Making good snack choices is important!

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Healthy snacks are the best choices.  Suggestions include fruit (fresh or dried), crackers, dried cereals, or yogurt.  Remember that snack time is not mealtime, and your child does not need to come in with a variety of foods to snack on at once. Please practice opening packages and container lids with your child at home to make sure he or she can open them independently most of the time.

Note:  Some classrooms are nut free, and some children have gluten-free diets.  Here is a list from Hoover nurse, Kristen Aiello, that gives you some helpful ideas for snacks and for class parties.

Gluten Free and Nut Free snack ideas

All fresh fruits and vegetables
Ranch dressing (for dipping veggies)
Popsicles
Luigi’s real Italian Ice
Salsa from Old El Paso, Tostito’s or Newman’s Own
Tostito’s corn tortilla chips
Jell-o brand gelatin
Boar’s Head, Cabot, Cracker Barrel cheeses  (NOT imitation mozzarella)
Boxes of Raisins
Ocean Spray Craisins
Yoplait yogurts, Gogurts and Yumsters  (no mix-ins or granolas)
Mott’s and Musselman’s applesauce
Delmonte and Dole fruit snack cups (except Apple Caramel Crème Parfait)
Jell-o and Hunts snack pudding cups

Additional items that are Nut Free (but not gluten free)

Nabisco Wheat Thins
Bachman Pretzels
Sunshine Cheese-its
Lender’s bagels
Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers