Reading & Music Activity

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Written by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault,

Illustrated by Lois Elhert, Aladdin Paperbacks, New York 2000:

Lyrics:

A told B and B told C, “I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree”

“Whee” said D to E, F, G, “I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree”

Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom, Will there be enough room?

Here comes H up the coconut tree and I and K and tag-along K

All on their way up the coconut tree.

Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom, Will there be enough room?

Look who’s coming, it’s L, M, N, O, P

Q, R, S and T, U, V, Still more W, X, Y, Z all on their way up the…

Oh No! Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom!

Skit, skat skoodle-doot flip, flop flee,

Everybody’s running to the coconut tree

Mamas and Papas and Uncles and Aunts,

Hug their little dears and dust their pants

“Help us up” cried A, B, C. Next from the pile-up is skin-knee D

Stubbed-toed E and patched up F, then comes G all out of breath

H is tangled up with I, J and K are about to cry

L is knotted like a tie

M is looped, N is stoped, O is twisted olley-op

Skit, skat skoodle-doot flip, flop flee, look who’s coming, it’s black-eyed P

Q, R, S and loosed-toothed T, U, V, W, wiggle, jiggle free

Last to come, X, Y, Z and the sun goes down on the coconut tree

Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom, look, there’s a full moon!

A is out of bed and this what he said “Skit, skat skoodle-doot flip, flop flee, I’ll beat you at the top of the coconut tree”

Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom!

Developmental Focus: Letter Names, alphabet sequence

Activities: Signing letters, differentiating between upper and lowercase letters. Creating your own ‘coconut tree’ and placing the letters on it.