Our classroom snack policy has changed.  In the spirit of following Dr. Montessori’s recommendations for child nutrition, and in order to align with school policy for snack, our classroom will be participating in child/family provided snack.   This routine will allow children the opportunity to practice practical life skills of preparing snack and cleaning up afterward.  Students will provide and prepare snack 4 days out of the week for 26 students.  Please adhere to the approved items as it will streamline snack time and eliminate possibility of messy spills and stains in our classroom.

In order to ensure that snack does not become a distraction, our class is limiting the approved items to the following list:

• Mini bagels with cream cheese
• Fruit (ex. apples, clementines, bananas, strawberries, blueberries, cucumber, melon – cut at home, grapes, cherry tomatoes)
• Cheese Sticks
• Veggies (ex. carrots, broccoli, celery)
• Crackers with cheese (pre-cut)
• Granola Bars (no chocolate chips please)
• Fruit Leather (no fruit snacks or fruit roll-ups please)
• Mini-muffins
• Whole Grain bread with jam

You can sign up for snack at this link.

Thank you.

I’m so excited for this first week of school!  In my excitement, I forgot several very important items.  Please be sure you take note of these so your child can have a successful, healthy experience.

• Students should bring a water bottle with them to school every day.  If they want to leave it here for the week, we have a place to store them.  Only water should be in water bottles.  No juice, soda, sport drinks.  We are very busy inside and out and regularly drinking water will ward off dehydration and headaches.
• If your student would like a snack during the morning hours prior to lunch, please send a little something extra in their lunch.  Snack items should be healthy and take no more than 10 minutes to eat.  Suggestions for snack are a small piece of fruit, cheese stick, yogurt, handful of nuts or trail mix (no m&ms please).  This individual snack arrangement worked really well for our class last year so we will be continuing this year in the same manner.
• Sunscreen and hats.  We are outside more often in the first couple of weeks of school than normal.  Please be sure your child applies sunscreen in the morning before school to avoid sunburn.  Sunscreen wipes are available and can easily be tucked into lunch boxes so your child can reapply before recess.  A sunhat is also an appropriate outdoor clothing item and will protect your kiddo from sun damage.

As always, if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to email.