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20+ Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Book Crafts and Recipes

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is a bestselling American children’s book written by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert, and published by Simon & Schuster in 1989. It teaches children to read and not to give up when things are hard. Children will enjoy the vibrant art, the bouncy rhymes, the repetition to this learning style.

The more they read or hear the same story over and over the more familiar the words in the story become. Many children have a favourite book that they require you to read with them, over and over again, this is likely to be one of those keepsake books.

Maybe you already have the book and are looking for ideas to extend the activity?

All of these projects, patterns and recipes are based on the Children’s book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Alphabet Slime

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Game

Sidewalk Chalk Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Alphabet Game

Letter Recognition with Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

STEAM Ornament

Alphabet Tree

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Window Activity

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Name Tree

Chicka Chicka Boom Craft

Chicka Chicka Multiplication Trees

Stamping Craft

 

Snacks

Literacy Snack Idea Alphabet Tree + Free Printable

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Virtual Book Club)

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Snack

Boom Chicka Pop PopCorn

Organic Alphabet cookies

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Activities

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Snacks

 

Decor

Large Card Stock Palm tree for Classroom

Inflatable Palm Tree For Soft Play

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Spring Outdoor Activities for Kids

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I hope if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere that it’s getting warm enough where you live to add in some outdoor activities with the kids. It’s easy to do a lot of learning outside when the weather is nice; my daughter has a fond memory of doing long division in sidewalk chalk at her school. But if you need some more specific ideas, here are some fun and educational spring outdoor activities for kids to do at home or at school.

Gather some glass bottles, rocks and other natural materials to make a garden xylophone with these instructions from The Moments at Home. This looks so fun, and you can use this idea to make musical instruments with other objects you find around the home/classroom/playground too. 

This post from Child’s Play ABC has a lot of great outdoor learning ideas for kids, but the one I wanted to highlight is going on a rainbow scavenger hunt. Kids can collect things of different colors and see if they can make a rainbow (or just sort things by color). Check out more ideas for scavenger hunts.

Another good activity to do with things you collect from outdoors is making natural paint brushes. Get the instructions from Messy Little Monster, and of course you can test them out by painting outside, too.

Speaking of art, have you ever made paint from dandelions? (I dyed yarn with dandelions once, and it was a lot of fun.) Learn how from Little Cooks Reading Books, and then you can use your natural paintbrushes along with natural paint!

You can also paint with mud, like in this post from There’s Just One Mommy. Or make an outdoor, garden themed sensory bin with real dirt like this one from Mess for Less.

Or kids can gather materials to help them build their own nests as they learn about how birds and other animals build nests. The Crazy Outdoor Mama has a printable and post that will help.

What activities do you love to do with kids when it’s nice outside?