Need ideas for preschool snacks/lunch...

Jack is starting pre-school in a week

I can't even get past this....

but, I digress, I need some suggestions for snacks to send him in with. They don't supply any food and are a peanut free school.

What do YOU send YOUR toddler into pre-school with to eat???


so, he has oatmeal with a different flavor of applesauce mixed in every morning for breakfast usually followed by some dry cheerios. I don't know that we'll have time in the morning for all the cheerios.

snack ideas (10am):
apple slices
fruit
dry cheerios
yogurt (but they have no refrigeration)
cucumbers
gerber crunchies

lunch ideas (11:30):
cold cut & cheese sandwich (he'll eat most lunch meats)
puffs


normally he has fruit at lunch, but they eat earlier in school and go down for naps right after


I just feel like it's so boring....but they have no microwave and no refrigerator, so i'm limited.

Re: Need ideas for preschool snacks/lunch...

Everything you listed I would send in even the yogurt depending when he would eat it. I sent it in last year all year. They start at 9:30 and would eat it at 11:30 and he never got sick.
I shop at Wegman's and they have yogurt smoothies that are in a juice box and come a straw. So I will send those in too instead of yogurt sometimes because my DS is a little messy still when he eats it. Maybe you can find those.

Re: Need ideas for preschool snacks/lunch...

My kids only do snack at school but here's some other things I send in addition to what you do. I put a freezer pack in their lunch bag if something needs to be kept cold.

pretzels (just check the packaging, some are made on a line with peanut products and not allowed at our school)
other dry cereals (ds loves corn chex, dd thinks frosted mini wheats are a snack)
crackers
rice cakes
string cheese
goldfish
applesauce
once in a while I throw in a 100 calorie pack of cookies
100 calorie pack of pringles chips
those fruit gummy snacks (the character ones)

ETA: I forgot to say that our school doesn't allow things that are choking hazards, like popcorn, grapes and carrots.

Message edited 9/2/2009 10:06:34 AM.

Re: Need ideas for preschool snacks/lunch...

thanks girls....these are great ideas


keep them coming...