Benji loves a book called Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. It's about a coconut tree, and all the (lowercase) letters of the alphabet decide to climb up the tree, one at a time (in alphabetical order, of course!), until they are all up the tree. The full alphabet is so heavy that the tree bends down and they all fall out in a heap (that's the page of the book that you see in the photos, here). Then, their "mamas and papas and uncles and aunts" (the uppercase letters) come running to take care of them, and the letters get untangled from the pile, one at a time (again, in order). It's a cute book and Benji really enjoys it.
A few days ago, I had a brilliant idea (if I do say so myself!) while he was playing with his magnetic alphabet on the fridge. I found an erasable marker set and drew him a coconut tree on the front of the fridge. Now, while we read the book, we act out the story by picking up the letters and putting them up in the tree. Benji also loves to arrange the letters so that they are all stacked up along the tree trunk. We're having a lot of fun. --Victoria
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