Each week we have a
special "letter of the week".
During the week, we make crafts that feature the
letter of the week and practice the upper and lower cases of the letter.
WHAT WE DO - ACTIVITIES: During the week
we're learning about a particular letter (in this case the Letter Q), we'll often do an
activity celebrating that letter. One idea for the letter Q is to work
on Quick versus Slow. You can have mini-car races to see which is
quicker. You can go running quickly in the park. You can even
try to clean up your mess quickly!
WHAT WE DO - CRAFTS:
Quarter rubbing - place a quarter under a piece of paper and rub
the edge of a crayon over it. Just like a leaf rubbing, you'll end
up with the impression of a quarter. Talk about how the quarter got
its name.
a quarter is one fourth of something... in this case the quarter is
one fourth of a dollar. Said another way it takes 4 quarters to
equal one dollar. Talk about what else comes or can be cut into
quarters (for example, pie or cake)
We're lucky in Canada because our quarter has a picture of the
British Queen (also a Q word) on one side. You may want to see if
you can round up a Canadian quarter for this exercise.
Quilts (paper quilt): Give each child a piece of
paper. Fold into Quarters (4 parts) and cut. Have the
child decorate each of the four pieces (you can use paint, sparkle glue,
stamps, stickers, crayons, feathers, etc). It's nice to put a wide
variety of materials out and just let them get creative. Now poke
holes around each of the pieces with a hole punch and use wool to lace
together the quilt patches. If you're doing this with a group of
children you can make one gigantic quilt or you can have the kids swap
patches so they can make themselves a quilt with squares their friends
have decorated.
Quilt crafts can be nicely combined with other holiday celebrations...
for example, decorate with hearts at valentine's day or turkeys at
thanksgiving.
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