Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Literacy & Maths Activity
Two colouring-and-counting worksheets built around the picture book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom pair a name-letter colouring page with a coconut-counting page.
- Year groups
- Early Years, Nursery, Reception
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- English, Reading
- Topic
- Literacy, Maths Station
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
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About this resource
This is a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Literacy + Math Activity.
On the first page, students will write their name and color the letters in their name.
On the second page, students will count the coconuts and write how many.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Recognize and colour the lowercase letters that appear in one's own name from a full alphabet set.
- Write one's own name on a practice line after identifying its letters.
- Count a small set of objects (coconuts) and record the total using a number.
- Connect a counting task and a letter-recognition task to a shared picture-book theme.
Teaching tips
- Read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom aloud before handing out the pages, since both activities are built around the book's coconut-tree imagery.
- Have students spell their name aloud before starting the colouring page, since they need to locate each letter individually among all 26 circles.
- Use the counting page as a quick formative check of one-to-one correspondence for numbers up to five, since only five coconuts are drawn despite the trunk showing numbers up to ten.
Skills covered
- Letter recognition
- Name writing
- Counting
Good to know
Questions teachers ask about this resource
Why does the palm tree trunk show numbers 1 through 10 when there are only five coconuts to count?
The trunk's 1-10 markings appear to be decorative background rather than a matching count — only five coconuts are drawn on the page for students to count and record.
Are uppercase letters included on the alphabet colouring page, or only lowercase?
Only lowercase — all 26 circled letters are lowercase; no uppercase letters appear on the page.
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Resource details
Concepts & topics
Core concepts
Core concepts
- Alphabet letters
- Counting to five
Topics
Topics
Literacy
Maths Station
Counting
Handwriting
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