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CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM

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We used magnetic letters to retell the story and spell our names. Palm tree is from Oriental Trading.	We also sorted letters by color.
Smaller magnetic chicka tree for individual use and fun. Tree is made by gluing two soup cans on top of each other and covering with contact paper. Hot glue leaves on top.	Another CCBB prop for retelling. Large cone shaped styrofoam covered in brown felt with leaves hot glued on top. Hooked side Velcro is attached to back of small plastic letters.
Stamped letters of names	Poem: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! Will there be enough room? Here come _____ up the coconut tree. Program a strip with upper and lower case letters and thread it through slits made in poster. Pull strip through as you recite the poem giving each child a turn to say the letter or sound.
Have an idea you would like to share? SUBMIT IDEAS - Submit an idea and receive a coupon for 20% off your next purchase from Hummingbird Educational Resources Catalog More Chicka activities CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM Submitted by Alice After reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, I use contact paper to make palm trees on two small cookie sheets. Magnetic letters and numbers can then be used on them. For the math idea, I give the children magnetic numbers and Coco Puff cereal (coconuts). They choose a number and put that many coconuts on the tree. Then they eat their coconuts. This is great for number recognition. Later, I use it for number words. It can also be used for addition and subtraction practice. Bring in a real coconut. Let them feel and shake it. Draw a large coconut on butcher paper and hang it on the wall at their eye level. As the children feel and explore the coconut, write down the words they use to describe it and hang these words around the coconut. Use a hammer and nail to pierce the shell and drain the milk. (If you are also studying community helpers, ask your school custodian to come in and help open the coconut.) Allow anyone who wants too to sample the milk. (Have water on hand) Chart who likes it and who doesn't. Next break the shell open with the hammer. (Cover it with a towel) Scrape off the meat for the kids to sample. A potato peeler works well and is safer to have at circle time. If the children don't like the taste, then let them try shredded baking coconut. Again chart their reactions. Day 1: WE pass around and discuss a real coconut - what's inside, how it feels, etc. Day 2: I open the coconut up with a hammer in front of the children and we pour out the milk and we feel and smell the inside of the coconut. Day 3: We taste the real coconut and the shredded coconut and graph our favorite. Day 4: WE make a coconut fruit salad : 1 cup of cherries, 1 cup of mandarine oranges, 1 cup of pineapple chunks, 1 cup of sliced banana, and 1 cup of shredded coconut, mix and eat! I also use science journals and everyday we write and draw about the acitivity we did in science. Submitted by Eilleen Here is an activity that I did with my kinders this year and it turned out great. I had half the class finger paint brown and half green. I told them that we would be using them to cut out trees and leaves so they wouldn't necessarily get 'their' paper back. When they were dry, I traced leaves on the back of the green and trunks on the back of the brown. Each child got 5 or 6 leaves and 1 trunk to cut out. Then they glued them to a white paper to make the tree. Then, they sponge painted letters all over the tree and paper. It really looked like the tree in the book. They were thrilled, the parents loved them, and the children got practice in finger-painting (fun), cutting and pasting.

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