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Welcome School Teachers...
 Here is a new school activity to consider
Available
in Clay & Cherokee counties in NC; Towns & Union
counties in GA
Children's
quilt story books for classrooms
Small
quilts made to match the picture
Contact
us for information regarding this project for your
classroom
 The
Misty Mountain Quilters' Guild hopes to encourage, in
children, an awareness and appreciation of quilts
by sharing books about quilting and by telling them
about the quilting process. Children's books featuring
quilts in the story, accompanied by little quilts
matching illustrations, will be provided by the guild.
Volunteers
will be available to read the stories to groups of
children, to answer questions about quilting, to give
special presentations, and to help the teacher plan and
carry out quilt-related classroom projects.
The
Storybook Quilts collection of books for students
kindergarten through sixth grade is diverse in subject
matter and reading levels. The books are about various
historical periods as well as current times. Various
cultures are represented in the books. In addition, the
books deal with a wide variety of themes such as moving
away, death of a grandparent, solving problems,
discrimination, family adjustments and cooperation.
The
Storybook Quilts collection includes books demonstrating
simple quilting activities, chapter books for older
children, professional books for teachers, ideas for
activities to use with the books, quilt designs to
color, hands on projects, etc. Age level
recommendations, summaries of the stories, topics for
discussion, and suggested vocabulary lists are given for
each book.
The
Misty Mountain Quilters' Guild hopes that the trunk of
quilts, books and activities will enhance the students'
education and appreciation of the quilting heritage
Story Book Volunteers:
Beverly Adkins Margaret
Frizzell Beverly Gibson Carol
Ann Harrison
Maureen Ripper Nancy Smith
Procedures:
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Contact the Story Book Quilts Chair/Co Chair:
Maureen Ripper at
mlripper@yahoo.com or
Carol Anne Harrison at
carolhar@windstream.net
to schedule a guild member to come to your class or
for more information about this project.
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Please make contact at least two weeks before you want the visit
to occur. (Many of these people are very active in
various organizations.)
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Explain what type of activity you want to do. This will help us
contact the person who can best meet your needs.
If you want to continue the project, you may talk to the
volunteer who comes to help you to determine if they can
come for another visit. If this cannot help with the
next phase of your project, she will make contact, to
schedule another
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Misty Mountain Quilt Guild Members... Want to share in lots of
fun?
Watch children as they listen and feel about our
special art form of quilting.
Call Bev Adkins (828) 389-9946 or email
Bev Adkins
and say YES. After that get ready for
great times.
School Volunteers procedures for the Storybook
Quilt Project
School volunteers need to become familiar with the school's
procedures regarding visitors. Most schools
require volunteers to go directly to the office
and sign, often receiving a badge or sticker to
wear while in the school. They are invited
guests, where the teacher is in charge.
Volunteers are never left alone in the
classroom.
It is a good idea to call the school office the day before and
leave a message for the teacher to confirm the
time.
Always ask the teacher how much time they intend for the activity
to take. Remember the time limit as you are
working with the class. when in doubt, ask the
teacher how much longer you may continue.
Asking the children to save their comments and questions until
the end of the story will help. Plan to give the
students about five minutes at the end of the
story to ask questions.
When doing an activity, you will need to answer questions about
directions the students work. Ask the students
to save other questions until the end of the
activity.
If students ask you a question you do not know the answer to,
just say so. They understand that.
If you want to review the book before you read it, ask the
teacher to leave the book in the media center.
This enables you to go early to become familiar
with the story.
On your first visit to the school, it is a good idea to arrive a
little early. You never know what kind of delays
may occur.
Always show the pictures as you read the book. If some children
are in the back and are having difficulty seeing
the book, tell them that they will get to look
at the book after you finish reading the story.
If quilting terms are used in the book, take a
few minutes to define the terms. Look for any
other vocabulary that may be unfamiliar to the
students and review those words with the
students. It is best to show the little quilt
after you have read the book. If you have other
small sample blocks, take those to share with
the students.
You might want to check with the teacher to determine if the
class might like to do one of the suggested
activities that go with the book. If the teacher
wants to plan one of the activities, she might
like you to help with the activity.
Most import of all, relax, have fun, and look forward to your
next visit. |
RESOURCE BOOKS FOR STORY BOOK QUILTS
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Cotton Now
and Then |
Karen Bates
Willing and Julie Bates Dock |
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Creative
Quilting with Kids |
Maggie Ball |
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Kids Quilt
Together |
Kathy Emmel |
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Kids Start
Quilting with Alex Anderson |
Alex
Anderson |
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Kids' Easy
Quilting Projects |
Terri
Thibault |
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Mathematical Quilts |
Diana
Venters and Elaine Krajenke Elliston |
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Quick
Quilts Across the Cirriculum |
Kathy Pike,
Jean Mumper and Alice Fiske |
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Quilt and
Learn Activities K-2 |
Kathy Pike, Jean Mumper
and Alice Fiske |
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Quilt-Block
History of Pioneer Days with Projects
Kids Can Make |
Mary Cobb |
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Quilting -
Kids Can Do It |
Biz Storms |
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Quilting
Activities Across the Cirriculum |
Wendy
Buchberg |
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Season Sewn
(The) |
Michael
McCurdy |
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Story Book
Quilts - Kids and Quilts |
Misty
Mountain Quilter's Guild |
TOTAL INVENTORY OF STORY BOOK QUILTS
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Book
Title |
Author |
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Name on a Quilt (A) |
Jeannien Atkin |
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Boy and the Quilt
(The) |
Shirley Kurtz |
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Bunny of Bluebell
Hill (The) |
Tim Preston |
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Canada Geese Quilt
(The)
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Natalie
Kinsey-Warnock |
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Cassie's Word Quilt
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Faith Ringgold |
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Dan's Pants
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Merie Good |
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Daniel's Story
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Susan E. Kirby |
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Dream Quilt (The)
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Celeste Ryan |
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Eight Hands Around
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Ann Whitford Paul |
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Ellen's Story
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Susan E. Kirby |
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Grandpa's Quilt
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Betsy Franco |
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Grandy's Quilt
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Renee Wall Rongen |
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Hattie's Story
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Susan E. Kirby |
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Ida Lou's Story
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Susan E. Kirby |
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Josefina Story Quilt
(The) |
Eleanor Coerr |
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Keeping Quilt (The) |
Patricia Polacco |
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Log Cabin Quilt (The)
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Ellen Howard |
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Luka's Quilt
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Georgia Guback |
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Martha Ann's Quilt
for Queen Victoria
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Kyra E. Hicks |
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MeMaw's Memory Quilt
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Jane Wilson |
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Much Too Loved Quilt
(The) |
Rachel Waterstone |
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My Grandmother's
Patchwork Quilt |
Janet Bolton |
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Name Quilt (The)
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Phyllis Root |
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No Dragons On My
Quilt |
Jean Ray Laury |
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Oma's Quilt
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Paulette Bourgeois |
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Patchwork Quilt (The)
|
Valerie Flournoy |
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Peter's Patchwork
Dream |
Willemien Min |
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Promise Quilt (The)
|
Candice F. Ransom |
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Quilt (The)
|
Ann Jonas |
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Quilt of Dreams
|
Mindy Dwyer |
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Quilt Story (The)
|
Tony Johnston |
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Quilting Bee (The)
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Gail Gibbons |
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Quilting Now and Then
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Karen B. Willing |
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Quiltmaker's Gift
(The) |
Jeff Brumbeau |
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Rag Coat (The)
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Laureen Mills |
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Rainbow Crow
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Nancy Van Laan |
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Reuben and the Quilt
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Merle Good |
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Sam Johnson and the
Blue Ribbon Quilt
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Lisa Campbell Ernst |
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Secret to Freedom
(The) |
Marcia Vaughan |
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Selina and The Bear
Paw Quilt |
Barbara Smucker |
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Stitching Stars: The
Story Quilts of Harriet Powers
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Mary E. Lyons |
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Sweet Clara and the
Freedom Quilt |
Deborah Hopkinson |
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Tar Beach
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Faith Ringgold |
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Tortilla Quilt (The)
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Jane
Tenorio-Coscarelli |
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Under the Quilt of
the Night |
Deborah Watkinson |
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Who's Under Grandma's
Quilt? |
Rachel Waterstone |
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