I found a website with some fun lesson plans.
Personally, I love fairy tales. One of my favorites is Jack and the Beanstalk. I thought it might be perfect for my Pre-K class.
Jack and the Beanstalk
I like this video because it has the words of the story at the bottom.
I wish each word highlighted as they said each word.
I like how Super Why uses letters and words. They emphasize words aka make them bigger when they are said.
So where to start on lesson plans?
I would ask the children what a beanstalk was? Then I would write down all of the answer.
Then I would get on the computer and show the kids a beanstalk.
After that, it is popcorn and movie time!
Our kids love to go to the 'Movie Theater'
After watching the suggested video, we would talk about the beans and the growing process.
One of the suggested lesson plans is growing your own beans. Children enjoy measuring things and seeing them grow. Each day they run to see if their flower or bean has grown.
We would talk about what a seed needs to grow.
Sunlight, dirt, and water.
As the seed grows, we could ask how many cars long is the seed? Usually when this question is posed, children want to measure how many crayons, pencils, and so on.
The next day we would watch the next movie about Jack and the Beanstalk. We would incorporate Jack and the beanstalk stories like Jack and Jill and the beanstalk.
Talk about G is for Giant and G is for goose.
Make a mini book of letter G things.
This would be a challenge for the little ones.
It involves folding the book in the right place.
Following directions.
Cutting book in right place.
Waiting to have their book stapled together.
Writing their name on the right line.
Tracing the letter G instead of coloring the letter G.
Children love computer time!
Click: For Cow Puzzle online
A good lesson plan incorporates Social Emotional, Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development.
A good activity to add, would be creating your own "beanstalk". Bring in green paper (the huge rolls are the best!), let the children in your class work together (Social Emotional and Language Development) and tape the beanstalk to a wall (Cognitive Development). Let them crumble it up how they please (Physical Development), make leaves or beans, and stick it all together to make a masterpiece! And believe me, they will love it. Best of all it puts all four Developmental Stages to use.
By the end of the Theme:
Jack and the Beanstalk
I would ask the children what a beanstalk was? Then I would write down all of the answer.
Then I would get on the computer and show the kids a beanstalk.
After that, it is popcorn and movie time!
Our kids love to go to the 'Movie Theater'
One of the suggested lesson plans is growing your own beans. Children enjoy measuring things and seeing them grow. Each day they run to see if their flower or bean has grown.
We would talk about what a seed needs to grow.
Sunlight, dirt, and water.
As the seed grows, we could ask how many cars long is the seed? Usually when this question is posed, children want to measure how many crayons, pencils, and so on.
The next day we would watch the next movie about Jack and the Beanstalk. We would incorporate Jack and the beanstalk stories like Jack and Jill and the beanstalk.
Talk about G is for Giant and G is for goose.
Make a mini book of letter G things.
This would be a challenge for the little ones.
It involves folding the book in the right place.
Following directions.
Cutting book in right place.
Waiting to have their book stapled together.
Writing their name on the right line.
Tracing the letter G instead of coloring the letter G.
Children love computer time!
Click: For Cow Puzzle online
A good lesson plan incorporates Social Emotional, Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development.
A good activity to add, would be creating your own "beanstalk". Bring in green paper (the huge rolls are the best!), let the children in your class work together (Social Emotional and Language Development) and tape the beanstalk to a wall (Cognitive Development). Let them crumble it up how they please (Physical Development), make leaves or beans, and stick it all together to make a masterpiece! And believe me, they will love it. Best of all it puts all four Developmental Stages to use.
By the end of the Theme:
Jack and the Beanstalk
- Each child will be able to list a sequence of events in the Jack and the Beanstalk story (Cognitive Development)
- Be more familiar with letters G, C, H, J, B (Language Development)
- Use small motor skills (Physical Development)
- Observe bean growing (Cognitive Development)
References
https://www.brandeis.edu/lemberg/employees/pdf/webgraphicdevandu.pdf
http://www.first-school.ws/puzzlesonline/alphabet/c_cow.htm
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/alphabetp2.htm#ghttp://www.first-school.ws/puzzlesonline/alphabet/c_cow.htm
http://www.first-school.ws/theme/fairytales.htm
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/fairytales/jack_beanstalk.htm
http://www.first-school.ws/activities/alpha/c/cow.htm
https://www.google.com/search?q=beanstalk&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijjcyupqLSAhUs6YMKHeoGDaEQ_AUICCgB&biw=1493&bih=705#imgrc=IdCgdpLvLUo_AM:
https://www.google.com/search?q=beanstalk&espv=2&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijjcyupqLSAhUs6YMKHeoGDaEQ_AUICCgB&biw=1493&bih=705#imgrc=IdCgdpLvLUo_AM:
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