Do you ever get tired of hearing your kids ask for a snack? Well, I know I dread snack time. They seem to live by the clock at our house. The minute the clock reads 3 o'clock they come running wanting to know what is for snack. It seems like I am always in the middle of something and I have to stop what I am doing and dig around for something to feed my crew. Well I decided that this school year I am going to be more prepared than I had in the past.
So I have put together snack boxes for my kiddos. I bought school supply boxes when they were on sale. I made sure I got three different colors, one for each child. I try to fill it with three or four small snacks. I then place them on the shelf in the fridge that they can reach on their own. I have given them the rules of the snack box and they are: you can eat your snacks whenever you like but when they are gone that's it there will be no more. So if they choose to eat all of them in the morning they won't have anything in the afternoon to eat.
So far it has worked out really well. They pick out one or two items and then place them back in the fridge for later. I really thought my 6 yr old would eat them all in one sitting but he surprised my and has rationed them to have throughout the day.
This has been so helpful to me because I still have control over what and how much they get for a snack. This has also helped them by giving them some independence, to chose when and what they would like to have. Let me know if you try this and how it works for your kiddos.
So I have put together snack boxes for my kiddos. I bought school supply boxes when they were on sale. I made sure I got three different colors, one for each child. I try to fill it with three or four small snacks. I then place them on the shelf in the fridge that they can reach on their own. I have given them the rules of the snack box and they are: you can eat your snacks whenever you like but when they are gone that's it there will be no more. So if they choose to eat all of them in the morning they won't have anything in the afternoon to eat.
So far it has worked out really well. They pick out one or two items and then place them back in the fridge for later. I really thought my 6 yr old would eat them all in one sitting but he surprised my and has rationed them to have throughout the day.
This has been so helpful to me because I still have control over what and how much they get for a snack. This has also helped them by giving them some independence, to chose when and what they would like to have. Let me know if you try this and how it works for your kiddos.
Great idea! Hope it makes your life easier and they learn something good from it!
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