Dear Rainbow Room Families,
 
We had another exciting week!  Below is an update on what the Rainbow Room children learned this week at Montclare.  Our Theme this week was Food (Fruits and Veggies).
 
Books we read:

• The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza, by Philemon Sturges

 
Places we went:

• We made hand-prints in art
• We played in the gym and rode bikes
• We danced in movement

 

Classroom Activities:

• After reading The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza we talked about what goes on a pizza.  The children then got to make pizzas out of paper, and string.  Then for snack we make bagel pizzas.  The children loved it.

 
Theme next week:

• Spring

 
Reminders:

• Don’t forget to label your children’s coats
• Parent Teacher conferences on April 25th and 26th!

 
Enjoy your spring break, see you in April!
 
Erica, Lory, and Altagracia

Dear Rainbow Room Parents,
 
We had another exciting week!  Below is an update on what the Rainbow Room children learned this week at Montclare.  Our Theme this week was Food (Fruits and Veggies)
 
Books we read:

• Little Pea, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• Oliver’s Vegetables, Vivian French

 
Places we went:

• We played Kazoos in music
• We finished our tiles in Art

 

Classroom Activities:

• After reading the book, Oliver’s Vegetables we talked about the different kinds of vegetables in the story that Oliver found and tried.  We discussed where they grew and what colors they are.  We then took a closer look at some vegetables on the rug.  We passed around carrots and cucumbers and the children got to see how they felt.  We talked about the color and the size.  We took guesses if it would be the same color inside when we cut them open.  After that the children made silly carrots for a art project.  And of course we got to eat the veggies for snack.
• We read the story Little Pea.  After reading we talked about what color little pea was what his shape.  We then took a look at some sugar snap peas on the rug.  The children got to hold it and see what it felt like. We then opened them up and got to see the peas inside,  we passed around the pea, talked about how they felt, there color, size and shape.  Some of us even tried eating a snap pea.  After looking at them we made peas in a pod as an art project.

 
Theme next week:

• Continue Food (fruits and veggies)

 
Reminders:

• Don’t forget to label your children’s coats

 
Have a great weekend!
 
Erica, Lory, and Altagracia

Dear Rainbow 3PM Families,
We had another exciting week!  Below is an update on what the Rainbow Room children learned this week at Montclare.  Our Theme this week was Food (Fruits and Veggies)!

Books we read:

• Oliver’s Milk Shake, by Vivian French
• Fruits, by Vijaya Khisty Bodach

 
Places we went:

• We painted tiles in art
• We played in the gym and rode bikes
• We danced in movement

Classroom Activities:

• After reading Oliver’s Milk Shake we talked about the different kinds of milk shakes and smoothies.  We talked about some fruit we might put in smoothies. Then the children got to help make strawberry, banana, blueberry smoothies, which we had for snack.

Theme next week:

• Food (Fruit and veggies)

 
 
Reminders:

• Don’t forget to label your children’s coats

 
Have a  great weeeknd!

Erica, Lory, and Altagracia