My daugher is in preschool and gets a snack each day. I just send her
own snack with her each day. I don't trust other parents, even if
they mean well. Gluten has such a wide scope that they really don't
understand. Even well meaning friends sometimes mess up with food
when we go to their houses. So I always take food for may daughter.

At beginning of year I send a small airtight container full of "just
in case" snacks: pretzels, hershey bars, fruit snacks...) Then I
check on it throughout the year in case I need to replenish. This is
in case her snack falls on floor, or someone brings in an unexpected
goodie.

The kinds of snacks I send when it is my daughters turn to bring in
the snack for the whole class are: fruit snacks, Namaste Muffins
(Can put blueberries or chocolate chips in them), Envirokidz cereal
bars, pretzels. When it is her birthday I send in NAmaste chocolate
cupcakes (made from chocolate cake mix) or special holidays I bake
NAmaste cookies (sugar cutouts) for the class. The kids love them all
and never say they taste different.

Hope this helps.

n USASillyYaks@yahoogroups.com, "Diane and Sonny Bishop"
<bishopclan@...> wrote:
>
> I'd suggest something like the gf MiDel cookies, fruit snacks or
there are
> certain energy bars that are made from fruit and nuts that are
really good.
> The note to parents is good except that they do not realize the
scope of
> what gluten is in. Something innocent like pudding with fruit or
special ice
> creams they may think is OK, but many are not.
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: USASillyYaks@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:USASillyYaks@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Nicole
> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 11:17 PM
> To: USASillyYaks@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [USASillyYaks] ideas for daughter in classroom
>
>
>
> HI, I was wondering what kinds of things one might keep in a 2nd
grade
> classroom. My daughter was sooooooooo sad again today because for
some
> silly reason I don't understand, after mass today, all of the school
> had bagels and o.j. This just breaks her heart when they can eat and
> she cant. Luckily I had gone down to the office, across from her
> classroom to find this out.
> I told her to ask her teacher if she could get a little snack from
> her lunch. Of course she said yes.
> I was wondering what kinds of snacks can stay in the classroom, so
> that if something like this happens again, ie bdays, other misc
> treats, that she can have something.
> Also, some times, some school years, parents have put a note saying
> please don't bring in anything with strawberries due to an allergy.
I
> was wondering how realistic it would be for me to do the same thing,
> except put in wheat allergy.............
> Nicole
>