Dear Rainbow Room Families,
 
We just wanted to thank you for a wonderful year in the Rainbow Room! 

Over the year, we have enjoyed getting to know you and your children, watching them grow from shy, unsure 2-year-olds, into confident 3-year-olds.  

​While we are are sad to see them leave the Rainbow room, we know they are ready for next year.  Please keep in touch and come visit anytime.
 
Have a great summer!
 
Erica, Lory, and Altagracia

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 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

 
Places we went:

• Faye and Sid (Aayan’s Parents) came in to teach the children how to dance Salsa (it was very cute)
• 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 11:15-11:45.  Every child must have a parent of caregiver in attendance.

​Have a great weekend,

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 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 11:15-11:45.  Every child must have a parent of caregiver in attendance.
 
Erica, Lory, and Altagraci

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

 
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

Have a great weekend!
 
Erica, Lory, and Altagraci

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 animals.
 
Books we read:

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

 
Places we went:

• We had Sid (Aayan’s Dad) come in and showed and talked to us about Tabla drums from India.  We even got to play a little if we wanted to.
• We glued different color and textured materials on a painting we previously painted in art.

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.
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• Also painted pots for our beans we have growing in the room.

 
Theme next week:

• Mothers Day

 
Reminders:

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

 
SAVE THE DATE:

• Central Park Zoo Trip Friday, May 17th – 9:45-11:45

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Have a great weekend!
 
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 Spring and Gardening.
 
Books we read:

• A Sunny Day, by Amy Lola M. Schaefer
• The Tiny Seed, by Eric Carle
• My Garden, by Kevin Henkes

 
Places we went:

• We played in the gym
• We did finger painting in Art
• We read Every Friday in library

Classroom Activities:

• We read the book My Garden.  After talking about what we need to do to make plants grow, we planted some beans.  The children wet paper towel, and got to pick which beans they wanted to put in them.  They are now hanging on the windows on our window, where we will watch them grow (fingers crossed).

 
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

 
Parent Teacher Conferences:  If you forgot your times please let me know.

• Thursday, April 25th or Friday, April 26th

Have a great weekend,
 
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 Spring and Gardening.
 
Books we read:

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
• My Garden, by Kevin Henkes

 
Places we went:

• We read The Adventures of Beekle in library
• We did stamps on our water color paintings in Art

Classroom Activities:

• We talked about different kinds of bugs we may see in the spring time.  We made bumble bees with yellow and black paper.

 
Theme next week:

• Spring/Gardening

 
Reminders:

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

 
SAVE THE DATE: Central Park Zoo Trip
Friday, May 17th – 9:45-11:45
 
Parent Teacher Conferences:  If you forgot your times please let me know.
Thursday, April 25th or Friday, April 26th

​Have a great weekend!
 
Erica, Lory, and Altagracia

Dear Rainbow Room Parents,
 
Welcome back, 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 Spring and Gardening.
 
Books we read:

• A Sunny Day, by Amy Lola M. Schaefer
• The Tiny Seed, by Eric Carle

 
Places we went:

• We played in the gym
• We sang songs with Noel
• We water-colored in Art

 
Classroom Activities:

• We talked about flowers growing and how they are many different colors and sizes.  We talked about the different parts of the flower and after that we did an art project where we made our own beautiful flowers, out of foam pieces.

 
Theme next week:

• Spring/Gardening

 
Reminders:

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

 
SAVE THE DATE: Central Park Zoo Trip
Friday, May 17th – 9:45-11:45
 
Parent Teacher Conferences:  If you forgot your times please let me know.
Thursday, April 25th or Friday, April 26th
 
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:

• 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 out 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 Chiara