How to play the Bean Game
I thought what we’d do is play a quick game.
This is something that you can do at home
so I want to see you all moving around
so we’re going to play the bean game
we’ve played this one before
I’m going to call out some beans
and there’s going to be some actions for you to do
so if I say runner bean you’re going to run on the spot
like this – runner bean
Great!
If I say string bean you’re going to make yourself
like a piece of string, like a thin string bean
so let’s try that
string bean
and runner bean
string bean
OK – if I say broad bean you’re going to make yourself
really big – are you ready?
broad bean
Great! If I say to you French bean
you’re going to say ‘ooh la la’
let’s try that together
French bean
ooh la la
should we try those all together
and see if we can remember
OK – runner bean
string bean
broad bean
French bean
ooh la la
Great, if I say baked bean you’re going to lie on the floor
hopefully you’re still going to see me
but we’re going to lie on the floor
baked bean
and then you’re going to jump back up like that
OK – if I say Mexican bean you’re going to go
‘feeling hot hot hot’
OK – Mexican bean
‘feeling hot hot hot’
and finally if I say jelly bean you’re going to go
[blu – blu – blu – blu – blu – blu – blu]jelly bean
[blu – blu – blu – blu – blu – blu – blu]OK – do you think you can remember
all of those beans?
Great! So I’m going to tell you a story now
I’m going to look into my story book
and if you hear any of those beans
I want you to do the actions
OK – so I’ll give you some help as well
so when one day I went to have a look in my cupboard
to see what I could have for dinner
so I looked in the cupboard
and there was nothing but a tin of baked beans left
baked beans – lie on the floor!
I looked into the other cupboard
and there was nothing but a packet of jelly beans
blu – blu – blu – blu – blu – blu – blu]
I thought I can’t have baked beans
and I can’t have jelly beans
blu – blu – blu – blu – blu – blu – blu]
for dinner
that’s no good
so I walked out into the garden
and I looked to see what was growing in my garden
now there was a few string beans
and there was a few runner beans
but there was definitely no broad beans
and there wasn’t enough to have for dinner
so I decided to go to the shop
I got in my car
and I got to the supermarket
and I got my shopping trolley
and I went round
and the first thing I bought was some French beans
ooh la la
and then I got some more broad beans
and I got some more string beans
and some more runner beans
and then I carried on shopping
ooh – and I stocked up on some more tins of baked beans
because they’re my favourite
let’s get some of them
so I’ve got my baked beans
and then – aah – Mexican beans!
maybe I’ll have some fajitas
OK so I’ve got some Mexican beans
feeling hot hot hot
got some Mexican beans
and finally stocked up on lots more jelly beans
[blu – blu – blu – blu – blu – blu – blu]so I paid for my shopping – there you go
and I went home with my bags
put them in my car
got home, unloaded my shopping
and put it all in the cupboards
and then I go a huge pot
and I put it on my stove
and in that pot I put some
baked beans
and I put some
string beans
and I put some
broad beans
and I put some more
baked beans
and some
French beans
ooh la la
and some Mexican beans
feeling hot hot hot
and finally I put some jelly
aah no I don’t want to put jelly beans
in my dinner
I’ll save them for desert
and I stirred up all the beans together
gave them a big stir
until finally I think it was ready
then I got a spoon
then I got a spoon to test the beans
[euh yuk] [euh]it turns out all those beans do not go well together
oh no!
luckily I’ve got lots of packets of jelly beans
that I can eat instead
[blu – blu – blu – blu – blu – blu – blu]well done everyone!
give yourselves a little clap at home
that was fab!
-ends-
Can you play the Bean Game?
Sophie from Bristol’s Travelling Light Theatre Company has a great ‘bean themed’ game for younger children, children with disabilities and children with additional needs.