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Literacy Packed Back To School Lunch Ideas

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It’s that time of year when the kids are headed back to school.  You might be shopping for that perfect lunchbox or hunting for some fresh back to school lunch ideas.

Today, I have some fun lunchbox notes that will make those school lunches packed with literacy! These simple literacy activities will let your child know that you are thinking of them during lunch.

Lunch time at the beginning of the year can often be an awkward and uneasy time for many kids who may be shy, nervous or in the process of making new friends.

These lunch box notes will not only reassure your child that you are thinking about them, but also encourage them to talk to others at lunch and hopefully make some new friends.

Literacy Packed Back to School Lunch Ideas

LUNCH BOX NOTES

lunch box notes great for putting in those back to school lunches from growingbookbybook.com

Here are two weeks worth of back to school lunch ideas that are filled with literacy.  I’ve made the notes as a free printable.  All you need to do is print, cut and pack!   The notes will be fun for your child to read and share at the lunch table.

The lunch box notes include riddles, jokes, building self-esteem statements, literacy games, and ice breaker questions.

For more great lunch box note ideas, check out the 365 table topics series.

LITERACY THEMED LUNCH IDEAS

Here are some fun storybook themed lunch ideas too that would pair perfectly with the lunch box notes.

Little Miss Spider from Keitha’s Chaos

The Sneetches from Bento School Lunches

Pinkalicious from Bent On Better Lunches

The Giving Tree  from Becoming a Bentoholic

The Very Hungry Caterpillar from Eats Amazing

I’m excited to be sharing these ideas along with this fabulous group of bloggers in the Kid Blogger Network.  Visit their sites and check out the linky party below for more great back to school ideas!
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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

Comments

  1. Renae says

    Thank you so much for linking up to the Kids Learning Printables Linky Party! I just loved your lunch box note printable. What a fun idea! You are being featured this week at Every Star Is Different! We hope you stop by again!

  2. Patricia Merry says

    I started sending little notes after my sixth grader told me no one in her
    class would talk to her at lunch the first few days. 🙁 She didn’t want to sit with the boys and the girls all have their groups. The third day she found someone though!

    • Jenna says

      Oops…and talking about fun snacks the kids like. I’ve got my list started. My daughter asked if she could have a different fruit each day lol.

  8. Keitha says

    My son is going into 3rd grade this year. He really enjoys the story themed lunches I make for him. Thanks for the sharing the school note printables and for linking to my Little Miss Spider lunch.

  16. Marcia says

    I love this idea for school lunches! My oldest can’t read yet, but would love little pictures I think.

  18. Leah says

    I love back to school time. The kids are exited for new possibilities. I love new back to school purchases! The shark bag is so awesome!

  19. Lori Adamson says

    I am a home child care provider. When my school-agers start back to school, we (my preschoolers and I) are going to start “school” also. We will dedicate part of our day to a more “formal” learning activity such as worksheets and having calendar time.

  21. Rebecca S. says

    “School” for us consists of Parents Morning Out or MOPS one morning a week and activities at home. I love watching my teacher friends’ facebook feeds for pictures of their classrooms, but I’m not ready to send my little guy into one yet! 🙂

    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      Rebecca, my little ones are home with me too. I think we are going to use some of these at lunch at home though. I’ll read them and discuss over lunch. Enjoy that time with your little guy!

  22. Melissa says

    This looks awesome! My oldest “baby” starts kindergarten this month… I’m excited for her and anxious for me as I send her out into the world…

  23. Suzan Baback says

    Excited this year. My oldest goes to kindergarten. We decided to wait a year to send him because of a September birthday and sensitivity struggles. He is so confident now. I am not worried. Best decision we made was to wait a year to send him.

  28. Catherine @ Story Snug says

    My daughter took a packed lunch to summer camp for the first time yesterday so I put little notes in her lunch boxes. I thought it was cute idea but the response was “Mummy, why did you do that? Nobody else’s Mummy did and I can’t read them!” I wonder what she’ll say when she finds today’s notes 🙂

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  1. […] Growing Book by Book has created some really fun literacy packed lunch box notes. They ask questions, share books and fun facts, and more. You will want to check them out. My son will probably find some of them in his lunchbox this year. They are such a fun Back to School idea. […]