Healthy Snack Ideas & Much for Your Kids

HEALTHY SNACK IDEAS FOR KIDS

Introducing healthy feeding habits to your kids is really important. Especially these days wherever take-out and driving throughs are really popular. Feeding healthy foods and snacks is a really important factor in all children's physical and mental development. Here are several ideas for fresh, tasty, healthy snacks in mid-afternoon and another times of the day. Things you wish need:

knife napkins celery cream cheese or peanut butter (or both) balmy olive slices raisins

Have shredded celery sticks on the table. Ask the children if they would-be like their celery filled with either cream cheese or peanut butter. If they don't want any filling, don't force it. Ask if they would-be like to decorate their cream cheese with olive slices or peanut butter with raisins.

Do the same as above with crackers. Great choices for balmy are Ritz, Breton, and/or Graham Crackers. Does a Great, Healthy and Fun Snack for kids.

**Have fresh juice, milk or water accessible to drink.

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Circle Idea For Kids Exploitation Balloons

This Circle Idea should be enforced with children at least 3 years of age and up. Any children who are still in the stage of exploring sensory oraly need to be supervised with great caution. Balloons are serious choking hazards so please use caution once implementing the activities mentioned in this Circle Idea. It is a nice idea to go over the security issues with children so they understand the risks as well.

Opening Song: (sung to - Farmer in the Dell)

Hullo to everyone, ( wave to children) and how are you today? We move to our circle time, to laugh and sing and play. And once you're up you're up, (hold hands in the air) and once your down your down, ( place hands on floor) and once your only half way up, (hold hands just about chest level) your neither up nor down. (throw your hands up and down quickly with words) So roll your hands so slowly, (make fists with hands and roll just about chest level like your punching a bag) and roll your hands so fast, ( same action as above except fast) give your hands a clap clap clap and fold them in your lap tap tap. (follow directions in this line) Talk to the children just about balloons and balloon safety. Ask open complete questions such as "Where have you seen balloons before?" "What several shapes and colours of balloons can you remember?" "Why or wherever do we use balloons?"

Have a bag of several shaped balloons with you. Blow up a balloon and talk just about the shape and color of it. Ask, "What do you think wish happen if I let it go?" ( let balloon go).

Blow up a several balloon and talk just about the shape and colour of it. Ask "What do you think wish happen if I pull the bottom blow whole tight and slowly let the air out?" (Make high pitch noise with balloon).

Then blow up a third balloon and talk just about the shape and colour. Ask, "What do you think wish happen if I hold the balloon and let the air move out by itself without touching the blow whole?" (Let the air out so it does a low airy sound).

Have children stand up and sing The Balloon Song: (tune- Here We Go 'Round The MulBerry Bush)

I'm a balloon can't you see, can't you see, can't you see, I'm a balloon can't you see so please do not pop me. (float/dance about like balloons) I can fly and dance around, dance around, dance around, I can fly and dance about (stop dance and say) "OH NO! YOU POPPED ME!" Have the children pretend the air is going out of them and fly about like the balloons at circle time that lost their air. Now have all the children sit down in a circle once again and hold hands.

Then sing the "End of CircleSong" (tune-Skip to my Lou)

Shake hands with friends 'cause it's time to go, Shake hands with friends 'cause it's time to go, Shake hands with friends 'cause it's time to go.....We'll see you once again next time.