“Qq” is a hard one… there are not a ton of things that start with the letter Q. There is Queen of course, but since we had just done K is for King I didn’t want to go there. So instead, we did Q is for “Quack!” It ended up being a lot of fun!
During circle time we reviewed our numbers, letters, and letter sounds. Then we introduced the letter Q by singing “Five Little ducks Went Out to Play.”
Five little ducks went out to play
Over the hills and far away
When old mother duck said, “Quack, quack, quack”
Four little ducks came waddling back
Repeat and count down to one
One little duck went out to play
Over the hills and far away
When old mother duck said, “Quack, quack, quack”
No little ducks came waddling back
But when old Father duck said, “quack, quack, quack, quack, quack!!!!!”
All five ducks came waddling back!
We made theses cute little paper plate ducks. The ducks stand up on their own but can also lay flat and slide right into a page protector in their alphabet binders we have been working on.
SUPPLIES:
1 paper plate
yellow paint (or yellow crayon)
orange and yellow construction paper
glue
2 googley eyes
1. Let the kids paint or color the paper plate yellow. When the plate is dry fold it in half.
2. While it is drying, fold a piece of yellow construction paper in half. Help them trace their hand on the yellow paper. Having them trace their own hand or their friends hand is a great fine motor activity for little guys! Plus, they love doing it!
3. Cut out the traced hands out and make a circle for the ducks head with the left over yellow paper. Make a beak and duck feet with the orange construction paper. You want to keep the duck feet connected with a 3 to 4 inch thin rectangle. Fold in half along the thin rectangle connecting the feet.
4. Glue the feet to the bottom of the open plate, putting one foot on each side. Glue on the head, beak, and eyes. Use the cut out handprints for the ducks tail feathers byt gluing one hand to each side of the paper plate.
Here it is standing up
We also painted with Q-tips. The kids had fun with this and thought it was great to paint with something other than a paint brush or their fingers. The pictures turned out pretty cute. I glued a couple Q-tips to the paper so the kids would remember what they did when they look back at their picture in their alphabet books.
Painting with Q-tips
Even the younger kids enjoyed this activity
