Guest Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Hi, everyone, You know when you have just been thinking about something tooooooo much!?! Well I think this is what i have done and now i am stuck! In a few weeks I am being observed and i have most of my ideas already apart from one main bit.... I am doing Jack and the Beanstalk with an input which will lead to a CLL activity and a KUW activity alongside lots of enhanced provison. So... i have decided that the Giant will capture a Jack from our room (as he does) and it will be the children's KUW activity to resucue him BUT ( this is where i could do with your great ideas) what could the Giant do to Jack which will HOPEFULLY lead to the children being able to construct something or problem solve or investigate to save Jack? I have been racking my brain and come up with a few ideas but so far nothing that makes me say OOOOOOOHHHHH! I love reading all the forums and ideas on here and just know you will be able to help. Thank you soooo much !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Hmm, sounds like a lot of fun. An obstacle course with problems to solve along the way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_8466 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 what could the Giant do to Jack which will HOPEFULLY lead to the children being able to construct something or problem solve or investigate to save Jack? Tie him to the very top of the beanstalk? What sort of form will your 'Jack' take? Now I have visions of some poor child dangling by one leg from the ceiling... Maz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Ha Ha, well knowing my class!!!! I was thinking of creating a story sack with soft toys and so 'Jack' would be a soft toy, I prefere 3D appraoches but really am open to any ideas! I like the problem solving course idea thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 What about planting some beans in a pot with soil? then this could be continued during the year when the beans grow!!! good k & U !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_7120 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 how about a clue hunt as to jack's where abouts............hidden cards with directions (sense of place) that lead to next clue... we did an easter hunt like it........ cut a large card egg into smaller pieces, each piece had a clue to next, when they'd found them all and put them back together it gave them the last clue to the treasure sounds fun anyway.......sometimes think we should go back to themes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_7120 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 grow a bean in a shoe box...... put 3 layers of card with one small hole in diff places on each fit to inside of shoebox, make hole in top of box, but bean in pot in bottom, tape lid back on...the bean will grow in and out of holes upto top..easy experiment....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_8466 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 grow a bean in a shoe box...... put 3 layers of card with one small hole in diff places on each fit to inside of shoebox, make hole in top of box, but bean in pot in bottom, tape lid back on...the bean will grow in and out of holes upto top..easy experiment....... Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 What about something as simple as Jack being stuck up on a high shelf (having been put there by the giant) - what ingenious ways can they think of to get him down ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Definitely sounds like something you must do alongside the treasure hunt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_4544 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 There is a lovely book of short stories by Alan Ahlberg called the clothes horse and other stories and in it is a story called THE JACK POT which is about a pot where a giant puts boys called Jack ...how do we get him/them out? high slippery sides etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Ooh that sounds interesting, i'll have an amazon search I think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_8466 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Ooh that sounds interesting, i'll have an amazon search I think! Available for 1p used, £2.75 postage! Click here! Maz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Available for 1p used, £2.75 postage! Click here! Maz or £19 from the USA! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_11485 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 He could be stranded on an island / the other side of a river and he can't swim how could we help him get back? Stepping stones / bridge / boat... I think the high shelf is more in the context of the story, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 There is also the story of Jim and the beanstalk by Raymond Briggs (the snowman) which is a really good extention.It moves the story on and the giant is old and Jim helps him. Jim and the beanstalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_379 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 A few years ago we did this with the whole school for book week. As a staff the first part of the story was acted out and the beans thrown under the PE equipment in the hall... The next morning a giant beanstalk had appeared growing out of the hall floor up into the loft hatch... where we had a stero set up. We then had a teacher dressed as Jack hiden with a mike and they told he told the children he had been kidnapped by the giant and needed rescuing. With that- I can't remember if Jacks mother had chopped down the beanstalk before the message as there were no beans on it or if the giant knocked it down. So the children then had the challenge of saving Jack and needed to build a structure that could reach up to the hatch- we had a day of different activities ariound the school which the children rotated around. An enjoyable but hectic day. L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Sounds fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 WOW!!!! What a lot of super idea's thank you sooooooo much. I love the high shelf idea and the tresure hunt and the extention books!!!! My problem now..... Which one to use! I think iw ill use an aspects of them all throughout the lesson. I can't thank you enough!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_19920 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Hi, everyone, You know when you have just been thinking about something tooooooo much!?! Well I think this is what i have done and now i am stuck! In a few weeks I am being observed and i have most of my ideas already apart from one main bit.... I am doing Jack and the Beanstalk with an input which will lead to a CLL activity and a KUW activity alongside lots of enhanced provison. So... i have decided that the Giant will capture a Jack from our room (as he does) and it will be the children's KUW activity to resucue him BUT ( this is where i could do with your great ideas) what could the Giant do to Jack which will HOPEFULLY lead to the children being able to construct something or problem solve or investigate to save Jack? I have been racking my brain and come up with a few ideas but so far nothing that makes me say OOOOOOOHHHHH! I love reading all the forums and ideas on here and just know you will be able to help. Thank you soooo much !!! lots of great ideas - we used simple maps with simple clues (written and drawn) for children to look for objects. could use different things like the high shelf and a bucket ,tunnel, etc invite ideas on how to rescue and even make or find the resources to do this. happy planning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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