Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
From Weston Woods Storybook Films · 1999
6 minPre-KKReading & Writing (ELA)
Summary
Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault's rollicking alphabet chant: all twenty-six lowercase letters race up the coconut tree until -- chicka chicka BOOM BOOM -- there's no more room and down they tumble. A bouncy, rhyming celebration of the alphabet that's perfect for letter recognition and phonological play.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
The whole alphabet races up a coconut tree -- until it gets too crowded!
- What happens when all the letters climb the tree at once?
- Can you find and name some of the letters as they climb?
- Which words in the chant rhyme or sound fun to say?
- What is the very first letter of your name? Where is it in the alphabet?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: alphabet, coconut, tree, rhyme
- Say the alphabet together and clap once for each letter.
- Point to the first letter of your name and say a word that starts with that sound.