Learning and Development: Jack and the beanstalk activity - Full of beans

The new Early Years Foundation Stage has less emphasis on topic work, so we are basing the children's learning around their favourite stories. 'Jack and the Beanstalk' has always been very popular - the children love chanting 'fe, fi, fo, fum' and are fascinated with giants. It was following on from sharing the book, acting out the storyline and looking at the rhyming words, that the children started to think about what Jack could have done with his beans. There are umpteen things he...