Teaching Letter Qq

Are you looking for letter Qq activities to use with your preschooler or kindergartner? Maybe you’re a classroom teacher browsing for more ideas.

Research tells us that a direct, explicit approach to teaching the alphabet is more effective than indirect teaching. Enjoy the crafts, art ideas, and book list, but know that using a scripted routine like the one below is the most efficient way to teach letters and sounds. Make it your own!

How to introduce letter Qq

• Say words that begin with Qq: Say each word after me. (Emphasize the /qu/ at the beginning of each word as you say it.) Quilt. Quick. Quiz. What do you hear at the beginning of each word? Each word begins with /qu/.
• Talk about what your mouth is doing as you say the sound: Look at what my mouth is doing as I say /qu/. What do you notice? Yes, my mouth is making two sounds.
• Introduce the letter on a flash card: (Hold up the letter Q card in uppercase or lowercase.) This is the letter Q. When we see this card, we say “Q spells /qu/.” Your turn. (Students: “Q spells /qu/.”)

How to practice writing uppercase letter Q

• Sky-write the letter: To make the letter Q, we start at the top and pull back and around to make a circle. Then we go inside and slant down. Watch me put my hand in the air and write a Q in the sky. I start at the top and pull back and around to make a circle. Then I go inside and slant down. Now you try. Put your finger in the air. Start at the top and pull back and around to make a circle. Then go inside and slant down.
• Have students finger-write the letter: Make a Q by moving your finger on the table. Start at the top. Pull back and around to make a circle. Then go inside and slant down. (Other options: sand or salt tray, shaving cream, etc.) Now do the same thing while saying “Q spells /qu/.” Remember to underline the Q when you say /qu/. (Practice multiple times.)

How to practice writing lowercase letter q

• Sky-write the letter: To make the letter q, we start in the middle. We pull back, around, up, down, and curl. Watch me put my hand in the air and write a q in the sky. I start in the middle. I pull back, around, up, down, and curl. Now you try. Put your finger in the air. Start in the middle. Pull back, around, up, down, and curl.
• Have students finger-write the letter: Make a q by moving your finger on the table. Start in the middle. Pull back, around, up, down, and curl. (Other options: sand or salt tray, shaving cream, etc.) Now do the same thing while saying “q spells /qu/.” Remember to underline the q when you say /qu/. (Practice multiple times.)

Other letter Qq activities

Crafts
Book List
Fine Motor
Sensory Play
Math Connections

Free Printables

Q is for Quarter (dot sticker page)
Little Letter Q book (rhymes and songs)

More alphabet resources

• Alphabet picture cards from A-Z
• Beginning sound clip cards
• Beginning sound coloring pages
• Beginning sound match mats
• Letter hunt & find worksheets

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