Lesson Ideas on the Web

• Quilting With children
  4th Grade teacher, Heddi Thompson describes quilt projects she has organized, includes ideas, techniques, a suggested reading list and resources. Heddi gets my vote as one of the best on the web!

  Frontier Thematic Unit and Booklist

  Contains references to quilting.

  Design a Quilt

  Math ideas using quilts to study geometry

  The "Who Am I?" Quilt Page

  Desribes a quilting project and includes all areas of the curriculum

Quilting Links For Adults

• World Wide Quilting Page
• Quilt Art Home Page
• JoAnn's Quilting Page

Literature Links

• Children's Quilting Books
• Quilts, Quilters, Quilting and Patchwork in Fiction for Children
  An extensive site; not to be missed!

  Books for the "Who Am I?" Quilt

Suggested Book List

• O the Red Rose Tree
  Patricia Beaty
  In 1893, four girls befriend an old woman and try to find seven shades of red for the special quilt she wants to create.

  Mrs. Noah's Patchwork Quilt
  Janet Bolton

  My Grandmother's Patchwork Quilt
  Janet Bolton

  The Josefina Story Quilt
  Eleanor Coerr
  

  While traveling west with her family in 1850, a young girl makes a patchwork quilt illustrating the experiences of the journey.

  Calico Bush
  Rachel Field

  The Patchwork Quilt
  Valerie Flourney

  This award-winning book tells of how Tanya works with her grandmother to make a beautiful family story quilt.

  Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
  

  The Nine Patch Quilt
  Larry Gnagey Deborah Hopkinson

  A young slave stitches a quilt with a map pattern which guides her safely to freedom in the North

  TheQuilt Story
  Tony Johnston

  The Keeping Quilt
  Patricia Polacco

  Tar Beach Faith Ringgold

  The Rag Coat
  Lauren Mills

  Eight Hands Around-A Patchwork Alphabet
  Ann Whitford-Paul

  Introduces letters of the alphabet with names of early American patchwork patterns and explains the origins of the designs

  The Patchwork Lady
  Mary K. Whittington

  The Mountains of Quilt
  Nancy Willard

A wonderful resource for parents and teachers is the booklet: Stitch Me a Story: A Guide to Children's Books With a Quilting Theme. You may order this book by sending $5.95 plus $1.00 postage to:
Celia LoPinto
3044 Franklin Street
San Francisco, CA 94123

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