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 Bears.
 
Books we read:

• Polar Bear, Polar Bear by Eric Carl
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carl
• We’re Going On a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen

 

• We played on the roof.
• We used different shaped sponges dipped in paint to make pictures in Art Studio

 
Classroom Activities

• This week we started talking about bears and the bear rooms for next years in the 3’s program.  Each child got to pick which bear hand print they wanted to make.  We will continue to talk about the bear rooms in order to make them feel more comfortable about next year.

 
Theme next week:

• Bears/Summer/fathers day

 
Reminders:

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

• SAVE THE DATE: End of year Pajama party Friday, June 7th from 3:00-3:30.. Every child must have a parent of caregiver in attendance.

 
Have a great weekend,

Erica & Lory

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 Zoo Animals.
 
Books we read:

• Animal Strike At The Zoo, by Karma Wilson
• Sam Who Never Forgets, by Eve Rice

 
Places we went:

• We finger painted with paint and glitter in art studio
• We went to the Central Park Zoo

 
Classroom Activities

• After talking about different animals we may see in the zoo, we read the book “Sam Who Never Forgets.”  After that we used markers to color in our seals and then used paint brushes with water to turn it into water colors.

 
Theme next week:

• Farm Animals

 
Reminders:

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

 
SAVE THE DATE: End of year Pajama party Friday, June 7th from 3:00-3:30.. Every child must have a parent of caregiver in attendance.

Have a great weekend,
 
Erica & Lory

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 Mothers Day.
 
Books we read:

• A Chair For My Mother, by Vera B. Wiliams
• The Mommy Book, by Todd Parr

 
Places we went:

• We played on the roof
• We had our last assembly of the year
• Rahbel (Eiliyah’s mom) came in to read us a fun book about Ramadan

 
Classroom Activities
 

• We made a special Mother’s Day project.

 
Theme next week:

• Animals

 
Reminders:

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

 
SAVE THE DATE: Central Park Zoo Trip

• Friday, May 17th – 9:45-11:45 NO PM CLASS THAT DAY

 
Have a great weekend,

Erica & Lory

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 animals.
 
Books we read:

• The Perfect Pet, by Margie Palatini
• Harry The Dirty Dog, by Gene Zion

 
Places we went:

• We played on the roof
• We did yoga moves in movement

Classroom Activities:

• We read Harry the Dirty Dog and talked about who had dogs as a pet.  We talked about how dogs could have spots and be different colors.  Then each child made a dog out of felt and got to pick a name for their dog.
• We also painted pots for the beans we have growing in the room.

 
Theme next week:

• Mothers Day
  

Theme next week:

• Animals

 
Reminders:

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

 
SAVE THE DATE:

• Central Park Zoo Trip Friday, May 17th – 9:45-11:45
• NO PM CLASS THAT DAY
  

Have a great weekend!
 
Erica & Lory