Jack and the Beanstalk Preschool Theme

Jack and the Beanstalk Theme Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

Jack and the Beanstalk activities for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. The Jack in the beanstalk story is the perfect resource to teach literacy in your preschool classroom.
Jack and the Beanstalk Theme Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

The Jack and the Beanstalk story, is an old English fairytale. The story is of a poor young boy, named Jack who lives on a farm with his widowed mother and dairy cow.

He acquires some magic beans, which grow into a gigantic beanstalk. Jack climbs the beanstalk and that’s where the adventure truly begins!

The story of Jack in the beanstalk is a great book to read to your preschoolers. The book can be a great resource to teach literacy in your classroom. You can read the book and work on rhyming, beginning sounds, and syllables.

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Jack and the Beanstalk Literacy Activities

Beginning Sounds
jack and the beanstalk beginning sounds activity

This activity combines vocabulary development, initial sounds, and fine motor skills. Students attach clothespins with letters to the pictures that have the corresponding beginning sounds. There is also a recording sheet included with this activity. This beginning sounds activity is available in the Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Jack and the Beanstalk Rhyming
jack and the beanstalk rhyming activity

This activity combines vocabulary development with rhyming skills. Students roll the picture cube and give a word that rhymes with the picture. They mark their recording sheet when they give a correct rhyme. If students need help generating a rhyme they can ask a friend. This activity is available in the Beanstalk Literacy Packet located in the printables section below. It includes the recording sheet and a printable picture cube you can cut out and assemble or you can print out the cards and attach them to a square box or use a pocket die.

Syllables Activity
jack and the beanstalk syllable activity

This activity combines vocabulary development with syllable identification. Students identify the pictures and the number of syllables in each word, and then place them into the bag with the correct number. This activity is available in the Literacy Packet located in the printables section below and includes a recording sheet.

Beanstalk Word Cards {FREE}
jack and the beanstalk word cards

These word cards are available for free in the printable section below.

Jack in the Beanstalk Emergent Reader
jack and the beanstalk emergent reader printable book

The simple text in this book is designed to support your emergent readers. Use this book to reinforce concepts of print such as words are separated by spaces, left to right and top to bottom, written words match spoken words, common sight words, and more. The emergent reader activity is available in the Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Jack and the Beanstalk Pocket Chart
jack and the beanstalk pocket chart

The pocket chart set will reinforce concepts of print such as left to right directionality, return sweep, one-to-one correspondence, simple sight words and more. The text in this set matches the text in the emergent reader. This activity is available in the Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Mini-Word Wall
jack and the beanstalk mini word wall

Use these mini-word walls to support your emergent writers. Make the word walls available to your students during independent writing time. Both color and black and white versions are available for your convenience. The mini-word walls are available in the Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Read and Write Around the Room
jack and the beanstalk read and write around the room

This fun activity will help reinforce letter or sight word recognition. Students locate words or letters written on the thematic cards around the room and write them on their recording sheet. Instructions for setting up and using this activity are included in the Literacy Packet located in the printables section below.

Jack and the Beanstalk Story Sequence
jack and the beanstalk story sequence pictures

Have students cut and glue the pictures from the story in the correct sequence on construction paper. Both three and four part sequence pictures are available to meet the needs of your students. While I am not a big fan of worksheets this activity can be a good tool to measure how well your students understand the sequence of the story and follow directions. This activity is included in the literacy packet located in the printables section below.

{FREE Printable} Comprehension Activity
jack and the beanstalk comprehension activity

 

I created this free printable to go with the classic fairy tale. The first page features pictures of characters, some are from the story and some are not.  The second page is a t-chart that includes picture cues at the top to support non-readers.

This comprehension activity is available for free here on the Jack in the Beanstalk Character Printable  post.

{FREE Printable} Jack and the Beanstalk Flannel Board Set
jack and the beanstalk flannel board printable

This free printable will help your students re-tell the classic story. Just print on cardstock, laminate for durability, and attach Velcro or magnetic tape to the back of each piece to create a quick and easy re-telling activity.This free, printable flannel or magnetic board set is available on the Jack and the Beanstalk Flannel Printable Set post.

Jack and the Beanstalk Math Activities

Jack and the Beanstalk Races
Printable Jack and the Beanstalk Races Game for Preschool and Kindergarten
Available in the Math Packet located in the printables section below, the beanstalk races will help build number sense and one to one correspondence. Students will roll a die and move their playing piece towards the top of the beanstalk.

Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum! Number Game
Printable Jack and the Beanstalk Number ID Game for Preschool and Kindergarten

This game is available {in black and white or color} in the Math Packet located in the printables section below. The Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum! Number Identification game can be played using numbers 0-10 or numbers 0-20 depending on your student’s ability levels. The playing cards are available in black and white and color for your convenience. Also included are two printable recording sheets in black and white, one for each version of the game.

Jack and the Beanstalk Patterns
Printable Jack and the Beanstalk Patterns for Preschool and Kindergarten

These printable pattern activities can be found in the Math Packet available in the printables section below.

FREE Jack and the Beanstalk More or Less Game
Free Jack and the Beanstalk More or Less Game

Learn how to play this fun more or less math game on the blog here –> Jack in the Beanstalk More Or Less Activity.

Jack and the Beanstalk Graphing
Printable Jack and the Beanstalk Graphing Activity for Preschool and Kindergarten

Students will enjoy rolling the cube and recording their rolls on the recording sheet. This graphing activity is available in the math packet located in the printables section below.

Jack in the Beanstalk Counting Book
Printable Jack and the Beanstalk Counting 1-5 Book for Preschool

An easy to assemble book to help reinforce number sense and counting. This black and white printable counting book is available in the Math Packet located in the printables section below

Jack and the Beanstalk Board Game
Printable Jack and the Beanstalk Board Game for Preschool and Kindergarten

The printable board game located is located in the Math Packet below.

Jack in the Beanstalk Classroom Activities and Games

Jack in the Beanstalk Story Graphing Activity

Materials: cups, spoons, chart paper, markers, cooked beans- black and baked.
Prepare a graph in advance using the chart paper; draw a picture of black beans on the top right hand side and a picture of baked beans on the top left. Have students taste the two types of beans and then write their names on the chart under the appropriate picture to indicate which bean they liked best. Discuss the results during large group and post on the wall.

Make Your Own Magic Bean Names

Materials: liquid glue, various types of dried beans, Sharpie marker, white construction paper.
Cut one piece of long white construction paper hot-dog style for each student. Write each student’s name on the white pieces of construction paper with a Sharpie marker. Supply students with a bowl of dried beans and have them glue the beans on their names.

Create Your Own Beanstalk Like Jack!

Materials: green butcher paper, fishing line, stapler or glue – possible items: cup hook
Take a long sheet of green butcher paper and twist into a “beanstalk”. Use butcher paper to cut leaves and attach to the beanstalk with a stapler or glue. If you have a drop ceiling attach a length of fishing line to the top of your beanstalk and string the line through the support bars of a ceiling panel so the beanstalk will hang from the ceiling. Make sure your fishing line is long enough to loop through the support bars and down again to the floor. You can make the beanstalk grow or fall by pulling and releasing the fishing line. *If you do not have a drop ceiling attach a small, screw in cup hook to the ceiling to string your fishing line through instead.

Growing Beans Like Jack! Science Activity

Materials: dirt, Dixie cups, lima beans, water
After reading the fairytale to the children have them try growing their own beanstalk by placing dirt in Dixie cups and planting a lima bean. Have the students water their lima beans and then watch them grow over the next few weeks!

 Jack In the Beanstalk Dramatic Play

Materials: props for your play- yellow plastic Easter eggs (fake golden eggs), butcher paper beanstalk, harp etc.
Select several students to be “characters” in your play. The teacher can act as narrator as the students act out the story. Provide students with the props they will need to act out the story. Quick and easy costumes can be made with sentence strips using the blackline masters found in the Retelling with Headbands book located in the resources section below.

Compare and Contrast Jack in the Beanstalk stories

Materials: Xerox copies of the front of several different versions of the fairytale, glue stick, chart paper, markers.
Xerox the front cover of several the books. Shrink the copies so they will all fit at the top of your chart paper. Glue the copies to the top of the chart and use the markers to make the lines for a graph. Show the students the actual books and have a discussion comparing and contrasting the stories. Have the students write their names under their favorite Jack story and review the results in large group. Post the chart on the wall for future reference.

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