Activities:
Gingerbread PlayDough
Gingerbread Felt Play Man
Gingerbread Paper Shape Man
Gingerbread House Shape Match
Easy Gingerbread cookie or gingerbread graham cracker house decorating
Make the dough together
Books:
Gingerbread Baby - Jan Brett
Gingerbread Boy - Paul Galdone
Gingerbread Man - Karen Schmidt
Gingerbread Girl - Lisa Campbell Ernst
Gingerbread Man Loose in the School - Laura Murray
Rhymes and Songs:
(from Can Teach)
Where is My Gingerbread Man?
(to the tune of "Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?")
Oh where, oh where is my Gingerbread Man?
Oh where, oh where can he be?
He popped out of the oven and ran out the door.
Oh where, oh where can he be?
Gingerbread Song
(to the tune of "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.
Gingerbread
(to the tune of "Frere Jacques")
Gingerbread, Gingerbread,
Yum, Yum, Yum,
Yum, Yum, Yum,
I like gingerbread
I like gingerbread
In my tum!
In my tum!
Gingerkids
(to the tune of "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 littl gingerbread kids.
The Gingerbread Man
(to the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus"
The Gingerbread Man goes through the town,
Through the town, through the town.
The Gingerbread Man goes through the town,
Singing, "Catch me if you can!"
He ran away from a cow,
From a cow, from a cow.
He ran away from a cow,
Singing, "Catch me if you can!"
--continue song by replacing "cow" with
man, cow, horse, sheep, dog, etc.
Then he came to a fox,
To a fox, to a fox.
Then he came to a fox,
And the fox said, "You can trust me."
Then he ate him up!
Yes sir-ee!
Five Little Gingerbread Men
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'm really quick, I'm a gingerbread man!"
--count down the numbers reapeating the stanza above--
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.
I'm the Gingerbread Man
(tune of "Skip to My Lou")
Chorus: Run, run as fast as you can!
Run, run as fast as you can!
Run, run as fast as you can!
You can't catch me,
I'm the Gingerbread Man!>/p>
I ran from the woman, yes I did.
I ran from the woman, yes I did.
I ran from the woman, yes I did.
Cause I'm the Gingerbread Man!
Chorus
--continue song by replacing "cow" with
man, cow, horse, sheep, dog, etc.
I ran from everyone, yes I did.
I ran from everyone, yes I did.
I ran from everyone, yes I did.
But I couldn't run from the fox...
CHOMP!
Gingerbread Boy
(to the tune of "Muffin Man")
Oh will you bake a gingerbread boy,
A gingerbread boy,
A gingerbread boy,
Oh will you bake a gingerbread boy,
Then put him in the oven.
Oh will you eat the gingerbread boy,
The gingerbread boy,
The gingerbread boy,
Oh will you eat the gingerbread boy,
Then take him out right now.
Books:
Gingerbread Baby - Jan Brett
Gingerbread Boy - Paul Galdone
Gingerbread Man - Karen Schmidt
Gingerbread Girl - Lisa Campbell Ernst
Gingerbread Man Loose in the School - Laura Murray
Rhymes and Songs:
(from Can Teach)
Where is My Gingerbread Man?
(to the tune of "Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?")
Oh where, oh where is my Gingerbread Man?
Oh where, oh where can he be?
He popped out of the oven and ran out the door.
Oh where, oh where can he be?
Gingerbread Song
(to the tune of "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.
Gingerbread
(to the tune of "Frere Jacques")
Gingerbread, Gingerbread,
Yum, Yum, Yum,
Yum, Yum, Yum,
I like gingerbread
I like gingerbread
In my tum!
In my tum!
Gingerkids
(to the tune of "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 littl gingerbread kids.
The Gingerbread Man
(to the tune of "The Wheels on the Bus"
The Gingerbread Man goes through the town,
Through the town, through the town.
The Gingerbread Man goes through the town,
Singing, "Catch me if you can!"
He ran away from a cow,
From a cow, from a cow.
He ran away from a cow,
Singing, "Catch me if you can!"
--continue song by replacing "cow" with
man, cow, horse, sheep, dog, etc.
Then he came to a fox,
To a fox, to a fox.
Then he came to a fox,
And the fox said, "You can trust me."
Then he ate him up!
Yes sir-ee!
Five Little Gingerbread Men
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'm really quick, I'm a gingerbread man!"
--count down the numbers reapeating the stanza above--
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.
I'm the Gingerbread Man
(tune of "Skip to My Lou")
Chorus: Run, run as fast as you can!
Run, run as fast as you can!
Run, run as fast as you can!
You can't catch me,
I'm the Gingerbread Man!>/p>
I ran from the woman, yes I did.
I ran from the woman, yes I did.
I ran from the woman, yes I did.
Cause I'm the Gingerbread Man!
Chorus
--continue song by replacing "cow" with
man, cow, horse, sheep, dog, etc.
I ran from everyone, yes I did.
I ran from everyone, yes I did.
I ran from everyone, yes I did.
But I couldn't run from the fox...
CHOMP!
Gingerbread Boy
(to the tune of "Muffin Man")
Oh will you bake a gingerbread boy,
A gingerbread boy,
A gingerbread boy,
Oh will you bake a gingerbread boy,
Then put him in the oven.
Oh will you eat the gingerbread boy,
The gingerbread boy,
The gingerbread boy,
Oh will you eat the gingerbread boy,
Then take him out right now.
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