Sound-Loaded Books

Activities:

• Count quarters
• Make a cloth or paper quilt.  Have each student draw a picture of an object that begins with the letter ‘q’ on a square piece of paper or cloth.  Attach the squares together to make a large quilt. 
• Make giant letters Q/q on the floor with electrical tape. Practice walking the letters quickly, quietly… and quack while you waddle!
• Play “quack, quack, honk” (duck, duck, goose)
• Play “find the Queen” (Old Maid)
• Play “Jack be nimble, Jack be quick” by jumping over objects in your home/classroom
• Play red light/green light.  Run quickly for the green light.
• Put baby dolls down for a nap.  Tell other toys to be quiet so the dolls do not wake up.
• Use Q-tips to paint and trace the letter ‘q’
• Go on a “quest” for the letter ‘q’. Go quietly and quickly!
• Make quail hats.  Pretend to be quiet quails or quick quails!

Snacks:

• Eat licorice shaped like the letter ‘q’
• Make a quilt square.  Frost a graham cracker and add licorice for stitches.
• Make ‘q’ shaped cookies
• Nestle Quick
• Quaker Oat Bars