Our kindergarten teacher is asking. Please send a NUTRITIOUS snack everyday?

Question

that your child can handle without adult help. NO cookies, candy etc. can anyone give me a list or some suggestions of nutritious SNACKS that a 5 year old can handle by himself???/ thank you so much!

Answer 1

Some nutritious snacks you could send could be nutri-grain bars, grapes, sugar- free yogurt, celery sticks, apple slices, peaches, orange juice boxes, cheerios, other whole grain cereal, graham crackers, granola bars, and real fruit gummies. If your child has access to a refrigerator, milk boxes would also be a good, healthy choice. hope you find one of these useful!!!

Answer 2

My son gets a bag of baked chips, a natural fruit strip and a juice box. Its not the best, but its not junk food either.

Crackers and cheese

Apples and cheese

Veggis and dip

Graham crackers and applesauce

Graham crackers and yogurt

Answer 3

Small finger foods like crackers that have cheese or peanut butter to dip it in, crackers, cheez-it, or little 100 calorie packages of chips-ahoy or oreos.

Answer 4

Raisens, bananas, NutriGrain bars, small bags of nuts, a zip lock with dry cereal, yogurt, 1/2 a PBJ,  etc.

Answer 5

You've received a ton of answers - good ones.  

1. Goldfish crackers

2. Wheat thins - a flavor your child will like

3. Teddy Grams

4.  fruit roll-up

5.  pretzels

I never give her anything that requires a spoon.  Also, she only eats a few fruits and veggies but only during dinner or snacks at our house, not OUTSIDE of our house.  So, anything raw she wouldn't touch.  Keep that in mind, if your child is the same.  You got a lot of ideas for veggies and fruits, but the above are some OTHER ideas for snacks, for those 5 year olds who are still picky eaters.

In Kindergarten we had to bring in something all the kids share.  We did this every 6 weeks or so.  In first grade, they eat a snack everyday, so I have to pack one for her everyday.  I hope they cut the snack out in 2nd grade - one less thing I have to remember!

Answer 6

Fruit is a good one - if you make a tiny slit at the top of a banana it's easier to peel, and you can split an orange or satsuma etc. into segments and put them in a little plastic box. Grapes or apples most five year olds can handle as-is.

If you are a cook, you can make muffins with fruit in, freeze them, and take one out each morning. My kids love the cocoa courgette ones! They LOOK like ordinary cake but are full of vegetables :) Even if you aren't a cook, consider it - they are drop dead simple to make.

Edit: reading the other answers with my jaw on the table. You have to SLICE apples? And grapes are considered dangerous? And pre-open cereal bar packets? Her child's five, folks, not two! I hesitated with even saying you needed to segment the orange - because I sure didn't for my five year olds!

Answer 7

apples, they sell them in cut packages now, carrots, my son loves the little carrots and they sell the in individual packages as well.  Grapes are easy.........think fruit snacks but check for the amount of sugar, raisins too,

Answer 8

♥ Graham crackers are great.

♥ Strawberries, apples and other fruits are sweet.

♥ Ants on a log are fun. They're celery sticks with peanut butter (to make it look like a log) with a few rasins on it (to look like ants).

And these are just a few things. Creative things like ants on a log are fun, healthy, and delicious. And there are plenty of 100 calorie snack packs.

Good luck!

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Answer 10

Apples, grapes, plain popcorn, applesauce, whole grain crackers, whole grain pretzels, bananas, cereal bars... I see you're getting a lot of suggestions to send things that contain peanut butter. Check with the school before you do that because a lot of schools ban peanuts completely because of kids who have allergies. My son's school does this and peanut butter is one of the only things he likes so I bought him "sunbutter"- it's made from sunflower seeds and I'm hoping he can take that instead.

Answer 11

I think that your teacher is trying to teach the students how to manage eating healthy things by themselves through example.  It is very easy if the parents follow through with it also so here are a few easy healthy things that your child could pack.

i recommend pre packaged things like:

100 calorie packs

gram crackers

fig newtons

granola bars

yogurt

milk

anything like that.   be creative

Answer 12

We had same request from our k-garten teach.  Here's what we sent:

Pretzels

2% Milk cheese sticks

Fig Newtons

Apple Slices

Whole grain Goldfish

Raisins/Yogurt covered Raisins

Dried Fruit Mix

Trail Mix

Answer 13

Natural Cheetos. http://www.fritolay.com/fl/flstore/cgi-b...

Answer 14

You can buy packets of carrots and celary with a bit of peanut butter.

Also kids love the little stick crackers with the peanut butter.

Or maybe you could slice some apples up in the morning and put it in a zip lock baggie.

Answer 15

We have had to do this every year........here are some ideas......

if your child is working on a particular letter, number or color that week focus on using that as your inspriration, like a snack that starts with that letter, or say 10 goldfish & 10 pretzels if they are working on that #, or maybe they are working on the color orange, then you could serve orange slices.

As for snacks they can do themselves, I think what they mean is something your child can bring to school and pass out without assistance.

nutrcious snacks can be:

mini muffins

fruit

cheese

lettuce wraps, with lunch meat

finger sandwitches

grahm crackers

pretzels

goldfish

trail mix

dried fruit (not usually a winner)

granola bars

cheese and crackers

raw veggies (carrot sticks, and cucumbers are a fav.) (celery, bell pepper, are least favs.)

pinwheels

gogurts

  

Hope this helps, basically anything that does not need to be heated, or that won't  give them a sugar high!

Answer 16

***Slice up some apples and send them in a zip lock bag.

Actually any fruit would work.

***I would also consider crackers and cheese slices. Kids love putting those together. It makes them feel grown up for some reason.

***Apple Sauce or fruit cups are good too but I'm not sure about the packaging it comes in. I no longer have little ones so mine can all handle this stuff on their own.

That's all I can think of right now but once you get to the grocery store you'll find lots of stuff that works.

Answer 17

One of my friends gave me this idea, and I've used it for the past three years with my kids.  Whatever they bring has to grow on a plant or tree.  They bring nothing but fresh fruits and vegetables for snacktime, and this has worked out GREAT!  Once in a while we run out, so then I send them with raisins, applesauce, or yogurt.  They have never once complained, and they enjoy trying out different fruits to see which ones they like more.  It doesn't need to be refrigerated, and I know that at least once a day they get a good serving of fruits and vegetables.  Get him used to this now, and then if next year there is a kid with a peanut allergy in his class, he won't have to adjust anything...

Answer 18

Granola Bars, Anything by Quaker Oats is always good, Apple Slices (with lemon like the other person suggested), Graham crackers, Those little cheese/peanut butter crackers, any form of berry (raspberry, blueberry, ect.), celery w/ peanut butter, apple sauce. just put whatever you give him in a tubberware container so it does not squish. :)

Answer 19

baby carots with dip

monkey bars

fruit in a container

fruit by the foot

graham crackers

raisens

Apples wedges

Nutrigrain bars

apple juice

yoghurt pouches

fruit winders

dried fruit

banana crackers

orange cut ups

chease strings

grapes

Popcorn

Go-Gurt

Rice cakes

ritz crackers with cheese

apple sauce

mini muffins

lettuce wraps, with lunch meat

finger sandwitches

grahm crackers

pretzels

goldfish

pinwheels

man i think i gave u a whole year suply of snaks & im only 17

Answer 20

-Whole grain crackers with a string of cheese

-A apple/celery stick/granola bar with natrual peanutbutter and raisins

-Yogurt with fruit

Answer 21

crackers with pb, jelly, or cheese... sunflower seeds, fruit chunks, vege slices and dip, popcorn, rice cakes, pepperoni or other meat slices... these are some of the things that my children like to pack.  Their schools have nutritional policies as well.

Answer 22

Everyone has some Great ideas... my only advice is stay away from the nut\ peanut butter catagory.. Since prob 90% of school boards refrain from having anything with nuts in the school due to the raising number of students that have nut allergies. My daughter (K1) wasnt allowed to eat her snack it was a PBJ sandwich..

Answer 23

Pretzels, grapes, apple slices, fruit snacks (the ones made with real fruit, not fruit rollups or the like) granola bars, cereal,  waffle...

Answer 24

Trail mixes

Dried fruit pieces

Apple slices

Banana slices

I am sure there are several prepackaged snack available, but my kids are grown and I have no grandkids, so I would need to look for you the next time we shop.

Answer 25

Cereal Bars, Breakfast Bars, There are some of Quaker Oats chewy bars, they make different flavors, you can check out their website for different types http://www.quakeroats.com/

Raisins, now come in packs, fruit chews with vitamin c, they have yogurt bites that are really good and wheat crackers that comes in packs that are easy to open.. Hope this helps

Answer 26

Pre washed fruit ,sliced if they need it to be. Nuts and rains.

And IMO if you want to send a cookie or something for YOUR child then do it. They have no basis to tell you what to feed your child.

Answer 27

I would send granola bars cut up apples, grapes and veggies nutra grain bars open them and put them in a baggie.. We had to do the same for our daughters kindergarten also.

Answer 28

a great thing would be to cut up five pieces of celery and fill it with peanut butter and stick in a ziplock baggie. My kids love this they would never eat celery alone but with peanut butter it becomes a treat

Answer 29

Graham crackers, baby carrots, cut up fruit in a little ziplock baggie, ritz crackers with cheese, and I'm not sure, but lunchables maybe?

I don't remember what I ate when I was five. I think it was just straight candy, slim jims, and lunchables, but I don't think any of those are healthy.

Answer 30

You can make little peanut butter and jelly cracker sandwiches. You could send them with a box of raisins...any dried fruit that he/she would like.  A banana, fruit cup or jello cup. Let them practice opening it at home first to make sure that they can handle it. Granola bar...or Nutragrain bar. Let them help pick it out. Good luck!!

I"m seeing people answer with 'grapes'  no no no... sitting there eating alone... grapes are the number one food that gets lodged in a child's throat!!!  There are many other fruits out there..I wouldn't give them grapes unless I was there to supervise him/her.

Answer 31

My kids love cheez its!! They are easy enough. Also granola bars or those yogurt squirt thingys they came out with.  Gosh, public school doesnt pay for snacks anymore? LOL

My son will be starting in the fall.