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Alphabet Activities Inspired by Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

July 6, 2012 by OneMommy

 

 

Colorful plastic letters hit the floor with a soft clatter.  “Again! Again!”  It was our second time to act out our latest favorite book with a simple alphabet activity for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and the kids were begging to read it again.

alphabet activities to go with the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

 

The kids loved the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom  from the moment I first read the book to them.  I decided then that it was a great book to inspire some fun alphabet activities.

 

Alphabet Activities for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

 

For our first activity we started off by cleaning all the artwork from the front of the refrigerator.  After all, we were going to need a big space to reenact the story.  Then we put together our own paper coconut tree, taping each piece to the fridge.

As I read each page of the story, they had fun hunting through our magnetic letters to find the right ones and having them “climb up” the coconut tree.

 

book activity for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

 

Then came their favorite part — all the letters came tumbling off the tree (with a little preschooler help).

 

activity for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

 

They continued having fun with the magnetic letters long after we finished reading the story.

 

Then I pulled out our second alphabet activity:   lower case and upper case letter cards.

 

learning lower case letters with Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

 

They practice matching up the lower and upper case letters together.  It was a great way to get them to recognize some of the lower letters they aren’t as familiar with.

 

It wasn’t long before they returned to the plastic letters and the coconut tree on the refrigerator.  We had lots of fun with our alphabet activities for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and look forward to more book activities in the future.

 

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Filed Under: Kid Books & Activities Tagged With: reading, teaching kids

Comments

  1. Brittney says

    July 6, 2012 at 12:09 pm

    My children love this book too! It’s practically falling apart.

    • OneMommy says

      July 6, 2012 at 3:02 pm

      Some of their favorite books, which look like that, I am pretty sure I will have to keep to share with the grandkids one day…

  2. JDaniel4's Mom says

    July 6, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    I love your tree. It sounds like it was a big hit.

    Thank you for linking to Read.Explore.Learn.

    • OneMommy says

      July 7, 2012 at 10:56 am

      LOL – looking at our tree you can tell I had some preschool help. 🙂 It’s actually still on the fridge and being played with.

  3. Cristi Messersmith says

    July 6, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    This has long been a favourite of my sproutlets. LOVE your activity!

    • OneMommy says

      July 9, 2012 at 10:40 am

      Thanks! They’ve played with the letters and tree all week.

  4. Savannah says

    July 6, 2012 at 6:14 pm

    Wow I love this! My daughter absolutely adores that book, we read it all the time. She’s only 2 but she could definitely do this activity! FUN!

    • OneMommy says

      July 7, 2012 at 10:55 am

      Oh, yes, I’m sure she would love putting the letters on the friege and knocking them off at the right spot! My son wanted to do it again and again. (He’s 3)

  5. misssrobin says

    July 6, 2012 at 11:32 pm

    What a fun idea. It looks like they had a great time. Thanks for sharing.

    Stopping by from SITS. Have a great weekend.

    • OneMommy says

      July 9, 2012 at 10:41 am

      They had so much fun we still have it on the fridge!
      Thanks for stopping by!

  6. another jennifer says

    July 7, 2012 at 10:55 am

    How fun! Love this book. I’ll have to reenact it with my preschooler as well. Thanks for the idea!

  7. Rachael~Tutus and Tantrums says

    July 7, 2012 at 11:05 am

    My kids love that book too….cute activity witht he tree!

    • OneMommy says

      July 9, 2012 at 10:57 am

      It does seem to keep kids entertained!

  8. Jodi says

    July 7, 2012 at 9:16 pm

    Such a great activity. Way to teach your little ones in a fun, creative way!

    • OneMommy says

      July 9, 2012 at 10:59 am

      Thanks – we try to have fun while learning. 🙂

  9. Steve (DadvsKids) says

    July 7, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    That looks like a lot of fun for kids to learn their letters! My boys love magnets…

    I’m going to have to check out that book!

    • OneMommy says

      July 9, 2012 at 11:00 am

      Magnets are always a hit! (The biggest problem was a few getting kicked under the fridge, but then they got to fish them out with a long stick…. ) Definitely rec. checking out the book!

  10. SuzieQ says

    July 8, 2012 at 11:06 pm

    I’ll have to check that book out! Do you have any suggestions for good books for 11 month olds? My baby loves books, but has a very short attention span. I’m impressed by your creativity!

    • OneMommy says

      July 9, 2012 at 2:00 pm

      My son’s favorite author when he was that age was Sandra Boynton. He loved all her books! Definitely would suggest checking them out!

  11. OneMommy says

    July 9, 2012 at 11:05 am

    Have fun with the book; I know we did! 🙂

  12. Donna says

    July 16, 2012 at 10:35 am

    What a fun idea. How educational. So many book possibilities too.

    • OneMommy says

      July 17, 2012 at 2:57 pm

      We love playing with our books! 🙂 My son can’t wait for us to do Wacky Wednesday by Dr. Seuss….

  13. Jill says

    September 10, 2013 at 10:38 am

    What a great hands on activity for children to learn the alphabet! I love this storybook 🙂

    • OneMommy says

      September 10, 2013 at 3:40 pm

      It remains one of their favorites around here — we even had to get the Leap Frog Tag version so they could read it to themselves.

  14. Norah says

    September 11, 2013 at 2:11 am

    What a fun and easy way of incorporating learning about letters into a busy day’s activity! Well done.

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