Gingerbread Mini-Unit Gingerbread Poem Stir a bowl of gingerbread,
Gingerbread Activities: 1. Read several versions
of the Gingerbread Man
2. Do a Gingerbread Man Glyph and display the results for a classroom holiday decoration. Click on gingerbread for pattern:
3. Make Gingerbread! I use the recipe from Jan Brett's website. It is delicious! 4. Read about the History of Gingerbread and gingerbread houses. Locate Europe on a world map. Read the fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel. Make Gingerbread Houses or have kids color a gingerbread house. 5. Math activity - Make ten construction paper cutouts of gingerbread kids. Number each with 1-10. Kids then place the correct amount of buttons or other manipulative to correspond with that number. Make felt gingerbread man shapes to practice counting, adding, and subtracting. (Gingerbread man pattern) 6. Put on a play! Jan Brett's version, Gingerbread Baby, is a great one to use. She has patterns for the animals and more suggestions on her website on how to use the book for a play!
The Gingerbread Man
Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man,
He said, "Catch me if you can,
I can run like the Gingerbread Man,
Links: How to Make a Gingerbread House - follow instructions from a school in Denmark! Make a Gingerbread Baby House - (Jan Brett's website) Make this and use with the book.
Gingerbread Man Books: The Gingerbread Man - by Jim Aylesworth
Page updated 12/7/03. |
