Smart Snacks for Smart Students
No doubt about it--well nourished children learn better. Here are some good snacks for the classroom. Packaged foods:
It’s usually cheaper to buy a big bag of a product than individual bags. You can divide a big bag up into smaller portion sizes and make a bag go a long way.
- Animal crackers
- Granola bars
- Cereal bars
- Whole wheat pretzels
- Low fat popcorn
- Trail mix
- Chex mix
- Low sugar whole grain cereal (like Cheerios)
- Raisins
- Craisins (dried cranberries)
- Dried apples or apricots
- Unsweetened applesauce in plastic cups with foil sealed top
- Cheese and crackers
- Oatmeal raisin cookies
- If there are no nut allergies in the class:
- Peanut butter and crackers
- Peanuts
- Almonds
- Soy nuts
String cheese
- Cheese cubes
- Yogurt
- Milk
- Small apples or pears / If you pack cut fruit, add a splash of orange juice to keep it from browning
- Banana
- Mandarin oranges
- Applesauce
- Tangerines
- Bananas Frozen fruit—when it thaws it is delicious / often on sale
- Baby carrots
- Celery
- Sugar snap peas
- Cherry tomatoes
