Jasper: Jasper's Beanstalk

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It's about a cat called Jasper who plants a bean in the attempt to grow a beanstalk. He give it all the things it needs to grow but nothing happens. Eventually, the beanstalk grows and grows and he is so amazed. It ends with Jasper trying to climb it to find a giant. Share The Tiny Seed. Reflect on why the tiny seed was able to germinate. Discuss what conditions seeds need to start growing. Help children to use because to provide reasons for ideas.

A cute story of Jasper who has a bean and plants it to watch a beanstalk grow. He gets upset after a week of caring for his little bean and still nothing happens. He tosses it aside and forgets, but eventually the bean sprouts in the beanstalk Jasper was hoping for. Jasper's Beanstalk introduces readers to the character of a cat named Jasper who is determined to grow a beanstalk. He plants a bean and carefully tends to it each day, expecting the beanstalk to grow tall within a week. Much to his dismay the beanstalk does not grow. Finally, he gets fed up of waiting for it to grow and digs up the bean and throws it away. You can probably imagine what happens next! It is also a nice way to get the children talking about the book and extend their thinking by asking questions such as: What happens to the beanstalk? Does Jasper climb up it? If so, where does he go? Jasper’s Beanstalk is a great story to introduce the concept of planting and growing to children in the EYFS. I enjoyed reading this short and simple story to a reception class on the second placement. I read the book as a way of introducing the topic of planting and growing to the class, in the lesson the children went on to growing their own seeds, just like Jasper.This book is very simple but yet extremely effective to introduce the plant cycle to children. For this reason, I believe that it is more for KS1 children.

The story starts on a Monday where Jasper plants a bean and then every day of the week he tends to it to help it grow by watering it, digging it and spraying it. Unfortunately a week later, after waiting, waiting and waiting, Jasper gets very frustrated and impatient as nothing has grown. He decides he has had enough and digs the bean out and throws it away. However some time later the bean begins to grow and it grows into a huge beanstalk. Jasper is convinced there are giants at the top and goes in search of them.I like this story, as it is a nice way to introduce to the children the topic of changes and the life cycle of a bean. It allows the children to relate to what Jasper is doing and then carrying out the task themselves. The imagery is clear and simple, as well as the text, allowing for the children to start to learn the days of the week. The book has clear illustrations which will allow readers to use picture cues to help them read the text. Read The Tiny Seed. Remind children it shows the lifecycle of a seed. Identify what stops some seeds from growing, e.g. sun too hot, ice too cold, ocean too wet. List ideas & consider alternatives. This is a wonderful story for children in the EYFS. The story goes like this, on Monday Jasper plants a bean and every day of the week he tends to it to help it grow. A week later, after waiting, waiting and waiting, Jasper gets very frustrated and impatient as nothing has grown. He decides to pull the bean out and throws it away. A long, long, long time later, the bean grows into a lovely beanstalk. Jasper is glad and begins to look for giants.