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I am currently having problems with the children at the club, wanting more to eat than the food we offer them at 4pm. If you have anything, or ideas you could share with me about what i can offer them. because of the club being in a school we have to follow the healthy eating programme, but desperately need some fresh ideas.
Thanks
Hi Laura,
Thanks for the visit and the question. Providing healthy snacks after school can be quite a challenge, and something I have many changes and additions to many times in the last several years, in fact writing an article on Healthy After School Snacks is definitely on my to-do list. I think to provide some helpful ideas I might need a little more information, such as: What time to kids arrive at your club? When do they get to eat snack? What snacks are provided when they arrive? I know how heartbreaking it can be when little ones come to you saying they are hungry and you have little to provide.
A few things that have been helpful in our center is:
1) We always serve snack as soon as children arrive after school, for some reason, even on early release days this seems to a part of their routine that they like (It’s also harder to get hungry kids to focus on Homework after school). We usually serve a snack item + juice or milk at this time.
2) We serve a second, smaller snack such as saltines or graham crackers later in the day, around 4:30-5:00pm. Children may also take out snacks from home at this time. This seems to help children make it through the whole day better and stave off hunger until dinnertime.
I hope this helps, and I am looking forward to writing more about healthy snacks soon! Thanks for sharing Laura!
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I would like to get hold of paperwork for the administration side of running a kidsclub, for example, a signing in book, activity planner etc.
Depending on what you need ~ I usually create templates in excel or for club lesson plans and store them in white binders in page protector sleeves. This way I can reuse them from year to year. Lakeshore Learning Stores or other Teacher Supply stores will have activity planners and sign-in books. Not sure if that helps ~ but it’s a start. Thanks so much for visiting Anita!
Thanks for sharing your story! am so encouraged. I love children and for years I run away from the idea to really work professionally with them, I just wanted to do little and not really go the extra mile. Now as I am older and wiser (lol) I am getting the proper training needed to work with children of all ages, my knitted group are the school-agers. Another thing our professor recommended your site and it is well written and informative, again thanks!
Juliana
Juliana – I am so glad you stopped by and are feeling so encouraged. Working with children truly is rewarding and something that fills up your heart more and more each day you spend with them. I feel I learn as much from them, if not more, than I teach them. I wish you luck in your journey to become a child care professional.