The Alphabet: PQ -- 3/29/22

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Chengdu Could Not, Would Not Fall Asleep by Barney Saltzberg
Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups by Tadgh Bentley

Books:
Chu's Day by Neil Gaiman
Hello, Puppy! by Jane Cowan-Fletcher

Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant

The Night Pirates by Peter Harris

Perfectly Percy by Paul Schmid
Queen Panda Can't Sleep by Susanna Isern
Secret Pizza Party by Adam Rubin
Shorty & Clem by Michael Slack

Craft: Q is for Quail

- Print template on heavy paper or cardstock

- Color and cut out pieces (Q body, head, wing, tailfeather, feet, beak, and plume)

- Glue tailfeather to bottom of body along the Q's tail.

- Glue the head to the top of the body opposite the tail.

- Glue the plume and beak to the head.

- Glue the wing along body's back between head and tailfeather.

- Glue feet to bottom of body.

Extension Activities:

- Act out the rhyme Five Little Ducks with your child making sure to incorporate the "quacks".

- Get a little messy with some paints.  Finger paint a picture with your child.

Template --

P - Pandas & Pigs: April 13-14, 2015

Books:
Baby Penguins Everywhere! by Melissa Guion *
Can You Make a Piggy Giggle? by Linda Ashman
Chengdu Could Not, Would Not Fall Asleep by Barney Saltzberg *
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore by David McPhail
This Little Pirate by Philemon Sturges

Craft: Standing Peacock
Our craft this week was based on the picture at right.  We did make several changes to it though.  The children each got a peacock body and a tail to color and sequins to glue to the tail.  They then made the peacock "stand" by sliding the tail onto the body using slits that had been cut in them.

Literacy Extensions:
- Do you know how many different types of penguins there are?  Investigate penguins with your child and learn more about the various types of penguins.
- Practice phonics and letter recognition with your child.  See how many words your child can come up with that start with the letter "P".