Preschool Fun: Letter Quick Queen of Quincy's Quest

So, I was tasked with teaching the letter "Qq" and wanted to come up with something fun do to with it that keeps the kids busy and learning.  Then I remembered the book, Dr. Seuss' ABC's and for the letter q he used, "The quick Queen of Quincy and her quacking quacker-oo".  An idea began to form around the words queen, quest, quacker-oo and so the Quick Queen of Quincy proclaimed a quest to find her Quacking Quacker-oo!

The kids were given their quest with tasks to accomplish throughout the kingdom before they could solve the puzzle of the missing quacker-oo.

Queen's Jeweler: They made crowns with the letter "Q"

Court Jester: Played Duck, Duck, Goose, but changed it to Quack, Quack, Honk

Linguist: Taught the letter "Q" and did a worksheet.  They also learned that the letter "Q" is shy and needs a friend and that's why "U" is always with him.

Adviser to the Crown: Put pennies, nickles, dimes, and quarters into jars and had the kids guess which jar had the most and least.  Then we counted by 1's and by 10's to see which had the most and which had the least.

Master Musicians: Played musical chairs with "Q" words.  I didn't have enough chairs so I taped the pictures to the floor and the kids walked around in a circle.  When the music stopped, I called out a one of the pics.  If they were on it, they would either do a dance, take a bow, curtsy, etc.

Quail, "Quack", quick, quilt, question marks, Q-Tip, quill, quiche, quiet, quarter, quesadilla,  Quaker Oats

Royal Artist:  Originally I was going to have the kids go look for things outside to do a rubbing of on a piece of paper.  But, since I ran out of time, I turned that into putting together a duck for the queens missing quacker-oo.  The duck would have been the last part and they get to keep the quacker-oo.

All said and done, it was a lot of fun and the kids seemed to enjoy it!

Update and Summer Adventures

Obviously I have not been keeping up the blog like I probably should.  So, here is my attempt at a catch up since my last post...which appears to have been back before Christmas.  As Piglet would say..."Oh d-d-d-dear!"

January

A trip to the Denver Zoo in an abnormally warm January

Making Gingerbread Houses with Aunt Kate

February

Building Snowmen

Chasing a squirrel up a tree

Eliza has a permanent tooth come in....

...before she finally lost her first tooth!

Eliza's Citizenship Project.  She made 30 Valentine Place mats for the local nursing home.

March

Heber got hit on the back of the head and needed stitches.

My sidewalk chalk art

Fun hairdo

Fishing with Daddy

Everyone is excited about the raft Daddy bought.  It led to many fun rafting adventures.

Spaceship-in-a-box

Happy birthday to me!

Heber at the 50's Sock Hop dance

Hyrum dancing to his own beat

Gideon dancing with Daddy

Eliza danced the whole time

April

Dying eggs for Easter

Feeding the birds at the Denver Zoo

The kids loved climbing the hippo

After an exhausting morning, Hyrum sat down and fell asleep

May

Eliza's Baptism

Grandma Natter, Eliza, and Grandpa Natter

Uncle Brent, Grandpa Hall, Eliza, Grandma Hall, me and Scott

Uncle Aaron, Eliza, and Aunt Kate

The Natter Family

Happy Birthday, Eliza!

Hike to the top of Arthur Rock, Lory State Park

June

Say cheese!

Happy Birthday, Scott

July

Riding an elephant at the Renaissance Festival

Yup, we all have costumes and love to dress up!

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Girls Camp 2015

Practicing my Bow hunting skills

August

Lizzy and Eliza riding the Buckhorn Northern Railway

Hyrum looking out the cattle car

Gideon in the caboose

Heber in front of the caboose

Me and Hyrum

I know there are a lot of adventures that I haven't mentioned here...like the trip the kids took to Washington with Scott while I was at Girls Camp and the Anniversary trip Scott and I took to the Ozark's and to visit with friends in Illinois.  There was also a family camp out at Aaron and Kate's place.  That was a lot of fun!  It's been a wonderful summer so far.  Next adventure...School!