This BritLit Primary Kit has been designed for use with any version of the tale. The kit integrates a range of mixed-ability cross-curricular materials within the context of the tale in order to actively engage children and develop their cognitive, linguistic and social skills. The kit includes storytelling tips, interactive language activities, games, puzzles, chants, project work, play, links to online animated tales and a book list of Jack and the Beanstalk stories.

You can also find computer based interactive materials for students on British Council's LearnEnglish Kids website.

Downloads The downloads are divided into six sections

• Introduction - Information about the activities and suggested levels

• Activities - materials related to the story

• Chants - materials to help with pronunciation

• Flashcards - materials to help you build up vocabulary

• The Play - materials to help your learners act out the story

• The Story - materials to support understanding of the story

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Introduction

• Introduction - Information about the activities and suggested level

• Action charades

• Bean and corn salad & crossword

• Bean likes and dislikes survey

• Beans on toast

• Bean project work

• Colour the characters

• Colour the scenes

• Count 1-10

• Count the beans 11-20

• Count the beans 11-20 with words

• Do you know your beans? 
  • PowerPoint pictures

• Dominoes

• Grow your own beans!

• Height beanstalk

• Jack and the beanstalk cards

• Measure me!

• Picture dictionary for reference

• Picture wordsearch

• Spot the differences A

• Spot the differences B

• The giant says…

• Vocabulary checklist

• Wanted / for sale posters

Chants - materials to help with pronunciation

• Clap clap activity

• Clap clap adjectives activity

• Clap clap chant
  • PowerPoint version

• Clap clap chant teacher's notes

• Fee fi fo activity
  • PowerPoint version

• Fee fi fo teacher's notes

• The giant's chant
  • PowerPoint version

• The giant's chant teacher's notes

Flashcards - materials to help you build up vocabulary

• Adjective flashcards

• Character flashcards

• Object flashcards

• Object flashcards with words

The Play - materials to help your learners act out the story

• Play
  • Play PowerPoint version

• Play with stage directions

• Working with the play

• Masks

The Story - materials to support understanding of the story

• A4 jack and the beanstalk story flashcards

• Put the story pictures in order

• Put the story pictures in order answers

• Story auction

• Story cards

• Story comprehension

• Story gapfill

• Story review

• Story sentences

• Storyboard pictures

• Storyboard sentences

• Storyboard teacher's notes

• Working with the story

About BritLit
This is part of a short series of kits for primary school learners of English. It was produced to respond to the initiative of governments, including the Portuguese government, to lower the age at which English is taught in state schools.

Carolyne Ardron and Michelle Maia. Illustrations by Paul Millard