Teaching the letter Q will be a memorable lesson for students. Q never goes anywhere without the letter U, so teach students to never find Q without the U and have a QU wedding. You can also make quirky snacks to serve and add a special wedding page to the alphabet book.
Homemade Alphabet Book
Make a special page for the alphabet book to celebrate the QU wedding. This teaches students that you never see q without the u. You can take a picture of the qu wedding and make a print for each student’s page, or they can illustrate their own wedding pictures for their q page. Have them draw a picture of the Q and the U dressed up for the wedding, with hearts and balloons and other wedding decorations.
Snacks that Teach the Letter Q
Serve quick and quirky snacks to celebrate Q day. A great idea is to serve ants on a log. This is a traditional snack that involves cuts of celery, peanut butter and raisins. Spread the peanut butter on each celery stick, and place several raisins on top of the peanut butter and serve to the students. You can also serve fruit punch and cake to celebrate the QU wedding together. Instead of a cake, you can also make cupcakes, and have the students decorate them before enjoying them. Have pink icing and colored sprinkles for the children to make their wedding cupcakes.
Activities that Teach the Letter Q
To teach students the importance of keeping Q and U together, explain that they will be having a wedding. Pick a student to be the groom and a student to be the bride, and have dress up clothes available for them to put on. To purchase cheap dress up clothes, visit your local thrift store and purchase cheap dress clothes for the children to wear. Have balloons and streamers decorating the room for the wedding, and have snack time after the wedding, just like you would have a wedding reception afterwards.
You can assign other wedding roles to the other children such as preacher, mother of the bride, mother of the groom, and so on. If you have extra time, you can have the students perform the wedding several times, rotating who gets to play the bride and who gets to play the groom. As a special wedding toast, read the QU poem.
Learn how to teach the other letters of the alphabet.
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