We were working on the letter Cc and the children were also really enjoying the book Chicka Boom Boom. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to bring a coconut into our classroom! We encouraged the children to talk about this interesting object. Many children told us they already knew lots of facts about coconuts. The children were absolutely fascinated by the sound of liquid jostling around as they shook the coconut. We heard many great theories about this liquid and soon we had lots of requests to "smash open the coconut" and get the liquid out!
The next day we brainstormed how to do so and we were extremely curious about how to manage the very hard shell. We saw a brief video about opening coconuts and we tired the approach we had observed. It worked!
The children really wanted to see what the inside of a coconut looks like. We decided to continue using the hammer!
