Can You Suggest Snacks For 4-5 Year Olds?

[Cmitchell]

Hi ABers,

My colleague and I are fresh out of ideas for snacks for the reception kids. This is what we have so far. But we need lots more ideas!


The main problem is that we need to keep fat and sugar low and have no nuts. Cheese strings are too expensive and things like celery go down like a lead balloon.

This is what we have so far.....

Breakfast biscuits
3 x boxes of Mcvities breakfast biscuits (3 different flavours) at £2.29 a box (24 in a box)
TOTAL = £6.87

Soreen banana loaf
6 x Soreen banana Loaf 350g at £1.20 each
1 x 500g Butterlicious Butter/Spread £1.30
TOTAL = £8.50

Cup of cereal with milk
2 x 510g boxes of rice krispies @ £2.00 each
2 x 4pint milk @ £1 each
Class set of plastic cups and spoons
TOTAL = £6.00 (Plus cost of cups and spoons the first week)

Pitta bread with hummous
5 x packs wholemeal pitta bread £0.50p each (6 in a pack)
2 tubs of Sainsbury’s Humous be good to yourself 230g @ 2 for £2
TOTAL = £4.50

Raspberry&Blueberry Ricecakes
6 x Organix 7m+ Finger Foods Raspberry & Blueberry Ricecakes 50g @£1.19 a pack (1 packet for every 10 children)
TOTAL = £7.14

Waffles
9 x packets of kingsmill waffles at £0.80 each (6 in a box)
TOTAL = £7.20

Garibaldi biscuit
6 packets of Sainsbury;s Garibaldi biscuits at £1 each
TOTAL = £6.00

Farley’s rusk
3 boxes of Farley’s rusks at £1.90p each
TOTAL = £5.70

¼ bell pepper with cream cheese
3 bags of peppers at £1.45 (bag of 4)
2 x basics soft cheese @ 73p each
TOTAL = £5.81

Cucumber spread with salsa
2 x Salsa dip @ 2 for £2.00
9 x cucumbers @ 69p each
TOTAL = £8.21

Mini blueberry muffin
5 boxes of Sainsbury's Bakery Mini Muffins, Blueberry x12 (£1.50 each or 2 for £2.50)
TOTAL = £6.50

Go ahead crispy slice
Go Ahead Crispy Slices, Apple & Sultana 5x39g (10 in a pack) 6 packs needed at £1.65 each
TOTAL = £9.90

Pancakes with butter
9 x Pack of 6 pancakes at 20p each
1 x 500g Butterlicious Butter/Spread £1.30
TOTAL = £3.10

½ bread roll with cheese spread
9 x Sainsbury's Bakery Wholemeal Rolls x6 at 70p each
2 tubs of Cheese spread needed at 38p each
TOTAL = £4.96

½ Sultana Scone with butter
Haywood & Padgett Sultana Scones x8 at £1.15 each (4 packets needed = £4.60)
1 x 500g Butterlicious Butter/Spread £1.30
TOTAL = £5.90

You'll notice amounts and cost etc. Any ideas much appreciated. Thanks in advance folks.

Mitchell

[B00]

Toast? Breadsticks?

[sherrardk]

No ideas at the moment but why are you shopping at Sainsburys? It's so expensive. Most of the stuff you have mentioned can be bought at Aldi for a fraction of the cost. (PS - aren't Farely rusks a bit babyish?).

[Peaspeculiars]

Errrm - Fruit????

[B00]

Yoghurt on sliced bananas. If you buy the big pots of yoghurt and spoon a couple of dollops for each child it'll be cheaper than individual little pots.

[murraymints]

Yoghurt mini pizza milk shake grapes

[Peaspeculiars]

CMitchell, could you ask some colleagues from another nursery/ school next time you go to a seminar/ training? I'm sure if you get your heads together you could cover all bases and keep the costs down. Are you tied-in to using a particular supplier for your food i.e Brakes or PHS? If not, book a meeting with a rep and try to get some prices 'fixed' if you are to use them exclusively so that you know what the cost will be for your month end accounts. Or, If you deal with local wholesale suppliers direct the costs will be less (they should be able to deliver either daily or twice-weekly)

[Brinjal]

Chipolata sausages.

[puzzled54]

Sorry, but why do you need snacks for the reception kids?

[murraymints]

Yoghurt mini pittas filled with a cream cheese milk sliced apple

[berniecuddles]

mm's potato salad

[Peaspeculiars]

mm's coleslaw :-) (but without the sprinkle of sugar)

[murraymints]

Mais oui ! Cheeky monkeys

[berniecuddles]

lol x

[Peaspeculiars]

runs to the naughty step blowing raspberries, lol

[boxtops]

When do they have these snacks - why don't they bring their own?

[murraymints]

Yoghurt batons of carrot and cucumber with creme fraiche dip milk sliced banana

[askyourgran]

Baby Bel cheeses and ritz crackers. Not sure of the cost though.
Morrisons do small pots of jelly with fruit, or custard with fruit about 50p each, Del Monte do too but costs a bit more I think.

[murraymints]

And you have to stay on step all night and consider your ways ! Lol

[berniecuddles]

we can sit together peas

[Peaspeculiars]

Part of the service and sometimes covered by government or work provided childcare vouchers - Parents expect that when you pay/ use vouchers for pre-school bookings, whether a morning or afternoon session, that the child be given a snack mid-way through. It's the norm in most non-school based providers (I don't know about school based pre-schools). It's part of learning to eat well together, and use manners.