energy, we refuel often. We have a morning snack, lunch and then an afternoon snack every day. The children are usually pretty hungry for morning snack and we have to remind them to only have one thing so they will have enough to last the day. For most children it would be good to have a few things for morning snack, lots for lunch and one or two again for the afternoon. We help them to find their snack foods and to space out their food through the day. It would help them if they had lots of choices, whether they end up eating them all or not. It's good to have a variety of choices for them. That way they will at least eat and be full. We are encouraging them to eat a protein or a fruit/veg or both for their first snack. They need another protein and some fruit and veg for their lunch and then for their last snack we encourage them to finish whatever is still in their lunch bag. We are seeing all kinds of creative lunches coming in; wraps, boiled eggs, soups, pastas, little pots of lunch meats, cheese squares, sandwiches cut with cookie cutter shapes, celery with wow butter and raisins, little jars of seeds. We know it's a challenge packing lunches every day, so we wanted to let you know how much they help the children's day. Thanks for all your hard work!