100 Calorie snacks

100 calorie snacks

There are lots of ways to help your kids have a healthier snack whether on the go or at home. Fresh fruit and veg are always a great choice for a snack. But sometimes our kids want other types of snacks, especially those in packages!

So to help you out, we're suggesting a handy tip when buying packaged snacks, look for '100kcals, two a day max'. It's to help you make quick decisions on packaged snacks when faced with lots of choice. It's not about calorie counting for the kids.

 

 

 Here are some ideas to get you started:

• Malt loaf slice
• Lower-fat, lower-sugar fromage frais (some flavours include strawberry, raspberry, banana, apricot)
• Fresh or tinned fruit salad
• Chopped vegetables and lower-fat hummus
• Plain rice cakes or crackers with lower-fat cheese
• Sugar-free jelly
• One crumpet
• One scotch pancake

Remember to always check the label as products may vary.

How to check for 100 calories

You can buy snacks that are 100 calories and lower in sugar. Many products have traffic light labels on the front of the pack.
The calories are included on the far left-hand side of the label. Choose snacks with more greens and ambers on the label, and cut down on snacks that show any reds.
Not all packaged food has traffic light labels, but you can find out what you need to know about your snacks with the free Food Scanner app.

DIY snacks

You can also save money by preparing healthy snacks yourself. Fresh, tinned or frozen fruit and vegetables are always the best choice for a snack

Read more at https://www.nhs.uk/change4life

Try these healthier snacks!

 

Yoghurt with mandarin segments

Sugar snap peas with low fat hummus

Boiled eggs

Rice cakes with low fat cream cheese and cucumber

Popcorn

Toasted malt loaf with strawberries

Trip to the Park

We took the children on an impromptu trip in the Park to have a look at how the winter park looks. The children also looked at the birds and the wildlife on the pond.

 

 

 

 

Thankyou

We would like to say a huge thank you to one of our children who has recently been on holiday visiting India. He has brought us a lovely gift back of a little rickshaw vehicle that the children are loving as a new addition to the cars. It is such a thoughtful gift that will be enjoyed by everyone. He also brought back some traditional sweets. After we have eaten them all we will save the traditional packaging for our role play.

Counting in the Arctic

As part of our topic we have been looking at Arctic Animals, here are the children using their mathematical skills with the penguins. They used tweezers to divide marshmallows between 3 penguins and explored which penguin had more and which had less. Children also had the opportunity to practise counting and adding 2 groups together.

Outdoor Play

If you are asking why the children are playing out during these colder months, here are 8 reasons to remind you of the benefits.

why should children play outside in winter?

1.Exercise regardless of the weather

 

2. Being outdoors will boost
children’s immune system.

 

 

 

3. Nature play will get children
thinking creatively

 

 

 

4.  Developing resilience is important for life.

 

 

 

5. Outdoor play encourages appreciation
of the natural world

 

 

 

 

6. Developing problem solving skills is vital.

 

 

7.  Essential vitamin D

 

 

8. It is important to enjoy the simple things.

 

 

 

Messy Play

We have been promoting messy play in nursery as we found that a lot of our children won't go near activities which are messy which limits their learning about certain aspects. Here are some of the children embracing the semolina which was great to see.

Messy play gives children the opportunity to explore objects and raw materials such as sand, water, chalk, paint, playdough and paste in a free and unrestricted way. The children can use the basic materials without being constrained by the one right way to use them. The sensory experience enables them to understand how things feel, smell and taste and it supports their physical development.
Messy play fosters your child’s curiosity, imagination and experimentation and practices good concentration. When making marks in sand or paint, the children develop an early form of writing. The high concentration levels needed to explore the different sensory qualities of the objects and elements practise your child’s ability to read a book or write a story independently later on. The big movements performed when drawing in sand or making a mark in clay build up the large muscle groups at the top of the arms to then enable the smaller muscles in hands and fingers to make more precise movements. Your child will eventually have increasing control over their movements when holding a pen or cutting with scissors.

The benefits of messy play

• Practices good concentration
• Nurtures early form of writing
• Supports ability to play independently
• Strengthens body control
• Fosters curiosity and experimentation
• Stimulates imagination
• Creates understanding of the senses

Rescue the Penguins

As part of our topic on animals for this term we have been exploring arctic animals. We froze play penguins in ice and encouraged the children to rescue them, providing some different resources so children could observe what affect it had on ice. Children used salt, warm water and knifes, forks and spoons to rescue the penguins. Some children from each session spent long periods of time persevering in rescuing the penguins and were absolutely delighted when they achieved their goal. The purpose of the activity was to develop children's problem solving and concentration skills.