Monday, October 17, 2011

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Where do authors come up with their inspirations for children's alphabet books? I find all the different alphabet books unique and interesting. For example the book "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom." The author uses a combination on beats and syllables to really make the book fun to read. Whether your reading to independently or reading aloud, you find yourself singing along.

Here's the book: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QdN-HYp46c

I would be interested to know whether alphabet books are more effect when they are interactive (textured pages and examples) or written with prose (song). I think that the books like Chicka Chicka Boom Boom could help children memorize the alphabet because it's so catchy. I think parents should focus on books that do help kids memorize because their minds are like sponges at an early age and they should take advantage of their brains development.
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3 comments:

  1. Kayleigh R.October 17, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    What a great question! And I certainly don't know the answer, however, from what I learned last semester in MUS 463, I can tell you this:
    All children have the aptitude to learn music (which includes rhythms ect.) and develop musical talents really successfully before the age of 9. Just like you said in your post, children's minds are like sponges. We learned in MUS 463 that 90% of the connections in an individuals brain are formed before the age of one. If we expose children to music and give them musical opportunities between birth and the age of nine, the can achieve their highest level of musical aptitude. What I am basically trying to say here is, the brain is wired to take in music, especially at a young age. I think because that intake is so natural, literature with rhythm could be more effective for younger learners, whose brains want to gobble up that music.

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  2. Tayler S.October 18, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    I completely agree that children will absorb and remember information more if it is presented in the form of song or rhyme. If our original ABC song was not a song do you think children would be able to learn the ABC's at such a young age? The song may not be the most catchy one out there, but it is a song which helps children to learn. Recently on the Ellen Degeneres show there was a 3 year old girl who recited the "States Song" including all the states in alphabetical order. I don't think she would have been able to do this without the tune of a song!

    Here is the link to the Youtube video:

    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ellen+degeneres+states+song&oq=ellen+degeneres+state&aq=0&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1217l26803l0l28516l27l24l2l8l8l0l200l1941l2.11.1l14l0

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  3. Brandi JOctober 25, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    I think you asked a great question. Personally, I love Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. It is definitely an exciting book and I often find myself singing it. I think this is a good book to help teach young children their alphabets. This book is definitely catchy and it can also be presented in different ways to different beats. I have worked at 3 different schools and each teacher read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom with a different melody.

    Also, I agree that children will learn and remember information more when it is presented as a song or something that is catchy. I also think Tayler made a great point about not being able to remember your alphabets without the original alphabet song.

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