Don't get me wrong. Some days I wish she would eat a granola bar. Or pretzels. Or goldfish. Or even fast food. Besides fruit she literally eats about 7 different things. And has gotten worse as she got older, not better.
Don't get me wrong. Some days I wish she would eat a granola bar. Or pretzels. Or goldfish. Or even fast food. Besides fruit she literally eats about 7 different things. And has gotten worse as she got older, not better.
Oh, doh- you're happy she gets to have a snack (she'll eat)- not that she won't have to slum it with the goldfish eaters.
My picky one doesn't have your DD's special circumstances, she's just garden variety food snob. She doesn't always like what I send in, so she skips those days. It's just a lot messier when the vast majority of the class aren't as fortunate- I'm not willing to send my kids separate snacks under these circumstances (I absolutely would if it was more common).
the free breakfasts in our district are so bad. Very lacking in protein, very high in sugar. It makes me mad that we can't offer better breakfast options. Lunch is much more well rounded. Whoever mentioned "Big Cereal" upthread it totally makes sense now!
here are examples from this month, they can pick one of the options
A. cinni minis B. Trix Bar and yogurt
A. Cinnamon Toast Crunch bar B. Apple Jacks Pouch and string cheese
plus a piece of fruit and milk or juice
Wow, that's crazy some days only sugar cereal is offered! Our district offers free breakfast for everyone but they seem to offer a lot of variety. Cereal is offered everyday with a graham cracker, but there always 2 or 3 other options everyday that include chicken biscuit, sausage biscuit, something with egg, and sometimes french toast sticks, mini waffles or mini pancakes. But I was pleased to see there was something with protein and egg offered everyday. Of course my daughter doesn't like eggs but she likes the sausage biscuit and chicken biscuit.
Thank you so much for the snack suggestions, shared experiences from MOOKS and advice on how to handle this. FWIW, I don’t have any issue with goldfish or granola bars or carby snacks but my kid does do better with a snack with protein and gets quite bouncy with sugar (even from “fruit” gummies) so that is why I would prefer to send his own snack.
Post by ellipses84 on Aug 18, 2019 14:04:28 GMT -5
I get a lot of snacks like this on subscribe and save on Amazon. My kids are tired of what is regularly at Costco and some of the stuff they liked is no longer available. It’s allowed us to get new flavors or single boxes of the flavor they like most for things like z-bars.
DS is starting kindergarten in September, it’s full day (9:40 am - 3:40 pm) and they don’t do snack time. He eats breakfast at 7, a snack at school at 8 and I am sure he will eat the second he gets off the bus at 4 lol. I plan on just packing him a big lunch with lots of protein. I don’t have an issue with sending in bulk snacks, but wonder how does that work if your kid does before and after care off site - are they supposed to lug a big box of snacks every month on and off the bus?
At our school (K-2), kids have to bring in a "healthy" snack each day. I think snack is a good idea because kids do lose focus, and last year my kid didn't eat lunch until 12:30 (school starts at 9). Snack was at 11ish...
My kids have forgotten their snack a handful of times, and the teacher gave them soda crackers from her stash. I sent in replacement back up items.
I imagine having parents send in 24 snacks at once prevents the singling out of any kids that have a difficult time bringing in a snack/a sufficient snack each day (whether because of money or parents that neglect that habitually). Some kids aren't going to be bringing in 24 snacks, but with daily absences, leftover from previous months, and some filling in from the teacher no doubt, it won't be as noticeable.
It would bug me a little because my oldest is not naturally thin and always teeters right on the edge of being overweight (even though he eats pretty healthy/is active). And, I know a ton of parents would send in chips/cookies, but I also want to help that kid that sits there each day and has no snack to pull out.
DD's school does snack. K brings 2 snacks and every other grade brings 1. When they have snack time depends on their lunch time but they tend to eat while they have independent reading or writing. The teachers request something that is fairly neat to eat but also say that if you realize as you are packing snack that all you have to send is a yogurt tube, then send the yogurt and don't worry about it.
I most often send DD with popcorn. Skinny Pop and Smartfood both make single serve bags but I buy a big bag and put it in a Lunchskins baggie. She also likes nut-free granola bars and Z-bars. We just have to avoid things with actual nuts, not things that are processed in facilities with nuts. According to DD, popcorn is the most common snack item.
I don't worry terribly much about the snack. It's just something to tide her over between breakfast and lunch.
If I didn’t allow for snack time in my class, all I would here is “I’m hungry. When’s lunch?”
I even snack! I can’t function if I don’t eat. Some kids have to get up so early for before school care and need food before lunch which last year was around 11:00. That’s way too long to go without food for anyone.
Absolutely agree! By times, I have kids who are snackish during the day (I teach grade 6ish, but it’s still elementary here) despite having a recess snack at around 10:30 and lunch at 12:10. Within reason (ie not to avoid an unpleasant task or not too often), I have zero issues letting kids duck into the cloakroom and having a small snack during class time, esp since a lot of my kids end up spending their breaks doing service jobs like peer helpers or kindy monitors.
I get a lot of snacks like this on subscribe and save on Amazon. My kids are tired of what is regularly at Costco and some of the stuff they liked is no longer available. It’s allowed us to get new flavors or single boxes of the flavor they like most for things like z-bars.
Ooh, can you share? I’m always looking for new snacks!
Well today he had mini chips ahoy for snack. I couldn’t understand if the teacher walked around with a variety of snacks and he picked it or if she just handed out 1 type for everyone. Kindergarten telephone 😂
After thinking about it, I’m just going to be extra mindful of the sugar I give him at home on school days and reach out to the teacher if there starts to be behavior problems.
Well today he had mini chips ahoy for snack. I couldn’t understand if the teacher walked around with a variety of snacks and he picked it or if she just handed out 1 type for everyone. Kindergarten telephone 😂
After thinking about it, I’m just going to be extra mindful of the sugar I give him at home on school days and reach out to the teacher if there starts to be behavior problems.
I’m super-breezy about snacks, but i would be unhappy about cookies for snack at school. I think watching sugar intake the rest of the time is probably the best solution. It sounds like the teacher is doing the best they can and I wouldn’t want to add more to their plate.
This post got me thinking about how privileged we all are. In C’s kindergarten class, they brought individual snacks every day. There were THREE kids who never brought a snack all year. Ever.
This thread made me think of how much privilege we all have.
For the record, we of course supplied emergency snacks for the class and the favorite was always goldfish.
Well today he had mini chips ahoy for snack. I couldn’t understand if the teacher walked around with a variety of snacks and he picked it or if she just handed out 1 type for everyone. Kindergarten telephone 😂
After thinking about it, I’m just going to be extra mindful of the sugar I give him at home on school days and reach out to the teacher if there starts to be behavior problems.
I’m super-breezy about snacks, but i would be unhappy about cookies for snack at school. I think watching sugar intake the rest of the time is probably the best solution. It sounds like the teacher is doing the best they can and I wouldn’t want to add more to their plate.
I’m wondering if it was a first day of school treat? If it’s still sugary snacks after 2 weeks I think I will say something. It doesn’t have to be an ideal, protein &/or fruit snack but it doesn’t need to be as sweet as cookies.