HEALTHY SNACKERS ULTRAMARATHON Classroom Kids Fitness and Healthy Snack Program by Carol Goodrow Dear Parents, We are officially starting our Healthy Snackers UltraMarathon this week. We have listed 50 healthy snacks and are trying to include all of them in our healthy snack program. If your child brings any healthy snack to class, he/she gets a sticker on our 'chart stand' chart. If your child is the first to bring in a healthy snack listed below, he/she also gets to write his/her name next to the snack on our bulletin board chart and that snack is then checked off! Here are the 50 snacks on our list. Try to find some of the more unusual snacks on the list that your child will eat and send one in each day. Thanks for your support, Mrs. Goodrow 1. apples Sarah 26. cream cheese, with a veggie, fruit, or grain Sarah 2. oranges Sarah 27. custard Tom 3. peaches 28. low fat pudding Jim 4. pears Jamie 29. low fat dip, with a veggie, fruit, or grain Dan 5. berries Billy 30. yogurt bar or granola bar Sarah 6. melon Jim 31. green olives 7. pineapple Jenny 32. peanuts Jon 8. bananas Jan 33. walnuts or sunflower seeds Carter 9. kiwis Nick 34. pecans 10. clementines Nick 35. pistachios Shelly 11. celery Betty 36. almonds Nick 12. carrots Vicky 37. beans 13. broccoli Janey 38. chickpeas 14. green beans 39. black olives 15. peppers Nick 40. capers, with veggie and cream cheese 16. mushrooms Shelly 41. whole wheat 17. cauliflower 42. Triscuits Tom 18. cucumbers Dan 43. oatmealTom 19. tomatoes Janey 44. other whole grain product besides whole wheat KT 20. salad, 1 TBS. dressing Debby 45. healthy cereal (whole grains) Sarah 21. yogurt Billy 46. peanut butter Jen 22. cottage cheese 47. lean turkey Janey 23. pudding Harley 48. lean ham 24. cheese, with veggie Haley 49. fish 25. smoothie, fruit, yogurt Jim 50. tuna Tammy Note from Carol: The kids in my classroom are excited about this new healthy snack program. They understand that eating healthy is good for their hearts and for their health in general but they probably are bringing healthy snacks to school, mainly, for the fun of getting their names on our chart and the promise of a 'prize' at the end of our UltraMarathon. Please follow us as we reach for our goal of 50 healthy snacks and if you are a teacher, feel free to use a similar program in your classroom. On completion, award your children with a fun run, a ribbon, or a trip to the classroom treasure box. Click on the link below for the results of our healthy snackers program. Prizes for Healthy Snacking Something fun Recipe: Peanut Butter Applesauce More Healthy Eating: Squirrel Tips Email goodrow@infionline.net.