Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Our lesson today was centered around the book Chicka

Chicka Boom Boom.I thought it would be fun for 

the kids to paint a coconut tree. I  cut out coconut

trees, set out paint pots of assorted colors of paint and brushes. No rules

on what color their tree needed to be. They enjoyed painting their trees

with all the colors! After the trees dried they took brown tissue paper

crunched it into balls for the coconuts and glued them on the trees.

I then set out foam letters and let the kids pick letters to put on 

their trees. During this time we talked about letters and their sounds.

When the kids finished up we had a beautiful coconut grove of colorful trees!
We also made coconut trees for snack. The kids took  graham crackers for the
tree trucks. Apple slices for the leaves and cereal for the coconuts.
They loved building and eating their trees!
Supplies needed
pre cut coconut trees
washable paints
paint pots & brushes
foam letters
brown tissue
For the snack
graham crackers
apples
cocoa puffs or peanut butter captain crunch

The Hungry Caterpillar

Today I planned my preschoolers  lesson

around the book "The Hungry Caterpillar". 

There are so many different math and letter activities 

on the internet for this story! For the 

art center I decided to use bubble wrap and paint.

Before I started I printed a caterpillar and butterfly

picture and cut it out. I found these on DLTK's website.  I taped a sheet of blue
 and green paper together to glue our finished paintings on.I taped a piece of bubble

 wrap (about 8" x 11") to the art table for each child. I 

worked with four kids at a time. The
paint the kids covered  their bubble wrap with paint.

They had such fun painting on the bumpy surface!

 Then we laid the butterfly and caterpillar on top of the painted bubbles.

When they were done painting I laid  a piece of newsprint on the butterfly and caterpillar
and had  the  kids pat the newsprint.

 We lifted  up the newsprint and then lifted the caterpillars 

and butterflies off the bubble wrap. The kids faces were all smiles

 when they not only saw their spotted caterpillars and butterflies

 but also the silhouette of  them on the newsprint! They love googly eyes
and wanted to add them to their caterpillar and butterfly. They
were  very proud of their art work!

Supplies needed
bubble wrap
green and blue construction paper
washable  paint
paint pots and brushes
pre cut butterfly and caterpillar
newsprint or white paper
googly eyes
glue
tape