Gingerbread-themed activities are a wonderful way to engage your littles with hands-on learning while celebrating the festive season! These activities not only spark creativity but also provide opportunities for children to explore important skills such as fine motor development, problem-solving, and early math concepts.
Incorporating gingerbread into your preschool curriculum helps children practice essential social skills too. Working together to decorate or assemble gingerbread projects fosters teamwork, sharing, and communication. It also creates a warm, festive atmosphere where children can build lasting memories with their peers and of course- you!
These gingerbread activities can help their language development by discussing shapes, colors, and textures and even crafting. We love activities that support early literacy and help them relate their learning to baking and holiday/winter traditions!
You are sure to find activities throughout this lesson that are a perfect blend of learning, creativity, and seasonal cheer, making them a must-try for any preschool classroom.
How Can Gingerbread Worksheets Enhance Learning for Preschoolers?
Gingerbread worksheets are a wonderful tool for enhancing learning in preschoolers by combining festive fun with educational skills. These worksheets can cover a variety of topics, such as counting, letter recognition, and patterning, all while tying into the theme of gingerbread.
For example, tracing shapes or matching gingerbread-themed images helps with fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, while coloring and sorting activities encourage creativity and cognitive development.
By incorporating a beloved holiday/winter character, these worksheets also engage children’s attention, making learning feel like a fun, interactive experience.
What Types of Crafts Can Preschoolers Make to Learn About Gingerbread?
Preschoolers can create a variety of simple and fun gingerbread-themed crafts that promote both creativity and learning. Your littles can make gingerbread men using construction paper, markers, and buttons, which helps with fine motor skills as they cut, glue, and decorate.
Another great craft is building a gingerbread houses/cookies out of paper bags, paper plates and even playdoh. Your students can practice their problem-solving skills and spatial awareness.
Creating gingerbread themed crafts can engage their senses and these hands-on activities not only spark imagination but also support early learning in areas such as colors, shapes, and patterns.
How Do Worksheets and Crafts on Gingerbread Foster a Sense of Pride with Healthy Habits?
Worksheets and crafts centered around gingerbread can foster a sense of pride in preschoolers by giving them opportunities to create something with their own hands and showcase their skills.
Completing a gingerbread worksheet, whether it’s counting, coloring, or tracing, provides a tangible sense of accomplishment as children see their work come to life. When they create a gingerbread craft, like decorating a gingerbread man or building a paper gingerbread house, they take pride in the details they’ve added.
These activities also promote healthy habits, such as practicing patience and perseverance, as children focus on completing their tasks. The hands-on nature of the crafts encourages teamwork and sharing, helping them develop social skills while celebrating their individual achievements.
What Are Some Easy-to-Implement Gingerbread Activities at Home?
There are plenty of easy-to-implement gingerbread activities you can do at home with preschoolers that are both fun and educational.
For some simple yet engaging activities, you can make gingerbread playdoh together, sensory bins, and physical development games all gingerbread themed to promote sensory exploration and creativity.
You can also read a gingerbread-themed story, like The Gingerbread Man, and encourage your child to retell the story or act it out, which strengthens their language skills and imagination. These activities are easy to set up and offer a mix of learning, fun, and quality time together.
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I have tried to include as many activities in various categories for your preschool lesson plans. Of course, most activities may overlap into multiple categories.
I’ve included information about each activity, but you may need to click the link for more information. All activities that require instructions, have an active link that you can click directly from the PDF if you have internet connection.
There are resources for varying levels of students from ages 2-5. You’ll have to use your discretion on age and level to decide which activities will be appropriate.
Gingerbread Literacy Activities for Preschool
Gingerbread activities provide an exciting avenue for preschoolers to develop their literacy skills. Everything from letter recognition to word strips and worksheets- there is something for everyone!
Printable Gingerbread Topper Handwriting Activity- Print, Color, Cut and Glue Writing Topper onto the printable handwriting. Your littles will work on literacy and fine motor skills. There are 3 types of handwriting papers included that vary per grade level.
Gingerbread Man/Woman Alphabet Cards – Upper case gingerbread man and woman letter cookies cards and matching mat. Use the cards for matching games, letter games, and letter match and cover/color. (Black and white included)
Gingerbread Man Sight Word Mazes – Sight Word practice is always more fun when it’s a game! Your littles will have fun reading sight words and completing these engaging, gingerbread-themed mazes. This set has 4 pages and covers 32 Dolch sight words.
Gingerbread House Name- This gingerbread house activity uses the gumdrops to spell your littles name of the gingerbread house.
Writing Packet Gingerbread theme- Over 30 pages of writing prompts, fact/opinion, drawing space and so much more! You can build your week around this activity or piece it in throughout other plans.
Literacy Gingerbread Man Color by Letter- This printable activity helps kids practice letter recognitionfor uppercase and lowercase letters A to G, develop fine motor skills, and learn color identification.
Letters Alphabet Matching- Cut and paste with this matching letter activity that is not only fun, educational but also gingerbread themed! This 10 page printable activity will help them learn lower and upper case letters.
Writing Prompt & Art Activity- Welcome to my gingerbread house! Our friend the gingerbread man needs some help hiding so he doesn’t get eaten. Your littles will create a disguise for the gingerbread house so that no one will find him here.
Gingerbread Man Sentence Maker- Our newest writers need a consistent approach to beginning to write stories with the class. Our sentence maker series will provide a system to guide them from gluing a sentence together through to independent writing.
Gingerbread Beginning Letter- Cut the gingerbread along the dotted lines and allow them to match the letter with the picture according to the beginning letter sound.
Gingerbread Math Activities for Preschoolers
Gingerbread math activities offer a creative and engaging way for preschoolers to develop their mathematical skills. By incorporating gingerbread into math exercises, children can learn basic concepts such as counting, sorting, and pattern recognition in a fun and interactive manner.
Number Play Doh Mats (Printable) – Playdoh mats help students learn and identify numbers, count, and develop fine motor control as they place the playdoh on the number and also put the correct number of carrots.
Counting Pathway Game (Printable) – Pathway games make counting and adding come to life. Roll one dice and move the corresponding number or roll two dice, add the numbers and move the total.
Gingerbread People Color by Number – Number recognition is extra fun when it comes to a color by number. Your littles will work on their number recognition as well as their color recognition to create a work of art.
Math Worksheets Gingerbread Man- These cute roll and color math worksheets will be a hit! With two versions, your students can count and identify numbers from 1-6 or count from 2-12. Great for differentiating!
Number Trace (Printable)- Whether your child is trying to learn number, number recognition, or number formation, this activity will help them to understand and recall how to draw numbers. Have your littles choose from the number gingerbread houses and match/trace the matching number.
Counting Number Mats- Follow the instructions to build the 10 frame with counters to show that number, trace, write, add, circle, and then use counters again to count and cover the number of items at the bottom.
Counting Gingerbread Buttons- These gingerbread counting task cards can be used to help students with number recognition and 1:1 correspondence while counting items from 1 to 10. You can use craft buttons or mini erasers for counting.
Gingerbread Write the Room- Print out the gingerbread (laminate for durability) and tape them around the room for students to find. Then have students find the number, trace it, and write it on their own.
Gingerbread Friends Counting- Have student practice their numbers with this adorable Gingerbread Friends counting booklet. They will work on their number recognition and counting skills.
Gingerbread Color and Count- Students are sure to have fun with this simple math activity. Student will color the gingerbread, count them, and write the numeral in the box provided.
Gingerbread Fine Motor Activities for Preschool
These Gingerbread activities are an excellent way to help preschoolers develop fine motor skills.
Engaging in tasks such as tracing numbers and pictures, cutting out lines and shapes, and creating sensory play crafts, this allows children to practice precision and control with their hands and fingers.
These activities enhance dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and muscle strength in a fun and creative way.
Gingerbread Alphabet Tracing- You can put the cards under the clear glass pan or burry them in the sensory materials. Littles will look for the letters then trace them with their candy cane. Another way is to use the gingerbread letter cards as task cards, guiding students to write the alphabet letter in the gingerbread material with a candy cane or their finger.
Gingerbread Emotions- Preschoolers will strengthen fine motor skills and emotional learning as they create faces on the gingerbread or draw lines to match the emotion with the gingerbread face.
Gingerbread Dot Activities- These activities help your littles with their fine motor skills by requiring them to control the movement of their fingers and hands while applying pressure to a small dot marker or other manipulatives.
Dress a Gingerbread Man- A simple dress-up activity with boy and girl clothing choices. You can assemble with lamination and velcro, use it as a paper doll activity or even cut & paste craft.
Gingerbread Lacing Craft- Decorating and threading these adorable little gingerbread men is a wonderful way for children to develop their fine motor skills, muscle control and hand-eye coordination.
Gingerbread iSpy Printable- This classic search-and-find that gets kids counting and improves visual skills with a fun twist of being a gingerbread theme.
Cutting Strips (Printable) – Cut out these strips and have students practice cutting or tracing straight lines, curved lines, squiggly lines, or zig zag lines. This is great for scissor practice and fine motor development.
Collage Gingerbread Art- Preschoolers love using glue. They just really enjoy squeezing glue out of the bottle. Collages make great fine motor activities because of this too! Use a gingerbread cookie cut out as the shape and your littles are ready for fun!
Gingerbread Sprinkle Cutting- Cut thin strips of construction paper in all different colors. Cut out the gingerbread templates (or have kids cut them out if they’re able to). Then, have your littles practice snipping by cutting the thin strips into “sprinkles” to decorate their gingerbread cookies.
Gingerbread Man Preschool Cutting Practice- Work on your preschoolers cutting skills. Cutting skills help them with fine motor when it comes to following the line with scissors. This activity can be turned into a matching game after the pieces have been cut too!
Gingerbread Arts & Crafts Activities for Preschoolers
Gingerbread art and creativity activities are a neat way to ignite the imagination of preschoolers. Through artistic expression, children can explore different animals and perform experiments based off this theme.
These activities provide a creative outlet for young minds, encouraging them to think creatively and develop their unique artistic style.
Engaging with Gingerbread themed art projects helps preschoolers enhance their fine motor skills, help with critical thinking and spark creativity while creating their masterpieces.
Decorate a Gingerbread Person- Have your child decorate the gingerbread person with whatever medium you wish. Print on cardstock for maximum durability, but not necessary. Also, you can laminate or place in a frame to showcase as well.
Gingerbread Toppers Clipart- This fun Gingerbread Toppers clipart FREEBIE is perfect for adding some holiday cheer onto your writing prompts, resources, worksheets, and so on! Even just making these into an individual project is a great use.
Gingerbread Man Color Word Student Booklet- Students practice their color words by coloring the gingerbread the correct color on the page. Have some Gingerbread fun with this colorful resource!
Disguise a Gingerbread- Pick your favorite gingerbread story to share with your readers. After reading students, can either decorate their own gingerbread or create a disguise for their gingerbread. When they are done designing or disguising their gingerbread, readers can write about their gingerbread person!
Paper Bag Gingerbread House- Skip the mess of a traditional gingerbread house kit and create your very own using paper bags, glitter, paints/markers and any other pieces you think are a fine touch.
Gingerbread Headband- Print out this simple gingerbread head for your littles to customize. They can wear their creation with pride! A simple, no prep (other than printing) activity to keep on hand during the winter months.
My Gingerbread House- Your littles will decorate this blank house and turn it into their Gingerbread House. You could pair it with, “The Gingerbread House.”
Golfball Painted Gingerbread- This few item activity will have you ditching the paint brushes and using a unique object- paintballs! This craft is great for sensory and fine motor skills too!
Gingerbread Man Paper Plate Craft For Kids- Let the kids paint, cut, and glue their gingerbread girl or boy craft or use a brown party plate to skip the painting part. Grab the template to help build your littles gingerbread person.
Paper Bag Gingerbread Craft- The main body of this gingerbread man craft is a paper bag. Then, use this Free Printable Gingerbread Man Template for the other pieces. Those pieces consist of a circle for the head, two arms, and two legs.
Gingerbread Physical Development Activities for Preschool
Gingerbread physical activities are a hands on way to support the physical development of preschoolers.
By engaging in activities with different behaviors and habits, children can improve their gross motor skills, hygienic habits, and coordination.
From following gingerbreads taped to the floor, to running like a gingerbread- they will be sure to have a great time learning with this winter theme!
Gingerbread Hunt- With this printable, your littles will follow the riddles (and you can even create your own.) These are easy to follow and will have your littles entertained and on the go.
Pretend Play Gingerbread Cookies- This is a pretend play activity where kids can “bake” gingerbread cookies (free printables included) and then bring them alive by decorating them with playdough with a play kitchen or even just in your kitchen/dining/school play area.
Gingerbread Hop- Secure these printables to the floor with tape. Have littles start on one side of the room and extend in various ways to create several paths across the room to the other side. They will start the number they call out then say another number that they see. Once they correctly say the number’s name then need to hop from their number to that new number. This activity gets kids moving and working on math!
Gingerbread Gumdrops- Gingerbread people love to jump to a beat and everyone is one! On the start signal, begin walking in general space while self-tossing and catching your beanbag. When the you hear the teacher yell “GUMDROP!” the music will start, and you’ll drop your beanbag onto the floor right at your feet. Littles will jump over as many as possible!
Gingerbread Man Tag- Have the group split up into each of the four corners of the playing area and have them lie on their backs- they are the gingerbread cookies baking in the oven! Have one person in the middle- they will be the baker. Before each round starts have the baker yell out- “run run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man!”
Gingerbread Science and Sensory Activities for Preschool
Science is a great experience for kids to explore another side of learning. The projects and activities they start now in preschool will feed their minds.
Giving them the spark for science while engaging their senses makes for your preschooler to be an all around learner. Understanding different recipes and mixtures are the perfect experiments for science time.
Utilize what you have around your home or even around your community to keep the gingerbread theme going!
Gingerbread Playdoh Recipe- This gingerbread playdough recipe freebie is the perfect activity to keep your kiddos busy this December! It’s easy to make, smells great, works fine motor skills and is FUN! You can even have your students use it to make shapes, letters or numbers; the possibilities are endless!
Edible Gingerbread Slime- This is a great recipe to use so that your kids can enjoy some independent play. Everything is edible which makes this gingerbread slime is also a lot easier to clean up than slime made out of glue. Give it a try for a new science experiment standing out from classic slime.
Dissolving Gingerbread Cookies- Not every liquid is a solvent. And not every solvent will dissolve the same solute at the same speed. The speed at which a solvent is broken down can depend on many things.Your littles will test this out with gingerbread cookies!
Gingerbread Man Chemistry Experiment- This gingerbread man chemistry activity is kitchen science! Open up the cupboards and show the kids just what happens when you mix up a batch of cookie batter. You only need the main chemical ingredient you usually add to your recipe.
Letter Sound Sensory Bin- This sensory bin activity is a fun and engaging way to practice letter sounds! The gingerbread theme makes it the perfect addition to your December centers! You can use it as a sensory bin activity or just use the cards and recording sheet on their own.
Scented Gingerbread Man- Give your littles the round coasters or circles cut from paper. Have children paint the coaster or paper circle as the gingerbread man’s tummy. Immediately sprinkle ground cinnamon, cloves, and/or gingerbread spice over the paint. Follow the instructions for added observations.
No Stick Gingerbread Slime Recipe- Your littles will be amazed by how beautiful this play recipe is – it shimmers and shines and is so pretty! Plus it is fun-to play with as it is not sticky or messy!
Gingerbread Chickpea Bin- This gingerbread-themed sensory bin has a dyed chickpea base. The chickpeas are spread out in a tub. Add cookie tins/cutters, ice cube tray, ornaments, garland, and erasers and more!
Gingerbread Sensory Rice Recipe- This sensory bin isnt just your typical rice bin- it’s scented rice! The gingerbread theme and smell will fill all your senses. Add in gingerbread shaped/themed items and follow the instructions to accomplish this awesome set up.
Gingerbread Sort & Sequencing Activities for Preschoolers
Learning to sort objects in various ways helps your child develop the cognitive skills to be able to recognize and create patterns, think logically, and put things in order or sequence.
Sort and sequencing activities also supports children in participating in daily tasks. Why not make it fun with a classic winter theme?
The Gingerbread Boy” Sequencing- This freebie goes along with “The Gingerbread Boy” by Paul Galdone. It’s a cut and paste printable that will be a nice supplement to the book.
The Gingerbread Man Sequencing Activity- Help your little ones with sequencing story events with this Gingerbread Man Clothesline Sequencing Activity. This activity goes along with the version written by Gail Yerrill. Students will have the opportunity to cut and paste images from the story in the correct order that they happened.
How to Make Gingerbread Cookies- Kids will love sequencing the steps to make gingerbread cookies and then writing about the process or what they like about making cookies.
Color Sorting Gingerbread Man- Have your preschoolers recognize each of the colors, finding the matching colored pom poms. For example, when they identify the yellow gingerbread man, they will find the yellow pom poms and place them on top.
Gingerbread Pattern Cards- Use these printable pattern cards and a box of gumdrops to work on patterns with your littles. This fun theme game will keep your preschooler engaged while learning.
Gingerbread Theme Discussions and Graphing Ideas for Preschoolers
Gingerbread discussions and graphing activities offer a structured yet festive way for preschoolers to develop their skills, grow their minds and have fun while doing it.
By engaging in discussions, children develop their language skills, learn to articulate their thoughts and build a deeper understanding of what they are learning with a theme based lesson plan.
Challenge their brains and offer new or better habits to their daily life.
How To Make Gingerbread Cookies :
- Discuss the different ingredients in gingerbread cookies.
- Create a chart showing the need materials used to make them.
Texture or gingerbread cookie dough:
- Discuss what kind of texture gingerbread cookie dough can have.
- Create a chart on wrong measurements and what your cookies can look like if done right vs wrong.
What Shapes Can We Make with Gingerbread Dough:
- Ask the children to describe the different shapes they see or would like to make with gingerbread dough (stars, hearts, circles, squares, trees, etc.)
- Create a chart to show which shape is the most popular among the children. They can each pick their favorite shape.
Common Colors Used to Decorate Gingerbread Gouses (red, green, white, brown, etc.).
- Provide pictures of gingerbread houses for kids to color with crayons or markers.
- Graph: After coloring, ask the children which color they used the most in their house decorations. You can tally the answers and make a simple bar graph.
Gingerbread House vs. Gingerbread Cookie – What’s the Difference?:
- Talk about the differences between a gingerbread house and a gingerbread cookie. What makes them different? (Shape, size, use for decoration, etc.)
- Make a Venn diagram showing the similarities and differences between a gingerbread cookie and a gingerbread house.
Who Helps Make Gingerbread?
- Discuss who typically makes gingerbread cookies (family, friends, chefs, etc.). What tools do they use (rolling pins, mixers, etc.)?
- Ask the children who in their family or school helps bake gingerbread cookies. They can each pick an answer (Mom, Dad, Grandma, etc.), and you can create a pie chart to show the results.
Different Sizes of Gingerbread Cookies
- Talk about how gingerbread cookies can be different sizes—small, medium, large. Use cookie cutters of various sizes to cut out gingerbread cookies.
- Have children sort the cookies by size (small, medium, large) and tally the number of each size. Create a bar graph to show the results.
Gingerbread Decoration:
- What kinds of decorations do the children like to put on gingerbread cookies (candies, icing, sprinkles)?
- Count how many children used different decorations (e.g., sprinkles, candy, icing). Create a pie chart to show the most popular decoration.
When Gingerbread is Used:
- Talk about the seasons or holidays when gingerbread houses and cookies are made (Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc.).
- Have the children vote for their favorite season to make gingerbread (winter, fall, etc.) and make a bar graph of the results.
Gingerbread Cookies vs House :
- Compare gingerbread cookies with gingerbread houses. What’s the difference in size and decoration?
- Ask the children which they prefer—gingerbread cookies or gingerbread houses—and create a bar graph of their choices.
Gingerbread Books to Read Aloud for Preschool
Reading Gingerbread themed books aloud is a delightful way to introduce preschoolers to a cute, festive and creative winter theme. These books captivate young minds with engaging stories and colorful illustrations.
The Gingerbread Twins- Fox loves gingerbread cookies. He has spent years daydreaming about the taste he savored long ago. His determination to perfect his best batch will definitely put his baking skills to the test. Fox’s frustration increases with each failed attempt, until one day when he is jolted awake by an idea in his dreams.
How to Catch a Gingerbread Man- Do you have what it takes to catch the Gingerbread Man? The famous storybook character has magically come to life and leapt from the pages during story time! Follow along as the Gingerbread Man runs loose in a bookstore with the help of Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes, Peter Rabbit, nursery rhyme characters, and more! If you set the right traps, you might…just might be able to catch this wily cookie and finish the fairy tale!
Gingerbread Baby-Jan Brett’s highly original version of the Gingerbread Boy story has quickly become a family classic. Now, the charming tale of Matti’s clever trap for the runaway Gingerbread Baby is available as a beautiful board book for younger readers. And it still features a surprise lift-the-flap gingerbread house at the end!
The Gingerbread Man- A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets a clever fox.
A Gingerbread House in the Woods- In the woods where the snow is white and the moon is bright, the gingerbread friends are getting ready for Santa’s visit! With picture clues on every page, children of all ages can join the fun as the gingerbread friends prepare for Christmas Eve.
Gingerbread Mouse- On a snowy winter’s night, Mouse is snug in her bed. Then…crack! A tree branch falls and destroys her house! It’s up to Mouse to find a new place to live in time for her to enjoy the season. With determination, resourcefulness, and a good amount of Christmas wonder, Mouse finds not only another house but also a place she can truly call home.
The Gingerbread Pirates- It’s Christmas Eve, and Jim and his mother have left pirate gingerbread men for Santa. Jim’s favorite is Captain Cookie, who carries a gingerbread cutlass and has a toothpick peg leg. Jim keeps him close by his bed. But late that night, when Jim is fast asleep, Captain Cookie step-taps away on a daring adventure to find his pirate crew and rescue them from that mysterious character he’s heard about: a cannibal named Santa Claus.
The Gingerbread Boy- The classic tale of the old couple, with no children of their own, who bake a gingerbread boy to keep them company. Just as the little old woman is about to take him from the oven, he slips away and runs out the door past a cow, a horse, a group of threshers, mowers, etc. All follow in hot pursuit until the gingerbread boy meets up with a wily fox.
The Gingerbread Girl- The lonely old woman and the lonely old man decide to bake a girl this time, but when they open the oven, she runs off like her brother did. Never fear, this smart cookie has a plan to outfox the fox. Will it work? Let’s just say that the ending is sweet for everyone.
Gingerbread Friends- This Gingerbread Baby is looking for friends and finds an adventure he’ll never forget. The Gingerbread Baby is lonely and decides to do something about it. At a bakery, he dances and prances in front of a sugar cookie girl, trying to make friends. But she just stares and doesn’t say a word, like all the other sweet treats he tries to meet.
Gingerbread Songs for Preschool
Gingerbread songs are a fun and engaging ways to learn classic riddles and practice memorizing.
Through catchy melodies and playful lyrics, these songs capture children’s attention and make winter time even more fun!
Singing about germs and hygiene habits help children improve their memory, language skills, and rhythm, while also fostering a love for music.
To the tune of: ““Jingle Bells”
Watch me run, watch me run
All around the room.
I’m the little Gingerbread Kid.
See me zoom, zoom, zoom,
Running here, running there,
Running fast and slow.
I’m the little Gingerbread Kid.
See how I can go!
To the tune of: “The Itsy Bitsy Spider”
The gingerbread cookie went into the oven,
To bake and bake till done.
The timer ticked, the cookie rose,
Its yummy smell filled up my nose.
The gingerbread cookie went into the oven,
To bake and bake till done.
To the tune of: Sung to: “The Muffin Man”
Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man,
Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Man?
Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man,
Who ran and ran and ran?
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 little gingerbread kids
To the tune of: Tune: Slippery Fish
Gingerbread man, gingerbread man,
You look sweet and tasty!
Gingerbread man, gingerbread man…
Yum, yum, yum…
Oh no! It’s been eaten by a cat!
*Repeat the song with a different animal eating the gingerbread man.*
Gingerbread Man song lyrics:
Stir a bowl of gingerbread,
Smooth and spicy brown
Roll it with the rolling pin
Up and down
Take a cookie cutter and
Make some little men
Put them in the oven ’til
Half past ten!
Repeat
I need a gingerbread man, the one I’ll feed
The gingerbread man, the one I’ll eat
One who’s always crazy, never calls me baby
All you boys are not him, not him
Can’t you see? I only want the ones who never see me
To the tune of: “Row, Row, Row, Your Boat”
Eat, eat, your Gingerbread Boy,
Before he runs away.
Faster, faster, faster please,
Don’t let him get away!
Catch, catch the Gingerbread Boy,
Catch him, yes, today.
Faster, faster, faster still,
For he has run away.
Tune 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?
Run, run, run as fast as you can,
You’ll never catch me, I’m the gingerbread man.
I ran from the baker and his wife too.
You’ll never catch me, not any of you.
Gingerbread Visual Perception for Preschoolers
Visual perception is how we understand and know about the world and our environment through what we see. These are great visual activities that will recognize and with the help of these activities they will show initiative with what they recognize too.
When your child nurtures their visual perception, they will find their world less confusing and perform tasks that everyone needs. This will help them excel in all parts of their lives as they continue to grow.
Shape Match (Printable) – Teach shapes and colors with this fun themed activity. Cut to size or have students do some of the cutting on the line. Have them match each shape to its corresponding card.
Gingerbread Bingo- Help your students learn about shapes and colors in a fun, interactive game! This game is great practice for Pre-K and Kindergarten students. It includes: Gingerbread Shapes Bingo game board, colored shape cards, and blank copies to fit your content!
Gingerbread Man Symmetry- The perception of symmetry can be influenced by color patterns but is not solely dependent on color itself. Your littles will practice their ability to detect and recognize patterns where elements are mirrored or repeated.
Gingerbread Matching Cards- There are two mats and a set of matching cards. Children will choose a gingerbread house card from the stack, and look on the mat to find its match. They will place the gingerbread house card in the square by the house’s match.
Gingerbread Men Finish the Picture- Your littles can finish the picture by sharpening their visual perception skills and figuring out which gingerbread is next in the pattern.
Whether it’s decorating gingerbread playdoh “cookies” or building a paper bag gingerbread house, these activities promote fine motor skills and encourage imaginative play while working on science, literacy, math and so much more.
Kids can express their creativity while working with different materials like icing, sprinkles, and candy. Incorporating stories and songs about gingerbread men is another excellent way to spark your preschooler’s imagination.
Reading aloud or singing songs like “Run, Run, As Fast As You Can” helps with language development and memory. It also brings the story to life, making it even more exciting for little learners.
These simple, hands-on activities are sure to leave lasting memories while helping children develop both cognitive and creative skills.
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Marissa is a pediatric Occupational Therapist and mom of three children. She started this website to help moms, teachers, homeschool parents, and therapists find resources and ideas to teach their young children and students through play-based learning.