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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, 1st graders making lunches? Curious what kind of lunches your kids make? Is it just peanut butter/jelly sandwiches or those with deli slices or something else?[/quote]

We had a recipe on the fridge that said

Grain (could be waffles or a bagel or whole grain crackers or Cheerios)

Protein (seed butter, deli meat, eggs, beans, hummus)

Dairy

Veggie

Fruit

Treat (I bake a lot, so this could be a cookie or a muffin, or a second serving of fruit or yogurt, or a granola bar, or fruit leather)

My kids could run down the list and grab something from each category.  My youngest was pretty strongly attached to a certain sandwich and fluid milk, but it wasn’t because of lack of skill because sometimes he would make lunch for his Dad and include other things.

I packed for my oldest for a few years and followed the same pattern, but I didn’t need it written down, but my youngest had heard me ask his brother “what fruit do you want?” Enough times that he got the concept right away as a young 5.
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