Snacks and Lunch

At the snack table your child develops:

• self-help skills
• small group participation skills
• turn taking skills
• independence
• social cooperation skills

During snack preparation (Big Kids) your child develops:

• pre-math skills (measurement, one-to-one correspondence, sequencing, and seriation)
• social cooperation skills
• health and hygiene concepts
• science concepts
• small muscle skills

Snack and lunch times are a wonderful forum for children to practice their social and language skills. The children enjoy a healthy snack together. They learn how to serve themselves and pass the snack dish to others. It is a great time to learn about food and also to learn to take turns. There are a lot of wonderful conversations that happen at this time. Teachers sit at the tables and ensure that everyone is included in the conversation.