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Queens
Cut crowns out of construction paper for each of the children and have them
decorate with feathers, paint, stickers, sequins, etc.

Q-Tip Pictures
Have the children paint pictures using Q-Tips.

Quack Quack
Have the children squat and waddle like ducks, flapping their wings.

Quacker Pizzas
Give each child a cracker and have them spoon a little pizza sauce or
Ketchup on it, add a slice of pepperoni, some cheese and put in the oven for 3 to 5
minutes.


Letter Q- We folded a 12x18 sheet of pastel paper into 16 even sections,
then let the kids use Q-tips and water color paints to create a "patch" for
each square. The kids had a ball, and the "Quilts" turned out to very
unique.

Quarter: Cut out the letter Q and take a quarter stamp and stamp quarter
all over the Q. To make a stamp- Take a quarter and hot glue on the end of
a round clothespin. Then stamp in the ink. makes a nice print! Older the
quarter is- better the pic comes out..

Rubbings of quarters: take a piece of typing paper and place over the
quarter and rub it with a crayon! Use both sides of the coin!

Queen: Make queens from construction paper. Give each child a square
piece of paper. Show the children how to round the corners to make a circle for
the queens face. Have the children turn a rectangle piece of colored
construction paper sideways and snip V's out of the top to make a crown. Have the
children cut stripes of construction paper into small squares and use the small
pieces to make hair and facial features.

Quiet game:
Play the "quiet game." Challenge the children to see how long they can
remain quiet.

Quilt: give each child a piece of graph paper and have them color each square to make a quilt.

Food: Quiche, Quaker oats

We have the QUIET Queen come to visit and she sometimes brings a quilt.
We have kids come back after being in the "big" school and ask if the Quiet
queen comes to visit. We have a veeeerrrrry quiet circle time. (great for us
adults). Or how about Question Man/Woman. sort of like the riddler on Batman.?
Question marks all over their clothes. Sounds like it may be great for kids
with ""WH" who, what where, why and when. with he prompt ask a Question?.

I just thought of this as I was typing and think I'll have to do this for my language kids, like a jeopardy type thing, Ask a
question of Question Woman.


"Quilt"

Have each child make a piece for a group quilt. Use colored construction
paper decorated with crayons, paint, etc. "Sew" the pieces together with
yarn. Use a hole-punch---the holes need to go all the way around the paper. To
help with the spacing, use a fine-tipped marker to make the pattern for the holes
on each child's paper. When you "sew" the pieces together, use a thick,
thick yarn and a large plastic needle so the kids can help here, too. Lace the
papers together, and go around the edges of pieces that are on the outside.

Quills----Take some feathers and sharpen the tip so the children can use it
as a writing tool ----- like our forefathers used them

Quiet----Quiet Day ----Make it where everybody whispers all day long

Quarts---- Everything in science area is measured in quarts---fill quart
containers

Quest-----Have a day where you are in search for toys, answers, colors,
etc.(questions)

Quick----Large motor activities are done quickly---running games---Book
Quick as a Cricket----

Quartet---Do things in groups of fours

Queasy---sick to your stomach day ---use in combination with exam
Quill pens - nail file/jar of ink/turkey feathers (I hear these can be
purchased at craft stores. Why not try a turkey farm? - there might be bugs
in these though (?) use a nail file to file down point of feather and get creative


Books:

1)The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston

2)The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco

3)Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet by Ann Whitford Paul

4)Owen by Kevin Henkes

5)Geradine's Blanket by Holly Keller

6)The Boy and the Quilt by Shirley Kurtz

7)The Quilt by Ann Jonas

8)Coat of many Colors by Dolly Parton

Activities for each book

1) Quilt story--Have the children bring in a favorite quilt. Take picture of

each child holding quilt. Write a story as child dictates about their quilt.

2)Keeping Quilt-- In advance make giftpack for each child (6 inch square

of linen with "gold" coin, silk flower, and rock salt piece in center,

bring up edges and tie with ribbon) Read story. distribute giftpack and

recall uses for quilt and tradition of each item. send note home with

giftpack so parents understand.

3)Eight Hands....-- Spread out quilt and invite the kids to gather round

for story. Give each child an 8 inch square of white construction paper

after the story. Give out precut shapes and have students create patterns on their

square and glue them down. Have child name pattern and hang up squares together to

resemble quilt.

4)Owen--Find out prior to story if children have special toys or blankets they never

want to part with. Have Blanket day. Have children tell where they got their blanket

and why it's special. Make floor graph with blankets. Place folded Q or B in

categories such as Quilts, blankets, by color, if they have a pattern, etc.

Use blankets for movement.. over, under, between, etc.

5)Geraldine's Blanket-- Have the kids brainstorm ways of saving their

favorite blanket. Draw pictures of ideas. Make book called "Save the

Blankets". Compare with story Owen

6)The Boy And The Quilt--Make flannel board pieces to go with story. Have

the children recite together after hearing each line and move pieces to go with

story. Ask 5 kids to lie on floor next to stack of 5 folded quilts

and as the rest recite, take one quilt from stack and cover one of the

sleeping children.

7)The Quilt--Divide the children into groups of 4 or 5. Each group gets

large sheet of const paper, wallpaper squares and skintoned const paper circle

for each child. Each group arranges and glues squares on paper to

create a patterned patchwork quilt. have children use art supplies to

decorate circle like face. Glue face shape to back of quilt sheet to

make each appear to be tucked into the quilt.

8)Coat of many Colors--If you have it, read The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills

and compare and contrast. Which did children like? Play Dolly singing

the coat. Give children small scraps to make coat with to cover cutout

made to resemble themselves.

To use with The Boy and the Quilt

Five colorful quilts with patches galore,

One covered (Child's name) and then there were four.

Four colorful quilts pretty as can be,

One covered ( ) and then there were three

Three colorful quilts with patches red and blue,

One covered ( ) and then there were two.

Two colorful quilts made just for fun,

One covered ( ) and there was one.

One colorful quilt left out in the sun,

It covered ( ) and then there were none.

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