Need ideas for pre-school snack

[AnnetteF]

DD is 3 and just started pre-k 3. She's only there for 2 1/2 hours 2 days a week but already, I'm running out of ideas for a healthy snack to send with her. I don't want to send the same thing every day. What kind of snack do you send with your child?

 

[mytwotinks]

I'm sure that these are some of the things you've already thought of, but here's my list.

• grapes
• cheese sticks
• granola bars (healthy one's from wild oats)
• bananas with peanut butter and choc. syrup(just a little!) frozen on sticks
• trail mix (cheerios, peanuts, cheezits, m&m's, marshmallows, raisins)
• tea sandwiches (cut into little squares with no crust)
• sliced apples (coated in OJ to keep from browning) with peanut butter to dip
• crackers with cream cheese and pepperoni
  
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I know not all of these are that healthy, but really if you saw some of the other stuff that the kids had sent in you'd understand why I gave up with the 100% healthy stuff.

 

[Desnik]

Thanksfully DS's preschool provides the snack. From what he has told me it doesn't seem too healthy!LOL He has had Goldfish, cookies, animal crackers, yogurt. Remember with them only being there 2 and a half hours they don't get too much time for snack so I would keep it simple. Lunchables makes a toddler pack now and it is the perfect amount for a snack and they have 3 different things to eat in each pack. DS loves the one that has mini ritz crackers, slices of cheses and tiny cube shaped pieces of turkey. They also make 2 other kiinds, one with strawberry yogurt. That might be a good option.

 

[mom2aredhead]

Lunchables makes a toddler pack now and it is the perfect amount for a snack and they have 3 different things to eat in each pack. DS loves the one that has mini ritz crackers, slices of cheses and tiny cube shaped pieces of turkey. They also make 2 other kinds, one with strawberry yogurt. That might be a good option.

I just saw that in my son's school - one of the kids brought it in. They look super convenient. He had the one with strawberry yogurt, cut up cheese and (I think) graham crackers or teddy grahams...Perfect toddler size snack - although we bring in community snack for the class, so maybe this kid brought it for lunch?
Anyway, for community snack, we bring in cheese crackers (the keebler ones that have the cheese on them already), pretzels, goldfish, animal crackers, stuff like that. During the summer when he was there for "camp" (daycare) I sent the extremely-not-healthy-but-very-well-liked ice pops (they play outside quite a bit and the teachers said the kids like them)
His school is peanut free, so we have to be careful with the granola bar/trail mix kind of things, and absolutely cannot have peanut butter (I've been sending him with Sun Butter sandwiches, and so far they have passed as the real thing - I let the teachers know what it was so they would not worry)

 

[mjantz]

-pretzels sticks with cubes of cheese on the ends
-bananas with a drizzle of honey
-teddy grahams & yogurt for dipping
-fruit kabobs

 

[bookgirl]

DD is 3 and just started pre-k 3. She's only there for 2 1/2 hours 2 days a week but already, I'm running out of ideas for a healthy snack to send with her. I don't want to send the same thing every day. What kind of snack do you send with your child?

I actually wouldn't worry about it. Toddlers and preschoolers seem to like repetition. I'd say send what she likes and is easy and when she gets tired of it then worry about a change.

We use to do toast (really I'd toast bread and cut into squares the boys liked bread), cereal, goldfish, orange slices, apples, cheese and crackers/pb and crackers and most of the usual stuff.

 

[Disneymoon]

I teach PreK at a public school (we are peanut free). Here are some of things my parents send in:

-mini muffins
-goldfish
-yogurt
-pretzels
-cheese cubes
-granola bars
-fresh fruit and veggies, cut up
-mini rice cakes
-lunch meat pinwheels (deli meat, cheese, and spread rolled up and then cut)
-dry cereal
-animal crackers
-veggie chips

HTH!

 

[MSSANDRA]

preschool director here.

First be sure to follow the guidelines. many schools are peanut free and others have other health guildline.
After that, consider trying to match the snack to the weeky theme if there is one. It is so much fun and the children love it and teachers appreciate the reinforment.
Last week at our school was "B" Bear week. Throughout the school we had teddy grahams, banannas, blueberries, blue milk, blueberry muffins, blue pudding(vanilla with color), teddy shaped sandwiches to name a few. This week is ocean and one parent is sending in blue jello with gummy fish in.

If your school does not have themes, some stand-by favorites are:

fresh fruit
fun shaped crackers
cheese
drinkable yougurt
pudding cups
muffins
tiny sandwiches (do not add mustard/mayo etc.

Just plan and prepare with your child and have fun with whatever you choose.

 

[scrapquitler]

Why worry abou the repetition? Its only 2X per week, and most little kids don't mind (and if she gets tired of the same snack, she'll let you know!). Most importantly, make it something she can open and feed herself without help. I used to work in a pre-school setting, and when you have 15 kids who all need help opening the bag of snack, juice box or whatever, they tend to get impatient waiting their turn, not to mention that they probably don't have all that long for snack time.

 

[MSSANDRA]

I think I am off... At our school the children take turns bringing snack for the class. That was my thinking. Rereading it seems that it is just her snack. Easy then... send her favorite in an easy to open package and she will be happy. No matter if it is the same everyday or not.