Engage and entertain your students with this Jack and the Beanstalk Activities Pack. It includes which include story puppets, tracing pages, puzzles, a printable story book and much more, plus a wide variety of math and literacy centers! Your toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten students will love using these activities, which include story puppets, tracing pages, puzzles, a printable story book and much more.
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Fairytale Themes in the Classroom
Lesson planning is time-consuming and it is challenging to find themes that will engage the kids, hold their interest for a period of time and ensure that key learning areas are covered.
To make it easier, this pack has a range of activities to ensure that a Jack and the Beanstalk Theme is one of the best in your classroom, homeschool or learning center.
Fairytale themes are beneficial in early childhood development. It may not seem like it, but they have many benefits beyond the story. Some are:
- Encouraging kids to use their imagination
- Improves listening skills
- Develops problem-solving skills
- Improves language and memoryTeaches them to have empathy, and express emotions
Jack and the Beanstalk
After reading this classic children’s story, children can enjoy a variety of math and literacy activities, as well story sequencing with the sequencing strips and puppets. This activity pack allows you to explore the different relationships between the characters.
Please note that you do not have to print out each and every page. Use the pages that are most relevant to your child’s or student’s age. Follow their interest.
The Jack and the beanstalk art activities and math worksheets are also a blast. By relating the story to the concepts, it makes it so easier for the kids to understand.
Check out the video of the activities
The math activities in this printable pack help children learn and practice counting from 1 to 10. They are able to do this with the number matching cards, math links cards and clip cards.
There are also exciting activities like color by number and crafts to target fine motor skills, and vocabulary words to learn and pages to read to improve literacy skills.
Plus, the sequencing activities to help improve problem-solving skills!
This massive printable pack also comes in two versions: One is in color and the other is in black and white for those who have limited ink for their printers.
Now let’s see what incredible activities we have in store that will take learning to new heights just like Jack!
Jack and the Beanstalk Activities
There are a few centers that are targeted in this pack, use different centers each day to keep the theme engaging.
You can also have a chart where you plan what activities to do or let the kids pick depending on the center.
Jack and the Beanstalk Literacy Activities
- Vocabulary Words– Discuss the vocabulary words in the story. You can use the cards to play a memory matching game. Then complete the worksheet.
4. Build The Words-Build the words using magnetic letters or alphabet manipulatives.
7. Letter Matching – Match the uppercase letters to the lowercase letters.
2. Storybook– Read the story. You can color in the black and white version.
5. Write The Room– Hide the numbers around the room then when you make a match trace the number on the recording page.
3. Anchor Chart + Discussion Pages- Discuss the characters and setting of the story then use the discussion pages.
6. 3 Part Cards- Match the word and picture to the whole card. You can hide the pieces in a sensory bin to make this a sensory activity.
Jack and the Beanstalk Math Activities
8. Counting Clip Cards 1-20– Count the pictures on each card and then clip the correct number.
11. Beanstalk Measurement– Measure the beanstalk using items you have on hand.
9. Build A Beanstalk With Math Links– Identify the number then use the same number of math links to build a beanstalk.
12. Counting Eggs- Count the eggs, trace the number, and add golden eggs to the nest.
10. Addition + Subtraction Cards-Add and subtract according to the pictures on the card.
13. Color By Number- Use the number guide to color the picture by number. We also included a second set of color by code that is a craft. Color the picture by number, cut out the picture, then glue it together into a toilet roll. These can be used as puppets to retell the story.
Jack and the Beanstalk Sequencing, Fine Motor, Shapes and More
14. Sequencing Strips + Story Order– Place the sequencing strips according to the story order. Then fill out the sequencing worksheet or activity page.
17. Bead Threading Activity– Attach pipe cleaners to either the number cards or the egg cards. Tape a pipe cleaner to each card then thread the same number of beads as the number. You can also use these cards as a number matching activity.
20. Puppets– Cut out the characters and objects. Then place them on a craft stick. You can also use the cut outs and backgrounds to recreate the story.
23. Shapes Mystery Puzzles– Cut out the picture pieces. Then build the mystery puzzle by matching the shapes
15. Puzzles– Cut out the puzzles then match them according to word or number order. Use the black and white copy to work on coloring and fine motor skills.
18. Play Dough Mats– Create the objects and characters in the story using play dough.
21. Cotton Bud Painting– Use a cotton bud with paint to color in the pictures and letter. You can also use fingertips and a stamp pad instead.
16. Activity Pages– Follow the prompts on the activity pages. You can place these in a page protector to make them reusable.
19. Dot Pages– Use dot markers or circle stickers to complete the picture and to create the letter.
22. Tracing Activity– Trace the dashed lines
Jack and the Beanstalk Worksheets
As a bonus, here are some easy-prep worksheets. You can use these:
- To review the activities or as revision.
- As homework or classwork
- Morning work
- As an end-of-the-week test
WHERE TO GET THIS ACTIVITY
GET THE JACK AND THE BEANSTALK ACTIVITIES PACK HERE
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