Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

This is a great book for reinforcing number recognition! 

A classic used in many early childhood settings.

Chicka Chicka Toilet Paper Tube Craft!

Cover a toilet tube with brown construction paper.  Provide children with green cocoanut tree leaves to cut out or precut them from the leaf pattern for younger children.  The leaves have a slit in them that allows them to slide on the tube and keeps them standing up nice.  Have a supply of round colorful cocoanut shapes with letters programmed on them for the children to glue on.  Have the children identify the letters as they choose them or glue them on.

Chicka Chicka Alphabet Tree

Make your own Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree for the children to use on their own to retell the story and explore the letters more.  I found this tree at a paper warehouse store.  And the plastic alphabet at a dollar store.  I taped the tree to a cookie sheet, but a magnetic dry erase board would work too, and the children could practice writing their letters also.

Make a life size tree for your room!

Look what one teacher made from an old "Beanie Baby" tree

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