Place the cup on a window sill or table where it will get sun. Put a bean in the paper towel and water it. Soak a paper towel in water and then put it in the bottom of a cup. See how tall you can grow! THINKING SKILLS The seed will “sprout” from the floor and become a plant. The farmer or gardener can prepare the ground with a pretend rake, plant the seed, pat the seed with dirt, and pretend to water it. Take turns being the seed by curling up in a ball on the floor. READING READINESSĪsk the children to repeat the words “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, will there be enough room?” as you read the story together. Move to the words you read in “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” Pretend to climb to the top of the tree, stomp your feet when you ready “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” and wiggle your hips when you read “Will there be enough room?” Act out as many phrases as you can. Compare the different designs that the leaves make. Rub a crayon across the paper to make a design on your paper. Put them on a hard surface one at a time, and place a piece of paper on top. Go outside and collect different kinds of leaves. Keep a journal that describes the changes. Water the paper towel every day so that it stays moist, and see if a sprout begins to grow. Place the cup on somewhere where it will get sun. Grow your own tree by soaking a paper towel in water and putting it in the bottom of a cup. Each day, pick a different activity to do with the children after reading. Hearing the same story again and again helps them learn new words and understand the ideas the hear better. Read this book several times to the children. What funny words did you hear in the story?.What happened to the letters when they all tried to fit?.Why wasn’t there enough room for all of the letters?.Spend some time talking about the story.Have you ever fallen and hurt yourself? What happened?.Who runs to the coconut tree when the letters fall down?.Ask them questions so that they can connect what is happening in the book to to things they already know about.Stop at any time if there is something you or the children would like to talk about.Ask them if they know what kind of tree is on the front of the book.Ask them what letters they see on the back of the book.Ask them to guess what the book is about. Show the children the front of the book.When the tree bends and they all come tumbling down, the upper case letters come to help. In this rhyming book, all of the lower case letters of the alphabet race to the top of a coconut tree.
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