Overview
The children will make a quilt for Queen Quillet and practice saying the /kw/ sound in words that begin with the letter Q, such as queen, quilt, quack, question, quail, quarter.

Literacy Activities
Sing Queen Quillet Needs a Quilt

• Point out the words queen and quilt in the text for the Queen Quillet Needs a Quilt song.
• Explain that the letter Q is usually spelled with the letter U after it, and the letters qu spelled together make the /kw/ sound.
• Teach the children the Queen Quillet Needs a Quilt song, which is sung to the tune of "Old MacDonald."

Make a quilt for Queen Quillet

• Show the children Queen Quillet’s castle graphic and explain that the Queen needs a quilt made of Q words for her cold castle.
• Cut out the quilt squares and hole punch the corners of each square.
• Show the children how to stitch the quilt squares together by weaving the pencil attached to yarn through the holes on the corners of the squares (support as needed).
• Repeat until all the quilt squares have all been stitched.
• Make a list of the Q words used throughout the activity (e.g., queen, quilt, quack, question, quail, quarter).
• Point out that each word on the list starts with the letters qu, which together make the /kw/ sound.

More Practice
Identify the target letter

• Write the uppercase letter Q and lowercase letter q on the board and emphasize out that the letter Q makes the /kw/ sound.
• Display the text for the Queen Quillet Needs a Quilt song.
• Have the children circle the uppercase letter Q and lowercase letter q throughout the text and have them produce the /kw/ sound each time they circle a letter.

Write the target letter

• Give the children the quilt writing practice page and help them write the uppercase letter Q and lowercase letter q in a pattern on the quilt.
• Have the children produce the /kw/ sound each time they write a letter.
• Allow the children to color the quilt (optional).