What to Bring to School

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What to Bring Daily to Sonshine School

ALL ITEMS MUST BE MARKED WITH CHILD’S FIRST NAME AND LAST INITIAL.

 12 months — 17 months:

  • 4 diapers or velcro side release pull-ups clearly marked with your student’s first name and last initial. If your student uses cloth diapers, a wet bag for soiled diapers must be provided.
  • School Backpack with the student’s lunch, cup, and any other necessary items. 
  • If your student uses pacifiers please send AT LEAST 2 and BE SURE they are clearly labeled with your student’s first name and last initial.
  • Send all formula, breast milk, jar, and/or transition food that your student would possibly need throughout his/her Sonshine School day.  Be sure to have everything pre-measured and with all necessary utensils, bibs, and burp rags in order to allow ease in preparation.
  • If your student has a sippy cup, it must also be spill-proof. Please label it clearly with your student’s first name and last initial.  Please no sugary drinks such as kool-aid, soda, or sweet tea. 
  • If your student has table foods at lunch, make sure they are cut up small enough to avoid choking.

18 months – 35 months:

  • 3 diapers or velcro side release pull-ups clearly marked with your student’s first name and last ninitial. If your student uses cloth diapers, a wet bag for soiled diapers must be provided.
  • School Backpack with the student’s lunch, cup, and any other necessary items.
  • If your student uses pacifiers please send AT LEAST 2 and BE SURE they are clearly labeled with your student’s first name and last initial.
  • 1 spill-proof sippy cup clearly labeled with your student’s first name and last initial and filled with liquids that do not require refrigeration.  If your student runs out of the drink provided, we will rinse out his or her sippy cup and refill it with tap water. Please no sugary drinks such as kool-aid, soda, or sweet tea.
  • PLEASE send a lunch that includes bite-size portions that will promote self-help in order to allow your child to have a ready-to-eat lunch.  Finger foods are recommended. For students who have not yet mastered the use of utensils (spoon and fork), foods that require adult assistance (such as soups, applesauce, yogurt, and pudding) are not allowed. Go-Gurts or other tube yogurts are not allowed.
  • In order to avoid choking, for students under the age of 4 we require that grapes, cherry tomatoes, olives, and any other small round food be halved or quartered; cylindrical foods such as string cheese, carrots, and hot dogs must be halved lengthwise. Popcorn, nuts/seeds, and hard/sticky candy are not allowed for students under the age of 4.

3 to 5 year olds:

  • School Backpack with the student’s lunch, cup, and any other necessary items.
  • A healthy nutritious lunch that promotes independence and self-help.
  • In order to avoid choking, for students under the age of 4 we require that grapes, cherry tomatoes, olives, and any other small round food be halved or quartered; cylindrical foods such as string cheese, carrots, and hot dogs must be halved lengthwise. Popcorn, nuts/seeds, and hard/sticky candy are not allowed for students under the age of 4.
  • 1 sport or straw-top spill-resistant cup labeled with your student’s first name and last initial and filled with liquid that does not require refrigeration. Please no sugary drinks such as kool-aid, soda, or sweet tea.

ALL PULL-UPS MUST BE VELCRO SIDE RELEASE & ALL SIPPY CUPS MUST BE SPILL PROOF.