Gingerbread
Tune : "Frere Jacques"

Gingerbread,
Gingerbread,
Yum, Yum, Yum,
Yum, Yum, Yum.
I like gingerbread
I like gingerbread
In my tum!
In my tum!

Homemade Gingerbread

Stir a bowl of gingerbread,
Smooth and spicy and brown
Roll it with a rolling pin
Up and up and down.
With a cookie cutter,
Make some little men.
Put them in the oven.
Till half past ten.
 

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!!

A Gingerbread House We'll Make
Tune: A Hunting We Will Go

A gingerbread house
we'll make,
A gingerbread house
we'll make,
With bread, frosting,
and some treats
A gingerbread house
we'll make.

Let's roll out the dough,
Let's roll out the dough,
We'll cut out a house shape
A gingerbread house we'll make.

We'll squirt on the frosting.
We'll squirt on the frosting,
Add some candy to decorate
A gingerbread house we'll make.

Come Back Little Man!
Tune: Six Little Ducks

One gingerbread boy popped out one day
Over the hill he ran away.
When the man called
" Come back little man!"
He only answered,
"Catch me if you can!"

Repeat the verse, each time replacing the "man" with a different character from the story - cow, horse, threshers, mowers.

Last Verse:
One gingerbread boy popped out one day
Over the hill he ran away.
Then the fox called,
"Hop on my nose little man!
I'll gobble you up as fast as I can!"

Gingerbread Baby
Tune: Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?"

Oh where, oh where is the Gingerbread Baby?
Oh where, oh where has he gone?
(He pranced around the big blue bowl.)
And then he ran on and on!

Repeat the verse 4 times, replacing the underlined words with the following phrases:

He climbed right up the garden wall.
He stopped to get a drink from the well.
He jumped off the bridge and onto the ice.
He jumped up and tweaked the milkman's nose.

Finish the song with this final verse:
Oh where, oh where is the Gingerbread Baby?
Oh, do you think that you know?
He clapped his hands and ran right in
to his gingerbread house in the snow.

Gingerkids
Tune: Ten 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.

Ideas for Predictable Charts

"Stop, stop!" said (student name).
But the Gingerbread Man said:
"Run, run, as fast as you can,
You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!"

OR

"Run, run, as fast as you can,
You can't catch (student name),
She's (He's) the Gingerbread Girl (Boy)!"

After making and tasting gingerbread cookies you can do the following charts:

My gingerbread cookie looks _______________ .
Gingerbread cookies taste _____________ .
The gingerbread man ran from the _________"

Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?

Sit in a circle and chant
"Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?"

Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
Mrs. Ballingall stole the cookies from the cookie jar!
Who, me?
Yes, you!
Couldn't be!
Then who?

Write the poem on sentence strips and put in the pocket chart,
leaving a blank where the person's name goes.
Make a class set of names
for the kids to use in reading the chart.

Also, use the same frame to make a class book.
It's a great way to help them learn to read each other's names.

Letter Matching Game

Program gingerbread man notepads (Carson Dellosa has cute ones!) with uppercase letters and lowercase letters. Use the large notepad for the uppercase letters and the smaller notepad for the lowercase letters. To play the game the children match the upper and lowercase gingerbread.

Beginning Sound Matching Game

Program a gingerbread cutout with an initial consonant or vowel. Program gumdrop cutouts with a picture (or sticker) of something that begins with that sound. To play, the children match the correct gumdrop and gingerbread man.

I made this one as an Upper / Lowercase match game.

Character Graph

 Make a graph using all of the characters from all of the different versions of The Gingerbread Man.  
Find out which characters appear in the most versions. 
-OR-
Make a class graph of each child's favorite version.

Button Games

 Cut out 10 Gingerbread Men from brown 
construction paper or use 10 sheets of a Gingerbread Man notepad. 
Laminate.  Number each Gingerbread Man 1-10. 
 Have the children use buttons and put the correct amount on each Gingerbread Man.
-OR-
Write color words on each Gingerbread Man and have the children place the matching colored buttons on the Gingerbread Man.

The Gingerbread Baby Board Game

Click to download The Gingerbread Baby Board Game from Jan Brett's Website.

Directions:

The first person to reach the Gingerbread Baby’s house wins!

Cookie Counting

I used baby food jars as my "cookie jars".  Label them 1 - 10. 
Have the children count out Gingerbread Man erasers
and place the correct amount into each cookie jar.

Gingerbread Matching File Folder Game

Print out an instant Gingerbread Matching Game from
Preschool Printables.

Gingerbread Match

I found this game years ago so I do not know where the copies come from. 
The children make matches with the gingerbread features.

Fun Gingerbread Cookie Graph

Here is a fun idea if you make gingerbread cookies with your kids!
Give each child a gingerbread cookie and a gingerbread cutout.
Have the children all take one bite of their gingerbread cookie.
Ask them where they bit their cookie first.  Was it the head? arm?  leg?
Have each child use scissors to cut off that part of their gingerbread cutout
and then color it and write their name.  Make it into a class graph:

What part of your Gingerbread cookie did you eat first?

 Gingerbread Playdough

DIRECTIONS:
Mix the dry ingredients.
Mix the spices until you get the scent and color you want.
Mix water and oil together. 
Add them to the dry ingredients. 
Stir.
Cook the mixture for two to three minutes, stirring frequently. The dough will start to pull away from the sides of the pan and clump together.
Take the dough out and knead it until it becomes soft and smooth. Cool.
 Store in an air tight container.

Gingerbread Boys and Girls

Have the children trace large gingerbread man tracers onto oaktag.  Cut out.  Paint brown.  Dry.  The next day have the children add the features.  White "Scribbles" paint (puffy paint) looks great for the frosting around the edges.  I also have candy available for buttons.  Pastel colored chalk also makes great "frosting".  To display, cover your bulletin board with aluminum foil (cookie sheet) and place the gingerbread boys and girls on it.