Cat Sandion returns with more songs, rhymes and listening games to join in with and the story of 鈥楯ack and the Beanstalk.鈥
Suggestions for use in the classroom
Listening game:
Identify Individual sounds: cow mooing; cow bell; goose honking; loud footsteps; quiet footsteps; giant footsteps.
Song: 'Oats and Beans and Barley grow'
Oats and beans and barley grow,
Oats and beans and barley grow,
(Indicate plants growing from ground up)
*Not you, nor I nor anyone know, *(Point to own chest, and to others)
How oats and beans and barley grow.
*First the farmer sows the seed, *(Scatter seeds around)
Then he stands and takes his ease,
(Stands with hands on hips and legs apart)
*Stamps his feet and claps his hand,
And turns around to view the land. *(turn around, shading eyes with hand)
Children can listen the first time and then join in with the actions when the rhyme is repeated.
Story time: 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
Once upon a growing time鈥 If possible, to hold attention, use soft toys, puppets or pictures to represent the characters. You could perhaps use a bag containing 鈥榤agic beans鈥 and 鈥榞olden eggs鈥 (runner beans, or broad beans which have been sprayed gold or silver, wooden eggs - sprayed gold). These can be used to help sequence the story on subsequent retelling.
Final song: 'Goosey, goosey, goosey'
During the song encourage the children to clap along with the rhythm.
Follow-up ideas:
- Make giant pictures and/ or a collection of 鈥榞iant鈥 resources such as giant keys, pencils, jewels etc. These can then be used as provocations - eg lost 鈥榞iant鈥 keys to the castle (perhaps tiny keys鈥or a fairy castle?) write or receive a 鈥榞iant鈥 letter.
- Discuss what you would do if a goose laid a golden egg for you?
- Counting eggs focus: how many eggs do we need for everyone to have one each?
- Growing focus: plant different kinds of beans, broad beans, runner beans, kidney beans and record their development, which grows fastest, tallest? Take photographs to record growth and then make a display of the sequence.
See the Teachers' Notes (pdf) below for more suggestions.
Song video: 'Oats and beans and barley grow'
Song video: 'Goosey, goosey, goosey'
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