Kids Quilt Together

Creating story quilts is a great way to combine art, social studies and literature. Kids select a story, a published one or one of their own, to illustrate, paint on a canvas square, embellish, and mount on a felt backing.

Students discover the concept of a "home" by conducting interviews.  In this community lesson, students discuss what the word "home" means to them as well as research Habitat for Humanity.  Students interview home renters as well as...

Students identify quilt designs along with the meanings and symbolism behind those designs. They explain the uses of a quilt and the controversial connection to the Underground Railroad.

Teresa Paloma Acosta’s poem, “My Mother Pieced Quilts,” inspires class members to create their own quilt block. The blocks are then used as the basis of a writing lesson. Kids record concrete details from their reading on the block and...

Learners create a bright and busy quilt to visually stimulate an infant or toddler. They use both hand applique and machine applique to piece together colorful scraps using many different shapes and patterns.

Fourth graders engage in a lesson which integrates the study of the Underground Railroad in Indiana with a Language Arts unit on quilts. They write a book report on one of the quilt books read in class and design a quilt block for the...

Students create a quilt where the squares tell stories about their lives. In this quilt stories lesson plan, students present their quilts and tell its story after reading books about inspiring quilts.

Young scholars design a paper quilt.  In this empathy quilt instructional activity, students create a note card using personal experience and by researching information on either tolerance, awareness, empathy or acceptance to contribute...

Learners exercise their creativity by designing an original quilt and a written explanation of its meaning. They use primary sources to develop an understanding of Underground Railroad routes through Indiana.

Students create a classroom quilt that illustrates the many unique ways that students use math skills.