re: preschool snacks

[Guest guest]

Hi-

This is my oldest daughter's second year in public school; here's how we handled

it last year: I clearly wrote in all the appropriate areas of health forms that

she's not to eat meat, and included a brief list of what I thought would be the

most common ingedients she might encounter that she shouldn't have. I also

stated that consumption of these ingredients could make her very ill. I also

talked to her teacher, etc. I also attended all class parties/activities,

although it would've been fine if I hadn't. I generally found people very

respectful, but curious. Last week when Lillian bought salad bar for lunch, one

of her classmates told her, " Watch out for the pepperoni pizza (one of the other

choices); you can't have meat! " I thought it was nice that he remembered and is

looking out for her.

 

I'm not a big believer in micro-managing the snack foods at school (luckily they

had a no cookies, etc. policy for Kinder snacks); I just sort of assumed that

Lillian would make good choices re:not eating any meat items.I'd prefer that she

stays veg for the next 100 years (!), but obviously there's a point at which we

all have to let go and relinquish control when they're out of our direct

supervision. I'm not sure when that age is for me, but we're not there yet!

 

I wouldn't assume that there won't be any meat at preschool; last year, pigs in

a blanket and cheese/crackers/salami were brought as snack foods for kinder.

Good luck!

j.

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone,

 

 

 

I'm new to this group. I'm so glad I found it! I have a 11 year-old ds and

7 month-old dd. I'm raising them vegetarian and would eventually like to

take them on the vegan path with me. I've been through the

daycare/preschool/elem school diet management cycle with my son and starting

over with dd. There have been many frustrations, but I have seen

improvement. There was a time when my son could only have 2 pieces of bread

and cheese as an option at a daycare. They couldn't take anything from home

that needed to be heated, etc. The first soft drink my son had was when he

was 5 from his kindergarten teacher as a " reward. " ***sigh***

 

 

 

I've been successful showing my son that he can have appetizing options to

his favorite foods from Vitamin Cottage or Whole Foods. He has realized he

likes the Blue Sky soft drinks, for instance, or a healthy version of

Cheetos. I just make the options available to him.

 

 

 

At his school now, they have increased their vegetarian options and he

normally has an appetizing hot option, sometimes several. For snacks, he

can just take healthy options from home.

 

 

 

-Pria

 

Blogs: www.priaingrum.com <http://www.priaingrum.com/> ,

http://raisingvegkids.blogspot.com/

 

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On

Behalf Of jenni claire garverick

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 4:00 PM

 

re: preschool snacks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi-

This is my oldest daughter's second year in public school; here's how we

handled it last year: I clearly wrote in all the appropriate areas of health

forms that she's not to eat meat, and included a brief list of what I

thought would be the most common ingedients she might encounter that she

shouldn't have. I also stated that consumption of these ingredients could

make her very ill. I also talked to her teacher, etc. I also attended all

class parties/activities, although it would've been fine if I hadn't. I

generally found people very respectful, but curious. Last week when Lillian

bought salad bar for lunch, one of her classmates told her, " Watch out for

the pepperoni pizza (one of the other choices); you can't have meat! " I

thought it was nice that he remembered and is looking out for her.

 

I'm not a big believer in micro-managing the snack foods at school (luckily

they had a no cookies, etc. policy for Kinder snacks); I just sort of

assumed that Lillian would make good choices re:not eating any meat

items.I'd prefer that she stays veg for the next 100 years (!), but

obviously there's a point at which we all have to let go and relinquish

control when they're out of our direct supervision. I'm not sure when that

age is for me, but we're not there yet!

 

I wouldn't assume that there won't be any meat at preschool; last year, pigs

in a blanket and cheese/crackers/salami were brought as snack foods for

kinder.

Good luck!

j.