J. Allen Axson PTA

J. Allen Axson Montessori is a promoter of healthful habits in children. As nutrition is an important part of a child’s development, we encourage you to pack only wholesome foods for snack or lunch.
From our perspective, excessive sweets affect the child’s disposition and therefore, their ability to learn. We will attempt to convince our children that wholesome food tastes good but it’s awfully difficult for a little one to enjoy eating a slice of apple and handful of raisins when his/her neighbor is downing a Snickers!
Please do not give in to the many pressures in our society that try to defeat good nutrition. Help us make the time your child spends at J. Allen Axson healthy and productive.

**Here is the video of the kids nutrition seminar given by Dr. Valerie Miles - Seminar - Answers to Questions**

Healthy Suggestions

• Fruit - Peaches, Pears, Apples, Oranges, Plums, Nectarines, Cantaloupe, Bananas, Watermelon, Applesauce
• Vegetables - Carrots, Celery, Cucumber slices, Tomato slices, Potato salad, Cole slaw, Pickles, Olives, Bean salad
• Sandwiches - Cheese, Chicken, Ham, Turkey, Tuna
• Snacks - Popcorn, Raisins, Wholegrain crackers, Tapioca, Granola, Fig Newtons, Taco chips, Graham crackers
• Drinks - Milk, 100% Fruit Juice, Water
• Other - Soup, Yogurt, Chili, Deviled eggs

Web Resources with Ideas for Healthy Lunchbox Fare

Healthy Lunchbox Suggestions - About.com
This is from about.com, so it is meant as a clearinghouse site, and includes links to other sites.
Kid's Health - A Healthy Lunchbox
This site is from the Children, Youth and Women's Health Service site (funded by the Department of Health in South Australia), meant for kids who make their own lunches, how Montessori!
Healthy Lunchbox Ideas
This site includes a printable list of healthy foods that kids can fill out to help guide them towards healthy choices they will like.
Snack Attack and Lunchbox Ideas
Another Australian site, this time a Children's Hospital. Includes a list of ideas for healthy lunchbox fare.
Nutrition - Quick and Healthy Lunch Ideas
Another site aimed at kids, but this one is more commercial, with pop up ads.
Healthy Lunch Boxes
Healthy lunch box ideas from the BBC in England. Includes FOUR WEEKS of suggestions! Some of the language is British English and some of the items are unfamiliar (flapjacks and currant buns), but how fun to pack a "British lunch box!"
School Lunch Box Ideas (PDF)
Another Australian site, prints out like a little poster.
Family Nutrition: Healthy Packed Lunches
Another British site, with a week's list of lunch box ideas
Lunch Box Ideas
If you are interested in organic foods, here is a site dedicated to organic lunch food, including some organic convenience foods.
Healthy Snacks and Lunch Box Ideas
A South African site with a long list of ideas.
Lunch Box Recipes
Wonderful pictures to go with the recipes!