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  • Dec5

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    Snack Menu

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    It is official; for us at school, it is  winter now. It  is raining outside and there was just a flash of lightening. Our menu is winter foods too. Apples of all kinds, pears, clementines, satsumas, navel oranges and sugar snaps are great now.

    On Monday, a mom and dad will be coming in to help us share about Chanukah. There will be potatoes to mix up into wonderful pancakes, fried, and then served with applesauce and sour cream.

    We will make some more applesauce on Wednesday. The sauce we made for the feast was so good and easy to make. Granny Smith apples cut small, added to skillet ( or in our case an electric flying pan), clover honey, and cinnamon. Let cook until soft but not too mushy. Very yummy!

    Monday morning

    Applesauce,  Potato Latkes with sour cream,  Mango juice

    Monday afternoon

    Tangerines, Cheddar cheese, Flat bread, apple juice

    Tuesday Morning

    Pears, yogurt, multigrain cheerios,  apple juice.

    Tuesday Afternoon

    Oranges, black beans, cheddar cheese, whole wheat tortillas, apple juice

    Wednesday Morning

    Applesauce, whole wheat English muffins, string cheese, mango juice.

    Wednesday Afternoon

    Oranges, English Muffin, string cheese,cranberry  juice

    Thursday Morning

    Sugar Snap Peas, Flatbread with hummus, grape juice

    Thursday Afternoon

    Clementines, Wheat thins, Cream cheese, apple  Juice

    Friday Morning

    Apples, plain yogurt with honey, cranberry  juice

    Friday Afternoon

    Tangerines, Oat and Honey bars, string cheese, grape juice

  • Nov20

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    Snack 11/22-24 Thanksgiving Feast

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    We will be having a wonderful Thanksgiving feast on Wednesday Nov. 24th at 11:15 until noon. In readiness for it, parents will be helping us on Tuesday and Wednesday to cook food and prepare the feast table.  We will cook stuffing “muffins”, glazed carrots, yams, a green salad, and pumpkin ice cream. In our school, Thanksgiving is about celebrating the gathering of family, giving thanks for the good things in our lives, and enjoying a wonderful meal together.

    Monday morning

    Bananas, w. wheat english muffins, cream cheese, and grape juice

    Monday Afternoon

    Green peppers from the garden with ranch dressing, Multigrain Cheerios, string cheese, and apple juice

    Tuesday Morning

    Sugar snaps,Bean and cheese burritos , and Grape Juice

    Tuesday Afternoon

    Applesauce, whole wheat flat bread, hummus, and mango juice

    Wednesday Morning

    Apples, cheddar cheese  and crackers, Grape juice

    Thanksgiving feast – stuffing, glazed carrots, candied yams, pumpkin ice cream, and green salad.

    School closed Wednesday Afternoon, Thursday and Friday

  • Nov16

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    Snack Menu 11/15-19th

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    Snack ideas come from many places. Some of this week’s snack arose out of a discussion between Ty and the kids.  Take rice crackers. The kids couldn’t imagine the taste. so Ty brought some samples in. The kids bring new things too, often from their garden. This week, it is fuyu persimmons.

    Monday morning

    Apples, String Cheese,  Wheat Crackers,  Grape juice

    Monday afternoon

    Tangerines, wheat bread, cheddar cheese, apple juice

    Tuesday Morning

    Grapes and fuyu persimmons, yogurt, multigrain Cheerios,   apple juice.

    Tuesday Afternoon

    Blueberries, blackberry and pomegranate multirice rice brackers, cream cheese,  apple juice Read More | Comments

  • Nov9

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    Snack Menu 11/8-12

    Posted in: The Garden, Weekly Snack Menu

    Last week, Allison  and I created  a list  all of the foods we serve as snack to the children in order to make creating snack menus and shopping easier.  We were excited at the  variety that had quietly developed over time. We have  25  fruits from asian pears to yellow plums,  14 vegetables including 7 from our garden, 14 whole grain items including the new favorite – soy and flaxseed tortilla chips, and   15 proteins range from beans to yogurt. Current favorite juice- Mango. This year’s group are adventurous eaters and it is great fun to see them enjoy snack time.

    Monday morning

    Oranges, String Cheese,  Wheat Thins,  Apple juice

    Monday afternoon

    Bananas, strawberry yogurt, multigrain cheerios, apple juice

    Tuesday Morning

    Guacamole with Mulitgrain tortilla chips, bananas, jack cheese,  grape juice.

    Tuesday Afternoon

    Edamame, grilled cheese sandwiches, milk Read More | Comments

  • Oct24

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    Snack Menu 10/25-29

    Posted in: Food and Cooking, Weekly Snack Menu

    This morning’s trip to the Hollywood Farmer’s Market showed the beginning of a change in the seasons. The strawberries are almost gone, mangoes are coming to an end, and the peaches, cherries, cantaloupes, and watermelons are a thing of the past. In their place, are a great variety of apples, pears, valencia oranges, and late season plums. Heirloom tomatoes are still excellent. This week’s snack menu will reflect this transitional period. We will also try a few pumpkin items i.e. roasted pumpkin seeds and pumpkin pudding.

    SNACK MENU


    Monday morning

    Pineapple boats with orange sails and mangoes, String Cheese,  Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins, Grape juice

    Monday afternoon

    Raspberries, grilled cheddar cheese sandwiches, apple juice

    Tuesday Morning

    Apple slices, Wheat Thins, swiss cheese, grape juice.

    Tuesday Afternoon

    Cream cheese , whole wheat flatbread ,  banana/strawberry yogurt smoothie Read More | Comments

  • Oct17

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    Snack Menu 10/18-22

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    Snack this last few weeks have included apples grown in the foothills of Yosemite. They come from an orchard of my father-in-law’s ranch. We’re fortunate to get fruit for the school most of the year.

    We try as often as possible to serve food that is organic and supportive of the growers; often that means Farmer’s Markets. We are still serving a blend blend of fall and summer fruits and vegetables.

    The garden is in a state of waiting as the season changes. We have the last of the green peppers, the beans are finished, and the tomatoes are gone.

    The evergreen strawberries are the lone productive garden plant. They have lots of flowers and we are watching as the set fruit is turning riper each day. The unseasonably cool and gray days aren’t helping. We look forward to planting the winter garden just after Halloween when we are sure no Indian summer heat will wipe them out.


    Snack menu- October 18-22nd

    Monday morning

    Sliced apples, Swiss Cheese,  Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins, Grape juice

    Monday afternoon

    Blueberries, grilled cheddar cheese sandwiches, apple juice Read More | Comments

  • Sep19

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    Snack Menu 9/20-24

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    We are delighted to find that we have children who love to eat and willing to try different things. Snack time at the school this first week was so fun; children were taking their time and chatting with each other. And when we put out the guacamole in the chip scoops, one child announced enthusiastically, “I love guacamole!”. You could feel the change in the room as the tentative kids announced they liked it too. Almost everyone had several. We will have a new thing every week for the kids to try. This week we will see if bean and cheese burritos are as big a hit with the new kids as they are with our returning ones.

    We also will be having strawberries, amazing big, delicious ones. I was driving in Malibu Canyon and there was a road side stand with fabulous Oxnard strawberries. Of course, I asked my husband to pullover. (He said he already knew what I was going to ask; we have been together thirty years). We try and include local and farmer’s market produce whenever we can.


    Snack Menu 9/20-24

    Monday morning

    Strawberries, Cream Cheese on Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins, Grape juice

    Monday afternoon

    Nectarines, Oats and Honey bars, peach or blueberry yogurt, cran-grape juice

    Tuesday Morning

    Grapes, Wheat Thins, string cheese, apple juice.

    Tuesday Afternoon

    Apple slices, jack cheese cubes, wh. wheat flatbread , grape juice Read More | Comments

  • Sep12

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    Snack Menu 9/13-17

    Posted in: Food and Cooking, Weekly Snack Menu

    Welcome back to school! Snack this week will have the fresh fruits of the season and the familiar tastes that children will recognize. Learning to eat at the snack table with other children is one of the skills the new children will be learning. We would like the food to be comfortable so they can realax and enjoy themselves.

    Eating at preschool is family style, with the children sharing plates of food. During the snack time, they learn to pour from little pitchers, ask others to “please pass the _____”, and learn to help others at the table.

    It is also a great time for conversation. We encourage the children to tell us about what they are doing outside of school. We have great conversations about families, trips, dreams, pets, jokes, and upcoming events. The art of conversation, talking, listening, waiting for your moment, and being on topic are valuable life skills. As teachers, we love hearing what is on the children’s minds as well as sharing our own lives.

    This week’s snack menu is:

    Monday morning

    Bananas, Cheddar Cheese Sandwiches on Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins, apple juice

    Monday afternoon

    Oats and Honey bars, blueberry yogurt, cran-grape juice

    Tuesday Morning

    Watermelon, Wheat Thins, string cheese, grape juice. Read More | Comments

  • Aug22

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    Snack menu 8/23-27

    Posted in: Weekly Happenings in the School, Weekly Snack Menu

    We have a wonderful bounty of limes to squeeze this week and turn into individual lime pies. Cooking is an integral part of the program and the children have gotten quite good at mixing, measuring, and stirring. The pies will add a new skill, the egg beater. It has been part of the water play but now it is time to transfer the skill to cooking. Egg beaters present a good challenge to the brain, asking it to do something different with the right and left sides of the body. We know from brain research that activities such as these help the left and right hemispheres of the brain work more effectively together. In a play base manner, we weave many of these kinds of activities into our program.

    Snack Menu

    Monday morning

    Sweet 100’s, Nan with hummus, apple juice

    Monday afternoon

    Bananas, Oats and Honey bars, blueberry yogurt, cran-grape juice

    Tuesday Morning

    Carrots, Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins and cream cheese, grape juice.

    Tuesday Afternoon

    Nectarines, jack cheese cubes, Terra Chips, apple juice

    Wednesday Morning

    Peaches, cheddar cheese sandwiches, orange  juice

    Wednesday Afternoon

    Oranges, Vanilla yogurt with honey, Mulitgrain Cheerios, apple juice

    Thursday Morning

    Blueberries, bean and cheese burritos,  grape juice

    Thursday Afternoon

    Granny Smith apples, Whole Wheat Crackers, Cheddar Cheese, Apple Juice

    Friday Morning

    Breakfast Buffet for new and returning families who begin in September

  • Aug15

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    Snack Menu 8/16-20

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    The Sweet 100′s are still in force. The last zucchini was picked today. The green pepper is next to try. It is exciting to see the children become braver eaters.

    The children are also making ice cream using a plastic bag, a new technique Ty found.

    Monday morning

    Cantaloupe, Sweet 100’s, whole wheat pita with hummus, apple juice

    Monday afternoon

    Bananas, Oats and Honey bars, grape juice

    Tuesday Morning

    Grapes, Wheat Thins and cream cheese, grape juice. Read More | Comments

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