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Books:
The Gingerbread Kid Goes to School
by
Joan Holub
The Gingerbread Man illustrated by Karen Schmidt
The
Cajun Gingerbread Boy Rebaked by Berthe Amos
Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
The Gingerbread Boy by Scott Cook
The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth
The Gingerbread Boy by Kathy Wilburn
The Gingerbread Man by B. Baumgartner & N.
Messenger
Stop That Pickle! by Peter Armour
the following books shared by Carol -
The Gingerbread Boy by Richard Egielski
The Gingerbread Boy retold by Paul Galdone
The Gingerbread Boy by Harriet Ziefert
The Gingerbread Man retold by Eric Kimmel
The book Nursery Tales Around the World selected and retold by Judy Sierra
contains the following "Runaway Cookie" stories: "The Gingerbread Man" from the
United States, "The Pancake" from Norway, and "The Bun" from Russia.
The Runaway Latkes by Leslie Kimmelman
The Runaway Rice Cake by Ying Chang Compestine
The Runaway Tortilla by Eric Kimmel
What's in Fox's Sack? retold by Paul Galdone (out of print, available at the
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Run Run Rap
Run, run, as
fast as you can!
You can't
catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man.
You can run
in the morning, you can run in the night,
But
you can't catch me, uh huh, that' right.
You can't
catch me, uh huh, that' right!
The rest of the students chant:
Gingerbread
Man, where you goin?
Gingerbread
Man, where you goin?
~
Emily
Crocker
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Gingerbread Boys
One yummy gingerbread boy,
With a tie of blue.
_____ bakes another one.
Now there are two.
Two yummy gingerbread boys,
By the winter tree.
_____ bakes another one.
Now there are three.
Three yummy gingerbread boys,
With sprinkles galore.
_____ bakes another one.
Now there are four.
Four yummy gingerbread boys,
They almost look alive!
_____ bakes another one.
Now there are five.
from Cooperative Quilts,
Classroom Quilts for the Entire School Year FE 7947
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Gingerbread Chant
Gingerbread boy
Looks so neat!
Gingerbread boy
Smells so sweet!
Gingerbread boy
Tasty treat!
Gingerbread girl
Looks so nice!
Gingerbread girl
Smells like spice!
Gingerbread girl
Tastes so nice!
from December Mailbox Idea Book Preschool/Kindergarten TEC 205
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Gingerbread Man
Stir a bowl of gingerbread (Stir as in a bowl.)
Smooth and spicy brown.
Roll it with a rolling pin (Roll dough with rolling pin.)
Up and up and down.
With a cookie cutter, (With a cookie cutter, cut cookies.)
Make some little men.
Put them in the oven (Put pan in oven.)
Until half past ten.
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Gingerbread Man Song
(tune: The Muffin Man)
Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man,
The Gingerbread Man, the Gingerbread Man?
Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man,
Who ran and ran and ran?
He said, "Catch me if you can,
If you can, if you can."
He said, "Catch me if you can,"
Then ran and ran and ran.
I can run like the Gingerbread Man.
The Gingerbread Man, the Gingerbread Man.
I can run like the Gingerbread Man,
Now catch me if you can.
~ Author Unknown
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I'm The Gingerbread Man
I'm the
Gingerbread Man and I'm here to say,
You can't catch me, no not today.
I've run away from a big brown horse,
And I can run from you of course, of course.
I took a ride on the sly fox's back.
He ate me up for a tasty snack. Yum! Yum!
~ Author Unknown
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Mr. Gingerbread's Walk
A gingerbread man went walking
With his candy cane.
All through Santa's Village
And right down Peppermint Lane.
His raisin eyes were popping!
'Twas like a magic dell!
But what he saw in Santa Land
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The Gingerbread Man
(tune: Pop Goes the Weasel)
Who can catch the Gingerbread Man?
Catch him if you can.
"I can catch him," said the _____.
But away he ran.
This song can be used as a pocket chart activity.
The children can fill in the blanks with the names of the characters that chased
the Gingerbread Man. From Thematic Units for Kindergarten by Kristin Schlosser.
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(tune:
Jimmy Crack Corn)
The gingerbread man has gone away,
But he'll be back some other day.
For gingerbread men return, it's said,
When someone bakes some gingerbread.
From
The Gingerbread Man retold by Eric Kimmel.
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Gingerbread Men Fingerplay & Chant
Five little gingerbread men lying on a tray,
One jumped up and ran away.
Shouting "Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can ...
I run really fast, I'm a gingerbread man!"
Four little gingerbread men lying on a tray,
One jumped up and ran away.
Shouting "Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can ...
I run really fast, I'm a gingerbread man!"
Three little gingerbread men lying on a tray,
One jumped up and ran away.
Shouting "Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can ...
I run really fast, I'm a gingerbread man!"
Two little gingerbread men lying on a tray,
One jumped up and ran away.
Shouting "Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can ...
I run really fast, I'm a gingerbread man!"
One little gingerbread man lying on a tray,
He jumped up and ran away.
Shouting "Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can ...
I run really fast, I'm a gingerbread man!"
No more gingerbread men lying on a tray,
They all jumped up and ran away.
Oh, how I wish they had stayed with me to play.
Next time I'll eat them before they run away.
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The
Gingerbread Man
(tune: The Muffin Man)
Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man,
The Gingerbread Man, the Gingerbread Man?
Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man
Who ran and ran and ran?
He said, "Catch me if you can,
If you can, if you can."
He said, "Catch me if you can,"
Then he ran and ran and ran.
From Theme-A-Saurus, WPH 1001.
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The House
( tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
Gingerbread Baby come and see
The house I made for you from me.
It is sweet and colored bright,
It will keep you safe at night.
Gingerbread Baby come and see
The house I made for you from me.
From Gingerbread, TCM 3101.
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Take-Home Project:
Send a gingerbread man shape home copied onto brown construction
paper or cardstock. Encourage the students and their families
to creatively decorate and return their gingerbread men.
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Bulletin Board:
Cover the bulletin board with a red and white checked tablecloth.
Fashion a large aluminum cookie sheet from aluminum foil and attach
it to one end of the board. (the cookie sheet should take up
over half of the board) When your students bring back their
decorated gingerbread men, you can display some of them on the
cookie sheet, and have others jumping off to run away!
Caption: You Can't Catch Me
... I'm The Gingerbread Man!
OR, if it's at the beginning of
the school year you could use ...
I Couldn't Have Baked Up A Better
Batch!
and have each gingerbread labeled
with each student's name.
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Gingerbread Man Ornament:
This is a very cute Gingerbread Man ornament that my favorite Media
Center Specialist found at a craft sale. However, it could
easily be adapted to be used with construction paper and/or
wallpaper samples, as well as felt and fabric as you see here.
It wouldn't necessarily have to be sewn together, but could be glued
together just as well. His eyes are made from sequins.
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Paperbag Gingerbread Man:
Trace large cutout of gingerbread man on unopened brown paper
bag. Cut through both thicknesses. Staple around
outside, leaving one side of leg open. Hole punch around the
outside for students to lace with yarn. Decorate.
Stuff bag slightly with tissue paper and close opening.
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Gingerbread Man Glyph
Hair Color:
If you have a sister, color it yellow.
If you have a brother, color it brown.
If you have both, color it black.
If you have no siblings, color it red.
Eye Color:
If you prefer watching TV, color them blue.
If you prefer reading a book, color them green.
Add a nose:
If you are a boy, color it orange.
If you are a girl, color it purple.
Mouth:
If your favorite dessert is ice cream, color it yellow.
If your favorite dessert is cookies, color it red.
If your favorite dessert is cake, color it green.
Buttons:
If you prefer playing inside, color them blue.
If you prefer playing outside, color them green.
Squiggles on Hands:
If you are left-handed, color them red.
If you are right-handed, color them purple.
Squiggles on Feet:
If you have a dog, color them blue.
If you have a cat, color them red.
If you have a cat and a dog, color
them green.
If you have a different pet, color them yellow.
If you have no pet, color them orange.
X’s on feet:
Color them yellow if you come to school in a car.
Color them green if you come to school in a van.
Color them blue if you come to school on a bus.
Color them brown if you walk.
Color them black if you ride your bicycle.
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Rhyming: I
programmed cut-outs with rhyming words. Students match the
rhyming words.
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Flannelboard: I hot glued
squares of sandpaper to the back of the bulletin board set to make a flannelboard set to use when retelling the story.
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Lacing Cards: We copied 2
gingerbread men onto brown construction paper for each lacing card
and glued them together. Then we holepunched around the edges.
Facial features and buttons were added to each man. We used
red yarn and taped it on the back at the starting point on the
gingerbread man. The other end of the yarn we taped into a
"needle" using masking tape. This helps to get the yarn into
the holes without it frizzing every where. We didn't cut the
yarn until we had gone around the whole man to make sure it was long
enough.
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Gingerbread Man Graph:
Provide each student with a gingerbread man cookie. I use
the ones that come individually packaged from Little Debbie.
(And they're yummy, too. Not too strong) Have each
student take one bite from their cookie. Graph the body part
that each student bit. For instance, graph whether or not they
bit off the head, right leg, left leg, right arm, left arm.
This would also be a good practicing skill for right/left.
(Less advanced students might do head, leg, arm) You can graph
them using a bar graph or a pictograph. To make the
pictograph, cut out a gingerbread man using a die-cut for each
student. After they've made that initial bite, then have them
tear off that part of their paper gingerbread man. You can
then glue or tape these into the correct column creating a
pictograph.
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Scented Gingerbread Man:
Cut gingerbread shape from sandpaper - rub with a cinnamon stick = a
smelly gingerbread man. Recently I've used glitter glue for making
eyes, mouth and buttons and added a small bow at the neck. Put a
hole in the top and add yarn and it can be hung on the Christmas
tree or wall. It can be glued onto construction paper or wall paper
and cut out to cover the back of the sandpaper. (submitted
anonymously)
Note: This activity could also be
used to reinforce the 5 Senses.
Taste: Dab the cinnamon stick to
tongue. (I believe that in long ago days people chewed on
small pieces of a cinnamon stick to freshen their breath! :) )
Smell: Smell the cinnamon as
they're rubbing it across the sandpaper.
Touch: They're feeling both the
sandpaper and the cinnamon stick.
Hear: They hear the scratching
sound as they rub the cinnamon across the sandpaper.
See: They see the finished
product.
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Counting Activity: I
used two sizes of notepads to create this counting activity and then
laminated them. In hindsight, I would suggest gluing the pages
to a half sheet/quarter sheet of construction paper before
laminating. Some pages like this are very thin and curl.
These look to be pretty flat.
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Life Size Gingerbread Men:
Have each student lay on a sheet of brown bulletin board paper.
Trace around the student's body rounding off the arms and legs to
resemble a gingerbread man shape. Have students cut out and
decorate their gingerbread man. If you're very
industrious, you can cut out two gingerbread men shape patterns for
each student. Have them decorate one as the front and one as the
back of the gingerbread man. Then staple or glue around the
edges and stuff with newspaper for a 3D effect.
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Making Words: Place
the title "The Gingerbread Man" in the pocketchart along with the
letter cards creating the title. Show students how to create
new words from the letters in "The Gingerbread Man." For
example, you can make the words:
| ginger |
the |
man |
bread |
an |
me |
| thing |
ring |
tan |
hand |
ran |
eat |
| beat |
meat |
heat |
dear |
read |
mint |
*you can see an example of this
in picture form at Literacy Connections.
The example is done using the word "shamrock".
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Gingerbread Man Shapes Book:
Frog Street Press has the reproducible for this book in the back of
the Color Words book I believe. The kids will make the book
for their Book
Boxes, and then we also use this Song Chart to track the words
as we sing. I've found it's much easier to use a Song Chart
than to try and quickly turn the pages of the books.
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*Victoria, at
Kinder Korner, has also recently created for purchase a Zip
Around game using the gingerbread man and shapes as well.
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Gingerbread Man Ornament:
This ornament we created the last time we did our Gingerbread Unit.
The cookies are gingersnaps, the eyes are raisins, and the nose and
buttons are red hots. We painted posterboard brown, then used
homemade red construction paper rickrack to decorate it. (I'd
probably forgotten to get the rickrack!:) )
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Puppets: We made
these puppets to use in retelling the story. We also used the
pattern for these to create the pictures for our hallway display.
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Sequencing: The children
dictated the sentences for the sentence strips, then we used them to
sequence the events of the story. The TA used the book to
photocopy the pictures, colored and laminated them to go with each
sentence strip.
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Sentence Frame: Each
student completed the sentence frame - I would run from a ...
We recorded their answers,
then created the sentence strips with the accompanying pictures.
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Decorate A Gingerbread Man
Cookie: Because I'm not such a hot cookie maker (the
cut-out cookies can either look good or taste good, but rarely both)
I let my students decorate Little Debbie's gingerbread men cookies.
The cookies are yummy and come individually wrapped. We just
remove them from the package and use icing and candies to decorate
them. Then the best part is getting to eat them! Mmmmm....!!!!!
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Decorate a Gingerbread Man:
This is a good activity for a Center. Give each student a
large gingerbread man that's been copied onto brown construction
paper. Have them cut it out and decorate it. Provide
wiggly eyes, buttons, beads, rick rack, ribbon, etc. I'd try
to stay away from food items unless it's dry cereal because if it
contains oil, it will soak into the paper. :(~ I always
provide a model for my students to look at if they choose.
Most of my kids have visual perception difficulties and it helps
them to see "the whole picture" before they begin because they have
problems planning inside their head what the finished product should
look like. Of course, some students want theirs to look like
mine while others will create theirs with a totally different look.
Depends on the personality of the child.
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Compare/Contrast: Of
course you can't do this unit without comparing and contrasting some
of the many Gingerbread Man books. I usually draw a Venn
diagram (two overlapping circles) on the board or butcher paper.
I choose two of the Gingerbread Man books that are the most
different, then we compare and contrast them and write our
conclusions on the diagram. The Gingerbread Baby is usually a
good choice to use in this activity along with one of the more
traditional books.
This Venn diagram was in the
Gingerbread Thematic Unit. My TA enlarged it onto brown
construction paper and we laminated it. We wrote our responses
using a Vis-a-Via pen so that the diagram can be reused.
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What If?: Ask your
students what would happen if the Gingerbread Man would have made
different choices instead of getting on the fox's back. What
would have happened to him if he'd decided to try and swim across
the river? What would have happened if he'd decided to jump
off the fox's back rather than climb higher?
After they've made their
predictions, place a gingerbread man cookie in a glass jar of water.
Let them SEE what would have happened to the gingerbread man if he'd
chosen either of those alternatives. The cookie should begin
to break down after a while in the water. If he seems to be
holding together too well, you might have to swish him around to
simulate the river's currents. :) Be ready for a lot of "ewwww's!!!"
as he turns into a soggy mess!!!
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Ornaments: I've seen
different variations of this idea in craft magazines. I even
added my own spin to it as well. We started by tracing lids
from Pringles cans onto brown construction paper. Then we cut
it out. It wasn't easy making the tiny rick-rack go into a
circle, so we had to help the children get this glued on.
Afterwards I decided it would be a lot easier for them to use a
white paint pen to make the "rickrack effect". Then the
children glued on the eyes, a button nose of their choice, and black
yarn for a mouth. When it was all dry, I went back and added
the highlight to the nose with a white paint pen and hotglued the
bow in the appropriate place; boy's on the bottom, girl's on the
top. When that was dry, I added a loop of ribbon to the boy's
ornaments, and a loop of plastic red cording to the girl's ornaments
to use for hanging.
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Another Ornament: You
might not be able to tell from the picture, but this ornament was
made from some copper type material that we ran across. I
believe it's really supposed to be used in construction of
buildings. It's very soft, so we cut it using the Ellison
machine, then decorated it with beads and colored glue. (This
one has lost a couple of it's beads over the years)
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Pocketchart Counting: Cut
out 55 gingerbread men using the Ellison machine. Decorate and
laminate them. Place them in the pocketchart with number cards
1 - 10. Students count the gingerbread men and place the
correct number card on the row. All number cards are displayed
on the top row. If needed, you can place a number line there
as well.
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Sequencing: Use pictures
from your favorite book for the students to sequence in the
pocketchart (for practice) and then on their own as an assessment.
These pictures go with the Paul Galdone version (not my favorite at
all, but I had ordered it specifically to go with these activities)
and are found in a Gingerbread Thematic Unit. I created the
format for my students to glue them in order.
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Purchased Bulletin Board Set:
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Gingerbread Man Shirt:
Sandy has created a PRECIOUS shirt that's perfect for this unit.
It has a gingerbread man on it and it says "Run, run, as fast as you
can!" If you're interested, check it out:
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Resources:
The Mailbox Kindergarten
Dec/Jan 2000 - 2002
The Best of
The Mailbox Preschool/Kindergarten, Volume 1 "The Gingerbread Man
Comes to Class" TEC 844
Celebrate the Months, December Grades K-3 "Cookie Day" pages 55-56
and "Gingerbread Day"
CTP 2379
Charts for Children "The Gingerbread Man" pages 38-51
Cooperative Quilts, Classroom Quilts for the Entire School Year
"Gingerbread Treat, A Yummy Quilt"
GY 361764
Cup Cooking (recipes for Gingerbread and Pineapple Upside Down
Gingerbread)
December Mailbox Idea Book Preschool-Kindergarten Idea Book "Stir Up
the Senses with Gingerbread"
TEC 205
December Mailbox Idea Book Grades 1-3 "Goodness Gracious! It's
Gingerbread"
TEC 195
December Reproducible Activities for Kindergarten "Mmm...
Gingerbread"
TEC 967
Storytime Theme-A-Saurus "The Gingerbread Kid"
WPH 1006
Scholastic's Thematic Units for Kindergarten by Kristin Schlosser
"The Gingerbread Man" pages 52-
Theme-A-Saurus "Gingerbread People"
WPH1001
Whole Language Units for Favorite Tales "The Gingerbread Man" by
Eric Kimmel TCM 204
Month-by-Month Collaborative
Books for Young Learners "Gingerbread Child"
Teacher's Helper Grade 1
Nov/Dec/Jan 1992 - 93
Short vowels
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Links:
The Gingerbread Man emergent
reader
http://www.teachersbookbag.com/gingerbread.com
Gingerbread Man: Escape
Prevention Measures
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/seasonal_related.html#Gingerbreas
Decorate Your Own Gingerbread Man
(printable)
http://www.preschoolcoloringbook.com/noline/nlchristmas2.shtml
Decorate Your Own Gingerbread
Woman (printable)
http://www.preschoolcoloringbook.com/noline/nlchristmas3.shtml
Gingerbread Man Glyph
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts//1415.html
Gingerbread Man Unit
http://teachingheart.net/gingerbreadman.html
Gingerbread Man Thematic Unit
http://www.kidzone.ws/thematic/gingerbread/index.htm
Gingerbread Man Activities
http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/gingerbread/index.htm
G is for Gingerbread
http://www.kinderkorner.com/gingerbread.html
A Focus On Math - The Gingerbread
Man
http://www.kconnect.com/kc-gingerbreadmath.html
The Gingerbread Man
http://www.kconnect.com/kc-integrated.html
K-Crew's Gingerbread Man Unit
http://www.thekcrew.net/gingerbreadman.html
Gingerbread Man
http://www.kindergartentreehouse.com/gingerbread.html
Gingerbread Man
http://www.geocities.com/kindergartenkapers/gingerbreadman.html
Gingerbread Man Activities
http://kinderteacher.com/GingerbreadManActivites.htm
Coloring Book - 12 Days of
Christmas (gingerbread man printable)
http://www.12days.com/library/coloringbook/gingerbreadman.htm
Can't Catch Me, I'm The
Gingerbread Man (printable)
http://www.freecoloringpages.com/coloring/gingerbread.html
Gingerbread People Coloring Page
http://www.momsnetwork.com/kids/coloring/gingerbreadpeople.shtml
printable
http://www.thefamilycorner.com/family/kids/color/cm_cookies.shtml
The Gingerbread Man (pdf
printables)
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/wil/Gingerbread_Lesson.pdf
The Gingerbread Baby Coloring
Page
http://janbrett.com/gingerbread_baby_coloring_page.htm
The Gingerbread Baby
*look under "G" for The
Gingerbread Baby activities
http://www.janbrett.com/activities_pages.htm
Trim a Jan Brett Gingerbread Baby
House
http://www.janbrett.com/trim_a_jan_brett_gingerbread_baby_house.htm
Gingerbread Baby
http://janbrett.com/gingerbread_baby.htm
Gingerbread Man Guided Reading
Lessons
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts//1416.html
Unit Lesson on The Gingerbread
Man
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts//1401.html
Learning About the School With
the Gingerbread Boy
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts//593.html
Gingerbread Paperdolls
http://www.paperdolls.org/gbreads2.jpg
Gingerbread Puppets or Feltboard
(printable)
http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/gingerbread/felt.htm
Gingerbread Man Pattern with
Lines
http://www.abcteach.com/Christmas/gingerbread3.htm
The Gingerbread Man
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/the_gingerbread_man.html
Welcome to School - The
Gingerbread Hunt
http://www.angelfire.com/la/kinderthemes/index1.html
Faux Gingerbread Folks
http://jas.familyfun.go.com/crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10181
Gingerbread Time
http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/zes/Gingerbread/default.htm
Gingerbread Matching Game
(printable)
http://www.kizclub.com/Topics/holiday/gingerbread.pdf
Gingerbread Man Unit
http://www.sewwhat4ucorp.com/gbmunit.htm
The Gingerbread Boy Story in a
Can (printable)
http://www.hearingjourney.com/Listening_Room/Kids/Circle_Time/index.cfm?langid=1
http://www.hearingjourney.com/userfiles/File/c1_12instr.pdf
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