G is for Gingerbread

Book choices: Some of these are new to me, some are loved!!  

Here are some Gingerbread videos  if you don't have any GB books :)

Monday-   
Today I will read-

Alphabet-

Fingerplay- use felt/foam/fabric GB men

Color Song-

Shape-

Trace GB Shapes

 

Numeral Poem-

Music-Nutcracker... I love this play.  I think Sugar Plum Fairies fits in with gingerbread theme :)  I plan to just play it in the background.

For the actual Sugar Plum Dance:

Math/Life Skills/Science

GB Prop Box: GB felt GB men or foam GB men or fabric GB people.  I have cookie trays that look like gingerbread people.  My kindergartners loved playing with them! 

Tuesday-

Book- We love The Cajun Gingerbread Boy 
(y'all go look at the price! oh my!!!  I didn't pay that much!)

Fingerplay

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

Art-  you can print out play dough mats, but we just use our tools :)

Gingerbread Play Dough Recipe

• 1/4 cup Molasses
• 3/4 cup Cornstarch (cornflour)
• 4 tsp Baking Soda
• 2 tsp Water
• 2 tbl Vegetable oil
• 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp Allspice
• 2 Tbl + 2 tsp Flour

Mix the cornstarch, baking soda, cinnamon, and allspice.  Then add the water, oil, and molasses. Add  2 tablespoons of flour. Then keep adding flour 1/2 teaspoon at a time, mixing well after each addition, until your dough is no longer sticky.
This one scares me, but I might give it a try. We will see.

~~OR~~

Gingerbread Play Dough Recipe

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup salt
• 2 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 cup water
• 1 tsp vegetable oil

Spices

• allspice
• cinnamon
• ginger
• nutmeg

Mix all dry ingredients, add spices until you have reached your desired scent and color. Mix oil and water together and then add to dry ingredients and stir. Cook the mixture for three to five minutes on low to medium heat, stirring constantly. You will know it is finished when the dough starts to pull away from the sides of the pan and forms a large ball. Take the dough out of pan and knead until it is smooth and soft. When cool, store in an airtight container.

Math/Life Skills/Science

GB Wall- I found this at Target in the Dollar Spot for $3.

Thursday-

Book-

Fingerplay-

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

Music- More Nutcracker :)

Math/Life Skills/Science

Take one GB person from the prop box.  I found the red tweezers at Dollar Tree. Have child use tongs/tweezers to move from container to GB. This works their fine motor control. I'm not sure where I got the blue ones though.

Friday-

Book

Fingerplay-

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

Art-

GB Puffy Paint recipe print off a GB coloring page like this one:

 I am going to cut it out before we paint.

Math/Life Skills/Science

GB Ice Cube Tray- roll number cube (dice) and add that many GB erasers or pom-poms to tray.  I hear there are erasers at Target's Dollar Spot.  Working on subtraction?  Fill tray, roll number cube and remove that many pom-poms.

Shopping List:

Felt/foam/fabric to make GB people

Glue

Shaving Cream

Food Coloring

Spices: Cinnamon, ginger

GB Prop Box- GB people, pans, pancake turner, hot pads

Tweezers/tongs

Pom Poms

Ice Cube Tray

GB Counters (use brown pom poms too!)

W is for Winter

Monday-

Book- Jan Brett's the Mitten

If you don't have the book, here is my easy reader Mitten Colors

Alphabet Chant, book and song-

Flannel Board- Mittens
 

Color Song-
White

Shapes-

Numeral Poem-

Music-

Math/Life Skills/Science

 

Sensory Bin- cotton balls, snowflakes, ect.:

      

Tuesday-

Book- Jan Brett The Hat

Fingerplay

Art- Make a paper plate hat.

Math/Life Skills/Science
Clothes Line
 

String yarn between two chairs, have your child use clothes pins to hang mittens, socks, ect. :)



Thursday-

Flannel Board Story

Five Little Candy Canes-fingerplay

  Five little candy canes

  Hanging on the door.

  Santa ate one.

  Then there were four.

 

  Four little candy canes

  Hanging on the tree.

  Mrs. Claus ate one.

  Then there were three.

 

  Three little candy canes

  Lying by a shoe.

  An elf ate one.

  Then there were two.

 

  Two little candy canes

  Lying in the sun.

  A reindeer ate one.

  Then there was one.

 

  One little candy cane

  By the chimney.

  Santa put it in his bag

  And brought it to me.

Fingerplays-

     

Art- Candy Cane Tray

Math/Life Skills/Science-

 

My students loved doing this too.  It's non-standard measuring.   Use the candies at the bottom as the ruler.  

My students loved doing these!  You give your child a paper clip and pencil. Have them spin and whatever letter they land on, your child writes that on the recording sheet.  I laminated our sheets and used a dry erase marker so they can do it over and over again.  When they land on a "free" spot, your child can chose any letter then still need.  

Friday-

Book- Snowballs by Lois Ehlert

Fingerplays-

Art- Snowman Ruler

Math/Life Skills/Science


Math:  Here are some non-standard measuring.  Easier one is with less snowmen, the more difficult one is with more.  Children cut out the "ruler" at the bottom and measure the items pictured.  One the second page/back, there are empty spaces for you to add other things.

 

These are shake up Games.  You print off a copy, cut in half, and 

attach to an egg carton.  

Inside mark each spot with a skill (letters, shapes, colors, ect) Add an eraser, small toy, ect.  Put that into egg carton.  Close it.  Shake.  Open it.  Where ever your game piece is, your child names whatever is listed in that spot. Shut the carton and repeat.  

                       

Snow

 This looks cool too!!!!!

Another fun thing kids like it to play I Spy.  I put these into a jar filled with different things, like beans, beads, rice, ect.  Kids shake the container and try to locate.  Winter Kids

Not only will we be doing our planned lessons, we will also be doing our little own 12 Days of Christmas.  I just randomly picked 12 different days.  I will try to share our photos when I gather the needed materials.