Sound-Loaded Books

Initial Ch/ch Books Author
A What Chin? Ashly Curren
Boom Chicka Rock John Archambault
Chairs On Strike Jennifer Jones
Charlie and the Octopus Rebecca Roan
Charlie Chick Nick Denchfield & Ant Parker
Charlie Chooses Lou Peacock
Cherry & Missy: That was a wonderful day Sibel Ceylan Subay
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault
Chicks and Salsa Aaron Reynolds
Chicks Rule! Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Chirp! Chipmunk Sings for a Friend Jamie A. Swenson
Chirri & Chirra (Series) Kaya Doi
Chomp Goes the Alligator Matthew Van Fleet
Chopsticks Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo Kevin Lewis
Chu's Day Neil Gaiman
Chu's Day at the Beach Neil Gaiman
Chu's First Day at School Neil Gaiman
Dinosaurs Love Cheese Jackie French
I Am Not a Chair! Ross Burach
I Will Chomp You! Jory John
Interrupting Chicken David Ezra Stein
Mac and Cheese and the Perfect Plan Sarah Weeks
Monster Musical Chairs Stuart J. Murphy
More Pies! Robert Munsch
My Dog's a Chicken Susan McElroy Montanari
Peter's Chair Ezra Jack Keats
Pirate Chicken: All Hens on Deck Brian Yanish
Splat The Cat and The Quick Chicks Rob Scotton
The Potato Chip Champ: Discovering Why Kindness Counts Maria Dismondy
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick Lucille Colandro
There's a Bear on my Chair Ross Collins
Who Moved My Cheese? (For Kids) Spencer Johnson
Final ch Books Author
At the Beach Anne Rockwell
Can I Play Too? Mo Willems
How Will We Get to the Beach? Brigitte Luciani
I Can't Reach It! Jana Buchmann
Just Me and Grandma Mercer Mayer
Magic Beach Alison Lester
Peach and Blue Sarah S. Kilborne
Peach Boy Florence Sakade
Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson
Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach Mélanie Watt
Shaggy Dog and the Terrible Itch David Bedford & Gwyneth Williamson
The Last Peach Gus Gordon
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Michael Rosen

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Activities & Snacks

Activities:

  • Color a Cheetah!  Add Cheetos for spots!
  • Drive a toy train (choo choo) though chocolate pudding and trace the letters ‘ch’
  • Make a “Choo Choo” train.  Let each child design a shoe box for the “Choo Choo” train.
  • Make a choo choo train out of children! Let pairs of students hold the letters ‘c’ and ‘h’ to represent cars on the train.
  • Make a paper chain
  • Make chocolate chip cookies!
  • Make sidewalk drawings with chalk
  • Make the letters ‘ch’ with checkers!
  • Make the letters ‘ch’ with Cheerios
  • Place chocolate pudding in a plastic bag.  Draw pictures or trace the letters ‘ch’ on the bag.
  • Play checkers, chess or Chinese checkers!
  • Play musical chairs!
  • Play the Hi Ho Cheery-O game
  • Read the book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.  Then, make a large construction paper coconut tree.  Let students add pictures of objects that begin with the /ch/ sound to the tree.

Snacks:

  • Cheerios
  • Cheese
  • Cheetos
  • Cheez Whiz
  • Cheez-it Crackers
  • Cherries
  • Chewing gum
  • Chex Mix
  • Chicken
  • Chips
  • Chocolate chip cookies
  • Chocolate chips
  • Chocolate cookies
  • Chocolate covered cherries
  • Chocolate fondue (dip cheerios in chocolate syrup)
  • Chocolate milk
  • Chocolate pudding 
  • Chow Mein noodles
  • Eat Chinese food with chop sticks!
  • Make a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree!  Use a large pretzel as the trunk.  Attach chocolate chips (as coconuts) with cream cheese.  Arrange apple slices as leaves above the pretzel.
  • Use squirt cheese to make the letters ‘ch’ on crackers!