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Gingerbread
Man
Run, run as fast as you can!
You can't catch me,
I'm the Gingerbread Man!
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*Fingerplays/Songs
Gingerbread
Need: Stir a bowl of gingerbread
Smooth and spicy brown
Roll it with a rolling pin
Up and up and down
Take a cookie cutter
Make a little one
Put it in the oven
Wait until it's done
Countdown we count to 8 to coincide with
The Gingerbread Baby
At 8 I ask each child if their gingerbread baby is eaten or did he run away.
Contributed by: Jackie Foster
Who Stole The Cookies
From The Cookie Jar?
Who stole the cookies from the
cookie jar?
child's name stole
the cookies from the cookie jar!
Who, me?
Yes, you!
Couldn't be!
Then who?
Note: This is a good poem to use
in your Pocket Chart. Write the poem on sentence strips, leaving a
blank where the person's name goes. Make a set of names (include the
adults name too) for the children to use in reading the chart.
5 Gingerbread Men
(Use the left hand open, palm up,
as the tray, and lay the other fingers on the tray until each runs away)
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.
Gingerkids
(tune: "10 Little Indians")
One little, two little, three
little gingerkids.
Four little, five little, six
little gingerkids.
Seven little, eight little, nine
little gingerkids.
Ten little gingerbread kids
*Art
Scented Gingerbread Men
Needed:: firm cardboard, glue (non-toxic craft glue)
ginger, spice, cinnamon, peppercorns, mustard seeds etc
Cut out fairly small gingerbread men shapes from firm
cardboard (about 20cm high).
The children can apply glue to the whole shape, then
decorate with the ginger, spice, cinnamon etc (this works
very well if the spices are placed in little shakers, eg
glitter shakers). Use the peppercorns and mustard seeds etc for buttons,
eyes, nose, mouth etc.
This activity is a wonderfully sensory one: the smell of ginger, spice and cinnamon really appeals. Staple the finished gingerbread men to the wall, out of reach, as the spices and peppercorns can tend to come off if touched by little fingers. Dried herbs, paprika etc can also be
used: these add a richness of colour and smell.
Contributed By: Marion
Gingerbread People
Needed:: Brown kraft paper, scissors, glue, cotton balls
wiggle eyes, hole puncher, yarn for hanging, rick rack - buttons - sequins - stickers or cut paper decorations for toddlers If desired, spices, allspice, ginger, cinnamon
For Toddlers and 3's, cut 2 gingerbread people. Help them
glue around the edges 3/4 of the way. Have them stuff with cotton balls, then glue on decorative items such as rick rack, buttons etc...
For younger children, cut paper or stickers can be used to decorate the gingerbread men.
Older students can cut out ther own ginger people, and also sew around them with yarn before stuffing. Hole punch the top and create a hanger. The cotton balls can also be scented with spices, allspice, ginger, cinnamon, before stuffing. Contributed By: Donna McGinnis
Gingerbread Kids
Need: Bulletin Board Paper or
other large paper, construction paper
We made life-sized gingerbread
kids in our class. I traced each child and then cut out. I supplied
the children with pre-cut circles in red, green and black
construction paper and pre-cut bows made from red and green
construction paper. I also gave them pre-cut strips of green and red
paper to make a belt. Other materials include glue and crayons.
The children used the black
circles to make facial features. They glued a bow tie on the neck.
They used the green and red pre-cut circles for buttons and the
strips of red and green construction paper for belts. Then they
colored and decorated the rest of the gingerkid with crayons.
They came out SOOO cute and we
displayed them holding hands along our wall. It's a great activity to
reinforce our colors of the month (red and green), shapes (circle),
fine motor (gluing and coloring) and creativity. They had a blast
doing it and it was so easy.
Contributed By: Bridget
Sandpaper Gingerbread Man
Using sandpaper, cut out a
gingerbread man for each child. Direct the children to rub a cinnamon
stick over the sandpaper Gingerbread Man over and over.
Place food coloring in your glue
bottles to color your glue. Make icing from colored glue. Or decorate
with college materials (wiggle eyes, buttons, pom poms, fabric paint,
rick-rack, etc). Attach a ribbon to hang as an ornament.
Gingerbread Man Bulletin Board
Cut out a brown 81/2 inch by 11
inch gingerbread man for each child. Have the children decorate their
Gingerbread Boy or Girl using a variety of college materials (ribbon,
buttons, fabric, glitter, etc). You can attach the pattern to
cardboard to give it extra strength.
On your bulletin board make a
large paper Gingerbread house. Display the Gingerbread People on the
bulletin board around the Gingerbread house.
*Math
Cookie Bite Graph
If you give the children
gingerbread cookies to get, let them take one bite then STOP!
Have them come up to a graph you have made and place their name or a
mark under what part they ate first (head, right foot or arm, left
foot or arm, etc).
*Group
Time
Gingerbread man- pin the
button on
Need: Large "poster size"
gingerbread man, circles, tape, mask
Version of
pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey. Tape the poster-size gingerbread man on
the wall. Put a big "X" where one of the buttons should be.
Cut out circles and have the children take turns trying to place the
button (circle) on the gingerbread man.
Contributed
By: Kristy
*Recipe
Butterscotch Gingerbread Cookies
1 small box butterscotch pudding(not instant)
1/2 c. margarine or shortening, softened
1/2 c. packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 c. flour
1 1/2 tsp. ginger
1/2 tsp.cinnamon
1/2 tsp. baking soda
Cream the margarine and sugar. Add egg and mix.
Add the rest of the ingredients and mix.
Cool at least an hour before rolling. Bake at 350 degrees.
5-10 minutes, depending the size of cookie cutter used.
This batch makes enough for about about 8 children.
Contributed By: Linda Knutson
*Things
to Do
Gingerbread
Man pattern to print and decorate.
Gingerbread
Man and Candy Cane Tree color page.
*Things
to Do-Other Sites
Gingerbread
boy finger puppets to print.
Can't Catch Me, I'm the Gingerbread Man! color page
A paper Gingerbread House to decorate.
*Sites
to See
Gingerbread
boy crochet pattern
Free crochet pattern for a
gingerbread boy.
The History of Gingerbread
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