To Snack or Not to Snack
Posted by Kim Murphy on 30 Mar 2009 | Posted in: Classroom Management, Classroom Routines, Teachers and Teaching
I am a constant grazer. In fact, as I write this blog post, I’m nibbling on pretzels and trying to keep the salt from falling between the keys on my keyboard. (Should the keyboard get too gritty, I’ll move on to my cottage cheese or the dried fruit.) Snacktime for me is slightly messy, but basically pretty simple.
In direct contrast, snacktime with a classroom of youngsters is fraught with complications. Food allergies and healthful food requirements can cause oodles of stress! Is snacktime allowed in your school? Do you provide a snack, or do youngsters bring their own? Do you do any cooking activities with your students? Sit back and type me a reply telling me all about your snacktime or lack thereof. Hey, while you’re at it, why don’t you have a little snack!
Your hungry blog cohost,
Kim Murphy
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I teach three and four-year-old preschool and we do have snack time. We have the kids bring their own snacks to avoid any problems with allergies and the kids not liking what’s put in front of them. It’s much easier that way. We do keep some nutritious snacks on hand in case someone forgets their snack, but that’s pretty rare. (Although sometimes kids would rather eat what we have on hand than what they brought!) We don’t do any cooking since we do not have the facilities for it in our building.
We do a family style snack. Some kids are out on the yard by the time everyone has finished washing hands. Some kids are at the table for 20 min. They love those little tangerines called cutties we let them peal them themselves.
This year we have allergies eggs, milk, nuts, berries, melon sugar. They don’t like to try new things but sometimes when they do they like it. WE bake our birthday muffins here because of the allergies, we use egg replacer and it works great. Eating together is a great time to talk in fact if they have lots to say at circle time I let them know they can share at snack time. eating and talking what could be better?
I do inhome daycare, so we have morning and afternoon snacks. I only serve healthy and nutritious snacks. The daycare kids and I do cooking activities monthly, sometimes weekly. They love to cook, and are proud when they take home samples to share with their families of what we made.