Snack - Parents provide snack once a month for the class. We would prefer non-sugary snack and juice, since some of the children are sensitive to refined sugars, and many parents prefer more nutritious food. The school provides all paper goods. If, however, you send in a snack that requires small dishes or spoons please check and make sure that we have those available. Snack ideas are included in the back of this handbook and a snack schedule will be included with the newsletter every month.
Some children have very restrictive diets or acute food allergies.
If this is the case, please make us aware of that. We are authorized to keep allergy medication in the school and to administer it as required. If your child's diet is highly restrictive, we may ask that you send in something for your child that we can keep on hand in the event the snack is not appropriate. We also ask that parents providing home-baked snacks, which we encourage, to make a note on them if peanut butter is one of the ingredients. Taking Work Home - Maria Montessori felt that at this period of a child's development the process of learning is more important to the child than the product that might result.