Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

by Bill Martin, Jr. Materials: Large metal cookie sheet; magnetic letters; palm tree cut out.

Activities: Tape the palm tree cut out to the cookie sheet. Select activities that match your child's ability. Have your child select letters to "climb" up the tree.

• Have your child select each letter as you read the story.
• Select letters that may have more significance for your child such as the first letter of his/her name or other family members' names.
• If you magnetic letters are different colors, have your child select letters of a certain color.
• Choose letters that will spell simple words like "cat" so your child can see the letters together as a word.

Developing Skills: Letter recognition, shape differentiation.

Book cover copied and pasted from: http://www.amazon.com/Chicka-Boom-Anniversary/dp/1416990917/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314308597&sr=1-3