2.17.2011

Letter Qq

"Q" topics...quilt, queen, quarter

{Circle Time}
Calendar...Talk about the month and days of the week and put sticker on the day we are discussing.

Reading...days of the week book...Pigs to the Rescue by John Himmelman
...theme books...My "q" Book by Jane Belk Moncure
Giggle Giggle Quack by Doreen Cronin
Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood
Quack by Phyllis Root
Quilt Counting by Lesa Cline-Ransome
The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood

Songs/Rhymes...The Q says...

{Letter Craft}
Q is for Quail...{this one is my design}

{Activities}
Coloring...Letter Qq,
quilt

Letter Identification...
find the letter worksheet,
...do a dot letter printables
...letter tracing q

Queen...dot to dot queen. This is a great exercise for getting letters in the correct order and drawing lines!
...dress up like a queen, wearing crowns and using a wand!

Quilts...looked at quilts we have and talked about my grandmother who makes them.
...made a quilt card! I drew outlines of shapes and Little Bit had to match up the foam stickers.

Activity shelf...we have had some Valentine related stuff out of the shelves the last few weeks
...punching hearts from construction paper; beading an owl/heart necklace
...pom pom transfer to flower suction mat; counting erasers; build the shapes {I drew outlines of shapes and Little Bit had to use the red blocks to make the shape}; heart stringing; pom pom transfer w/tweezers; "love" sensory box {filled with all things red....silk rose petals, heart buttons, jewels, heart erasers, pom poms, red bowl, heart containers}

Computer time...Starfall {we worked in the ABC section with the letter Q}
...Little Bit also loves to get in some computer time when we go the library. They have computers set up in the children's area with games, stories, etc. She loves working on Jump Start PreK!

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