Early Ed is Diving into 2013 with drinking water at snack!

• We will fill the small Early Ed pitchers with water at each snack.
• This change is inspired by:
• 1. When we and our children drink juice our bodies are receiving lots of sugar without the fiber in the fruit itself to limit the sugars' absorption (Robert Lustig MD).
• 2. Drinking water helps flush out illness and helps keep our bodies be healthy.
• 3. Vermont Early Learning Standards
• VIII Physical Health and Development
• 5. Healthy Habits - Children begin to understand how daily activity and healthy behavior promote overall personal healthy and safety.
• d. Children begin to understand that some foods have more nutritional value than others.
• on a lighter note, as our kids are learning and growing at each snack, juice is spilled at least once by overshooting when pouring, pouring too much, squeezing the juice box too hard when putting in the straw or drinking, accidentally knocking over the juice..... spilled juice is sticky! :) Water is not!
• From now on when it is your child's day to bring in snack they will only need to bring in a snack to eat (we will provide the beverage…good old H2O!)

Three Cheers for Water !