First Discoveries Child Development Center

Two of our favorite Cook-a-Book books are Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is rhythmic book in which the letters of the alphabet climb up a coconut tree until it's branches are too full and they all spill out.  During our study of this book, we crack open a real coconut and taste raw coconut and coconut water.  We play lots of alphabet games during the week.  Our culminating cooking project is to create and then eat our own coconut trees!

One of our cooking projects is to build a "coconut" tree and add alphabet letters to the tree.  The children start with a stalk of celery for the trunk and add spinach leaves for the top of the tree.  They can use grapes for coconuts and add other food items to complete their trees.  Don't their creations look delicious and healthy?

The Very Hungry Caterpillar follows the life of a caterpillar from a tiny egg to a hungry caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly.  The text is playful and fun and serves as a springboard to read nonfiction books with lots of facts about real caterpillars and butterflies.  Throughout the week, we focus on the life cycle of butterflies and we practice sequencing and retelling stories.

With a milkweed plant in the classroom, we can observe real caterpillars at work as they nibble on leaves and we get to see the caterpillar grow and transform right before our eyes!

Cook-a-Book Camp is not only lots of fun ... it provides many rich learning experiences as we explore literacy, math, and science concepts with hands-on experiences.  Do you want to sign you little one up for the fun?  

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