Traveling Quilt Journal

02/03/2009

One Quilt: January

Quilt One arrived in Mt. Pleasant, NC, near Charlotte, in early December where it spent time with the sixth grade Cheetahs Team at Mt. Pleasant Middle School. Arriving just in time for the team’s walking field trip to our local…

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02/02/2009

Two Quilt: January in the Cornhusker State

Iditarod Quilt Visits the Cornhusker State
By Judi Roach
The 2006 Iditarod Quilt made its appearance at Central Elementary just as students were finishing up “Iditaround Nebraska”.  Students earned miles on the trail for reading, tracking their nutrition and fitness,…

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02/01/2009

Three Quilt: January

January 13, 2009
Hello to all from Mishawaka, Indiana!
Neither extended holidays, nor fog, nor snow storms, nor ice storms, nor blizzards kept us from spending some time with the Traveling Quilt this year!
 Our third grade buddies at Hums…

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12/22/2008

One Quilt… November in Florida: A Lesson Idea for Your Students

Quilt continued on to another school in Florida…… Quilt became a part of a literature lesson. Read this summary to learn how to make your own quilt and connect it to a lesson you are teaching.
Hello Friends!
When Quilt…

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11/30/2008

Three Quilt: Wisconsin in October

The Traveling Quilt arrived at our school in October so it was a great introduction of the Iditarod to my third grade students.  As the quilt hung in the room, each student was to pick out one square they wanted…

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11/17/2008

One Quilt’s Journey… Arizona to Florida

This school year, 3 Iditarod Traveling Quilts are traveling from classroom to classroom around the world. Follow the journey of the Traveling Quilts.
Learn about the history of the Traveling Quilts. Click here.
Traveling Quilt One: From Arizona to Florida….…

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11/17/2008

Two Quilt: North Carolina to Colorado…

Two Quilt’s Journey— North Carolina to Colorado…. To Illinois

This school year, 3 Iditarod Traveling Quilts are traveling from classroom to classroom around the world. The following is an update on Quilt 2.
Two Quilt began the journey and the…

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11/17/2008

Three Quilt: Birth and Journey Begins

During the Iditarod Summer Teacher’s Conference, the handkerchief squares were passed out to all the teachers and you could tell they were excited to share special thoughts, pictures, lessons and ideas with classrooms around the nation. Out came the markers,…

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11/17/2008

Three Quilt Continued. . .

This quilt began a journey through several schools in Wisconsin and then traveled to Michigan.
Quilt Visits Wealthy School
It was a little odd to have a visitor that couldn’t walk or talk out loud, but Quilt still was a…

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11/16/2008

Iditarod Traveling Quilt Project

In the summer of 2005, the first traveling quilt was born and created in Wisconsin. Teachers from the 2005 Iditarod Summer Conference created quilt squares which shared their educational journey and messages to students. The 2006 Teacher on the Trail,…

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