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r is for rainbow play doh

rainbow times by you.

and yes, by the end of the week it was a warm chocolate brown.

q is for quilting

we’ve quilted before, but this year set it up as a “quilting circle.” it was an interesting concept for some preschoolers to work in their laps rather than on the floor or at a table.

we had plastic canvas, big needles and embrodiery floss (thank you, thrift shop).

then it was sewing time. up and down, up and down, up and down.

then snip off the needle and you’re finished!

we also made paper quilts…layering paper and adding a Q shape afterwards. we looked at photographs of quilts, read their names and decided that what we made were definitely “crazy quilts.

q is for q-tip painting

we used q-tips and our chalk paints with quilt block templates (i googled “quilt block” and found several options).

like so many projects, they are beautiful alone and stunning all together.

when i had a circle of preschoolers who needed a little “wowing.” the moments when someone simply stands up and walks away, when two others whimper like dogs and i realize they’ve not stopped their work time game, when the few that were sitting on their little piece of tape are now looking bored, when there is a full volume conversation about halloween costumes (from nearly 4 months ago)…get the image?

the circle time focus for the day was that U usually follows Q. i decided to quickly write a Q on one hand a U on the other. then sing the the letters Q, U, Q, U, Q, U, Q, U while opening my hands for the correct letter.