Dexter, Missouri - Mrs. Putnam's summer school class is having a blast learning!  "Chicka chicka Boom Boom - all the letters of the alphabet meet at the coconut tree!!!

The lower-case letters climb up a coconut tree in alphabetical order, until the tree bends so much that the letters fall out of the tree. Capital letters (the older relatives of the letters climbing the tree) come to help them. Again alphabetically, it describes each letter's injury, including:

• "D" having skinned-knee
• "E" having a stubbed toe
• "F" becoming patched up
• "G" all out of breath
• "H" and "I" getting tangled together
• "L" being knotted like a tie
• "M" being looped
• "N" being stooped
• "O" being twisted; alley-oop
• "P" having a black eye
• "T" having a loose tooth

At night, "A" gets up and gets back up the coconut tree, daring the other letters to catch him.

Not only are they learning about the alphabet, but they get to eat delicious treats as well.

Shown in the photo are from left to right: Emma Fortenberry, Caleb Farmer, and Charlene Bess.