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 --

Q / R - Quilts & Rain: April 20-21, 2015

Books:
Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes *
Mr. Putney's Quacking Dog by Jon Agee
A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas *
Robots Everywhere by Denny Hebson *
Who Likes Rain? by Wong Herbert Yee *

Craft: My Q Quilt
This week the kids made a paper quilt with quilt squares featuring the letter "Q" or items that start with the letter "Q".  The kids colored the squares before gluing them to a 3x3 grid.

Literacy Extensions:
- The letter "R" is a great opportunity to practice rhyming.  Instead of focusing on the start of words this week practice word ending phonics by coming up with rhyming words.
- Another fun "R" activity is riddles.  Grab a riddle book and see how many your child can figure out.  Don't worry if they don't figure out the riddles.  The word play is fun to read also.


Notes:
I was unable to find a book featuring the letter "Q" that liked.  So we ended up reading "R" books and making a "Q" craft.  It worked out pretty good.