Q is for Quilt

A couple weeks ago for our young 5's class we learned about the letter "Q".

First we read a sweet, sweet book called The Name Quilt by Phyllis Root. It is the story of a quilt that a girl always uses when at her grandma's house that has names woven into different squares, and each name tells a story from grandma's past. One day during a windstorm, the name quilt gets blown off the clothesline and is lost. The girl is terribly sad, but her grandma shows her how the names and the stories are held forever in their hearts and memories. Then they begin to make a new quilt together. Very precious and sweet!

After talking about the sound that the letter "Q" makes, we wrote Q's in the air, on each other's backs, and in sand.


Then we made capital Q's and lower case q's out of model magic! Model magic is fun stuff. It's similar to playdough in consistency, but dries without crumbling like playdough often does.




Next the children got to take turns sewing a large "Q" on top of a little quilt that I'd made ahead of time. They each took their small quilt home with them that day! This was very, very fun. For them but also for me! They got to push the pedal to make the machine "go" and with their hands on top of mine, guided the fabric under the needle. Here are each of the young 5's except the youngest (I made his completely for him).







We had quinoa (pronounced keen-wa) and quesadillas for snack!


Quinoa is a grain used in earlier times by the American Indians. I cooked it with water, like oatmeal, and we ate it as hot cereal, with a dab of honey and a little milk mixed in. Most of the children didn't care for it, but with honey on it I thought it was very good!