Research has shown that for the best learning to occur students need a brain snack mid-morning. In order to promote learning the snack needs to be a healthy brain energizing food. We will have an official mid-morning snack at 9:45am each day.
You may send any of the foods on the list below as a snack for your child. If you have a snack you would like to send, but it is not on the list, please contact me.
Avocados Bananas
Brown rice Cantaloupe
String Cheese Chicken
Eggs Legumes
Milk Oatmeal
Oranges Peanut Butter
Salmon Soybeans Spinach
Tuna Turkey Yogurt
Apples Nuts Carrots
1/2 a whole wheat bagel
Vegetables and Fruit
Whole Wheat Goldfish Crackers
Brain Freezers
These foods slow the brain’s function and should stay home.
Artificial sweeteners
colas
High Fructose Corn Syrup
Frostings
High-sugar drinks
Hydrogenated fats
Junk food, including chips
White Bread
Fruit Juice
