Boom Chicka Boom

Boom Chicka Boom    by Peter and Ellen Allard

Literacy, self-regulation

Lyrics: (call and response)

• I say boom chicka boom      (children repeat: I say boom chicka boom)
  I say boom chicka boom
  I say boom chicka rocka chicka rocka chicka boom
  Oh yeah,      (I raise hands here)
  Uh huh,        (and lower hands here)
  Next time,
  (A little softer/louder/slower/faster/with an L, etc.)

• (on the last time say: “Next time, THE END!”)

Comments:

I added a literacy element by changing the first sound of “boom chicka boom” to start with a given letter sound: “Next time, with an L.” (you could show them the letter L, too).

• I say loom licka loom…
  I say loom licka locka licka locka licka loom
  Oh yeah,
  Uh huh,
  Next time…

I’ve found that good letters for substituting are: D, Z, R, L, T, G, R, B, Sh, N, P, V
I usually do three letters in each class.