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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Preschool Activities, Crafts, Lessons, and Printables
New September 2011: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Preschool Activities and Crafts.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault sets the tone for this month’s theme with its rhythmic, rhyming, rollicking alphabet adventure in a coconut tree. The activities provided draw from the book’s rich content to inspire children’s natural development of letter concepts, math skills, scientific curiosity, and vocabulary through songs, movement, cooking, games, and more. This is one theme that’s just too much fun to miss out on!
Free Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Crafts, Preschool Activities, Rhymes, and Printables
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Chicka Boom
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Chicka Boom
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Letter Recognition
Activities, Games
Seek 'N" Match
Folder Game
Digraphs ch,sh,th
Folder Game
Coconut Science
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Digraphs ch,sh,th
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Sounds Activies, Movement
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Free Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Crafts, Activities, Rhymes, Printables, and Books
Hand Print Coconut Tree
Let children cut out a palm tree trunk out of brown craft paper. Glue onto a sheet of paper. Add some green paint inside a paper plate. Let children press their hand into green paint and make hand prints for the palm tree fronds. Let dry. When dry cut out some circles out of brown craft paper and glue to the palm tree. Add letter stickers to write the children's name climbing up or down the tree.
Science Center
The children explore real coconuts. Let children taste the milk and meat of the coconuts. Let them use pipettes to transfer and measure the milk, and use magnifying glasses to look at the different parts of the coconut.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Movement Rhyme and Activity
I look in the mirror and what do I see?
Hand out a mirror to each child. Have them looking in the mirror and pointing to the parts on their face while reciting the rhyme:
“I Spy With My Little Eye” Alphabet Game
Play the “I Spy” game with letters around the room. For example, say, “I spy with my little eye, the letter A.” Encourage the children to ask questions in order to figure out which “A” in the room you are spying. Suggest some of the following questions to get the children started:
What color is the “A”?’
Is the “A” at the beginning of a word?
Is the “A” separate from a word?
Is the “A” in the word “Apple”?
Is the “A” on a bulletin board?
Is the “A” in the front of the room?”
Is the “A” by the sink?
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Alphabet Books and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
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