Resources

The children's books used in the curriculum
and the other resource materials listed below
may be borrowed from the LRC; call 471 or email
mthomson@massed.net

 

Books

Atkins, Jeannine.  A Name on the Quilt
Avery, Kristin.  The Crazy Quilt
Benner, Cheryl.  The Amish Quilt Coloring Book
Cobb, Mary.  The Quilt Block History of Pioneer Days : with projets kids can make
Coerr, Eleanor.  The Josefina Story Quiltz
dePaola, Tomie.  "Charlie Needs a Cloak"
Ernst, Lisa Campbell.  Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt  
Hopkinson, Deborah. Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
Howard, Ellen.  The Log Cabin Quilt
Johnston, Tony and Tomie dePaola.  The Quilt Story
Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie.  The Canada Geese Quilt
Kurtz, Shirley.  The Boy and the Quilt
Love, D. Anne.  Bess's Log Cabin Quilt
Paul, Ann Whitford. Eight Hands Round : a Patchwork Alpahbet
Polacco, Patricia.  The Keeping Quilt
Ringgold, Faith.  Dinner at Aunt Connie's House  
Ringgold, Faith, Linda Freeman, & Nancy Roucher.  Talking to Faith Ringgold
Ringgold, Faith.  Tar Beach 
Sanders, Scott Russell.  Warm as Wool
Smucker, Barbara.  Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt
Willard, Nancy.  The Mountains of Quilt  

http://www.nmt.edu/~breynold/quiltfiction_kids.html   is a huge list of Quilt and Quilting fiction for children and young adults

Videos

Patchwork Quilt
Teaching Math : a video library, K-4, Tape 2
"Charlie Needs a Cloak"		 Big Books

American Folk Tradition
Tar Beach
Quilt Story
"Charlie Needs a Cloak"
Thematic Unit Booklets

Better Than Book Reports
Daily Poetry
Math Art : Projects and Activities
Math Wizardy for Kids

 

 Multicultural Math : Hands-on Activities From Around the World
Quilting Activities Across the Curriculum
Reading Beyond the Basal Plus : Intermediate

Computer Software :  Kid Pix

Quilt Units with Lesson Plans and Kids' Quilts On-Line

http://www.kidsartworks.com/Language.html

http://quilting.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa072897.htm

http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/ylp/95-96/ylp_units/Quilts_MBMartin/table_contents.html

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/5557/table.htm

http://www.ashford.co.nz/productsF.htm

http://members.aol.com/MathQuilt/index.html

http://www.wowpages.com/nga/edu/dye1.htm    "Lessons to Dye For" (Curriculum activities using natural dyes) by the National Gardening Association

 

Information about the Names Project and AIDS Quilt;
there are leads to pages with information about the disease of AIDS

http://ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu/quilt.html

 

 

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