Does First Step Preschool provide the snacks and meals for the children?
Due to food allergies, First Step Preschool does not provide food items. Children need to bring a morning or afternoon snack (including drink), and a sack lunch when they are signed up for lunch. We encourage you to provide your child with nutritious food such as: fruit, vegetable and protein. We also encourage sugarless snacks and lunches, and reducing high-fat content items, as we feel this is nutritionally sound for better learning. Please do not send gum, candy or soda. We cannot refrigerate the children’s lunches. Small ice packs are useful to keep things cool, if needed. We do encourage good hygiene habits before and after snack and lunch time. We encourage the children to “eat their own food” and we do not allow the sharing of food. Please let us know of any food allergies your child may have. Return to Top of Page Q6. How do I tell if my child is too sick to go to school? Children with one or more of the following symptoms will be excluded from school until the symptoms have cl
