CH 01 · LEARNING LAND · EPISODE L17
Murphy visits the quiet queen in her castle and finds out she loves sparkly things, so he decides to find her a present. The queen dips her quill in ink and draws him a map to the quarry over the hill. At the quarry there are rocks everywhere but nothing that sparkles, until a quail scratching in the gravel kicks up a glint and pecks at the spot. Murphy digs up a shining quartz crystal, flies quickly back to the castle and presents it to the queen, who sets it in her crown.
Every one of them starts with the letter Q. Can your Couch Buddy name them all?
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Q! Q! Q is quick! Q! Q! Here we go! Murphy met the queen, she was quiet as can be She loves sparkly things, what a gift that would be! She drew him a map to the quarry far away So hop up on the couch, let's go on a quest today! Q, Q, queen! (Queen!) Q, Q, quill! (Quill!) Q, Q, quarry, with the rocks over the hill! Q, Q, quail, scratching on the ground! Q, Q, quartz, the sparkliest thing around! Q is quick, so let's all jump around! He flew to the quarry, there were rocks everywhere He looked and he looked, but no sparkles were there! Then along came a quail, scratch, scratch, scratch She pecked at the gravel, peck, peck, what a catch! Q, Q, queen! (Queen!) Q, Q, quill! (Quill!) Q, Q, quarry, with the rocks over the hill! Q, Q, quail, scratching on the ground! Q, Q, quartz, the sparkliest thing around! Q is quick, so let's all jump around! Shiny, sparkly quartz, he dug it up with care Then he quickly flew back to the castle over there! He gave it to the queen, she was happy as can be Quick, quick, quick as can be! What starts with Q? (Queen!) What starts with Q? (Quill!) What starts with Q? (Quarry!) What starts with Q? (Quail!) What starts with Q? (Quartz!) Five quick things that start with Q!
ORIGINAL SONG
More on Music Mania →Trace big Q and little q, write them on your own, then circle the pictures that start with Q. Page two is a coloring page with Murphy and the queen's quartz. Free to print.
Download free PDFMurphy goes on a quest from the quiet queen's castle to the quarry and back, and every friend and thing he finds starts with the letter Q: queen, quill, quarry, quail and quartz. Each word pops up next to a big letter Q, and Murphy says “Q is for…” after each one, so kids see the letter and hear its sound together.
In English, Q is nearly always followed by U, and together they make a “kw” sound, as in queen, quill and quartz. Kids can learn “qu” as a team that sticks together.
Start just below the middle line and go around to the left like a c, close the circle, then go straight down below the bottom line. The Trace It game shows it with arrows.
