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!

recipe shelves...

We have these 3 open shelves in the corner of our kitchen. They are used to house our cookbooks, recipe cards, phone books and a few small appliances.

After I read a cooking magazine I would either throw the whole magazine on the bottom shelf or rip out a recipe and place it on the pile. Also the basket was overflowing with recipes. The mess was getting to me, so I finally sorted and tossed and got this space organized!

There were several small manuals and recipe booklets that I didn't want to get lost mixed in with the larger cookbooks, so I made them a little home all their own. I took a cracker box, made a few cuts and added some cute paper to turn it into a small magazine type box.

Here is the after....less crowded and way more organized. The top shelf is pretty much the same, just moved the coffee maker and added the file box. On the second shelf, I eliminated a duplicate phone book and added a few decor items. {The 2 owls are from Target's dollar spot and the red jar is from Michaels.} Now my red plate stand has a home on the bottom shelf next to the recipe box and coffee maker. All the recipes I kept from the huge pile and basket were either filed in my recipe binder or written on a card and placed in my fairly new recipe box!

Linking up to We're Organzied Wednesday!

cupcake shirt...

I made this {sweet} cupcake shirt and hair clip for Little Bit to wear for Valentines Day....but she was sickly today so we will have to wear it later this week.

Here is a close up of the hair clip....
I just made a rolled flower with tulle and stitched it on the sewing machine to hold it together. Then I sewed a button in the center and hot glued it to an alligator clip.

For the shirt, I cut a cupcake base out of fabric and attached that to the shirt. Then I made 2 more rolled flowers with the tulle and sewed those on as the cupcake top. I sewed a button at the top of the cupcake for a sweet little topping! Then I added a few felt hearts to finish off the shirt.

Menu Plan Monday

Monday ~ roasted chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes, bread

Tuesday ~ apricot pork chops, sweet potato fries, corn, grapes

Wednesday ~ mini cheese ravioli, salad, bread

Thursday ~ tilapia sticks, green beans, mac & cheese

Friday ~ chicken tacos, chips & salsa

Linking up with Org Junkie and Fit Meals Monday...check them out for more recipes!