Healthy Snacks for Healthy Kids!

Suggested Snacks

Below is a list of foods that are tasty and nutritious for your children. Healthy eating helps to build a strong body, a strong mind, and protects our teeth. Let's help our children get on the right track!

Juicy Foods

Oranges * Grapefruits * Blackberries * Strawberries * Blueberries *
Tangerines * Plums * Peaches * Apricot * Cantaloupe * Watermelon *
Other melons * Fresh Pineapple * Apples * pears * kiwi *
Canned Fruit (packed in juice not heavy syrup) * Tomatoes

Crunchy Foods

Carrots * Radishes * Turnips * Raw Potato * Cabbage Wedges *
Green or Red Peppers * Celery * Cucumber * Lettuce * Mushrooms *
Broccoli * Raw Spinach * Cooked Fiddle-heads-cold * popcorn * Corn Nuts

HUNGRY....More substantial snacks

Eggs (hard boiled or deviled)* Yogurt * Cheese * Low-fat Cottage Cheese *
Nuts * Pizza * Sunflower Seeds * Pretzels (low salt) * Crackers (low salt) *
Chicken * turkey * Whole Wheat or enriched Bread * Peanut Butter *
Non-sugared dry cereal * sesame Stix * Brown Rice * Oats * Tuna

Healthy Drinks

Water * Low-fat Milk * Orange Juice * Grapefruit Juice * Apple Juice *
Grape Juice * Pineapple Juice * Tomato Juice * Milk Shake

(Juices should be 100% and Unsweetened)

Recommended sites on nutrition:

http://www.dole5aday.com/
http://www.mypyramid.gov/
http://www.5aday.gov/
http://www.nutrition.gov/
http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec01/fastfood.html

Walking School Bus

Laura E. Richards school participates in a healthy initiative called, "The Walking School Bus". MSAD #11 has a wellness plan that encourages and raises the awareness of health benefits from walking.

Every Tuesday morning students, parents, teachers, Mrs. Moody and Anthony Anderson, our district Health Coordinator, have joined together to walk to school from the Common. Everyone enjoys themselves, and what a great way to start the day with some fresh air! Healthy kids are happy kids!