Letter Of The Week - "Q" For Quail

I was not really keen to make a quail because Sophie probably could not get it at all. She would think it was a brown bird. Anyway, she was hardly well enough to work with me this morning, especially not after the diarrhoea that woke her up at 5.30 am. Cause? I can only speculate that the mucus from her nose has flowed into her stomach, causing her to have loose stools.

Anyway, Sophie was quite apathetic about making a quail for the letter "Q" today. I intended for her to do a collage using tissue paper for the body and add some white spots after that. She was half-hearted about pasting tissue paper on the construction paper although she did enjoy applying stick glue all over. Needless to say, I ended up finishing it for her.

Then I let Sophie use her watercolours palette in hope that she would quickly finish it and I could get rid of it. I figured that everything would look kind of brownish if she used it the way she did the last time. Unfortunately, she was not quite keen as well so I had to do it with her.



I was quite tickled when she suddenly began "rowing" with the paintbrushes. She insisted that I do it with her, but it was so cute. When I let her add some white paint to the letter "Q", she started fiddling with her brush. I was not sure what she was doing but I guess she must be experimenting with it.



After that, it was downhill all the way. Sophie was splattering paint all over, tearing up the letter and jabbing her brush everywhere. So I had to call for a timeout and let her sit on the mattress to regain her composure. Meanwhile, I quickly made the quail's head and the rest of its body.

When Sophie seemed better, I asked her if she would like to apply glitter glue for me. She nodded enthusiastically and climbed onto the chair at the dining table. She was quite alright after that and she was able to tell me the letter is "Q".

The end product looked quite presentable although I wish Sophie could contribute more to it. Alas, that is the way she is.

End Product - Q For Quail.