Welcome to Week 21 of Freedom Homeschooling’s Letter of the Week preschool curriculum!

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Week 21: Letter Q Activities

Week 21 of our Letter of the Week preschool curriculum focuses on the letter Q and the number sixteen. In Week 21, your child will learn about quilts, quokkas, quacking ducks, and more. This week also reviews shapes.

 

Letter Q Activities: Day 1

• Sing the alphabet song with your child.
• Learn about the letter Q on Starfall. On each screen of this interactive activity, your child will need to click the letter Q, wait for the animation to play, or complete the activity to get the green arrow to appear. Then, he/she will click the green arrow to go to the next screen.
• Show your child how to write an upper and lowercase Q, and have him complete the worksheet on page 101 of the workbook.
• Watch As Quiet as a Mouse. Encourage your child to sing along.
• Optional: Choose an activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list of additional activities near the end of this page.

 

Letter Q Activities: Day 2

• Watch Captain Seasalt and the ABC Pirates “Q” Island cartoon.
• Show your child how to write the number 16. On workbook page 102, have him/her trace the 16s and use a dot marker to mark sixteen boxes in the ten frames. You may want to place something under the worksheet to protect your table, because the dot markers tend to soak through paper.
• Practice counting to sixteen with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Watch Ms. Coralie read Q is for Quokka by Jean Claude.
• Watch As Quiet as a Mouse and sing along.
• Optional: Choose an activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list of additional activities near the end of this page.

 

Letter Q Activities: Day 3

• Watch As Quiet as a Mouse and sing along.
• Watch Mimi read Quentin Quokka’s Quick Questions by Barbara deRubertis.
• On workbook page 103, help your child trace and write the letter Q. Read the words under the pictures to him/her.
• Read Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary from page 10 of The Real Mother Goose.
• Optional: Choose an activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list of additional activities near the end of this page.

 

 

Letter Q Activities: Day 4

• Watch Quick Quack Quentin by Kes Gray. (Stop the video at six minutes when the read aloud ends. The rest of the video advertises other read alouds.)
• Watch Duck Facts for Kids.
• On workbook page 104, help your child trace and write 16s and place sixteen stickers on the worksheet.
• Practice counting to sixteen with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Watch As Quiet as a Mouse and sing along.
• Optional: Choose an activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list of additional activities near the end of this page.

 

Letter Q Activities: Day 5

• Watch the Letter Q Song by ABCmouse.
• Watch Isabel Sanford read The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy on Reading Rainbow.
• Have your child color the quilt on workbook page 105. Ask him/her what shapes he sees in the quilt.
• Watch As Quiet as a Mouse and sing along.
• Optional: Choose an additional activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list below.

 

Additional Letter Q Activities

• Writing- Have your child practice writing the letter Q or the number sixteen with his/her finger in a tray of sand, rice, or dried beans.
• Arts and crafts- Q-tip pointillism painting, Q-tip daisies, or cupcake liner quail craft
• Science- make and experiment with quicksand
• STEM- quilt activity with triangles
• Field trip- quilt shop, quilt exhibit, or go to the library to quietly borrow books about Q words (queens, quail, etc.)
• Recipe- cheese quesadillas or a quiche
• Snacks- queso dip with chips

 

Letter P Review

If your child has completed all the Week 21 activities, and time allows, you may want to spend some time reviewing Week 20, which covered the letter P. However, if you do not get a chance to review Week 20, it is okay. Week 25 of the Letter of the Week preschool curriculum will review weeks 20 through 24.

 

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Build a Home Library

If you would like to buy any of the books from this week’s video read alouds, you can use these links to find them on Amazon.

• Q is for Quokka by Jean Claude
• Quentin Quokka’s Quick Questions by Barbara deRubertis
• Quick Quack Quentin by Kes Gray
• The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy

 

Supply Reminder

Remember to look ahead to Week 22, decide which activities you would like to do with your child, and make sure you have the necessary supplies on hand.