Once Upon a Book ~ The Gingerbread Man ~ Color Matching Activity

Each Thursday this month, we’ll be focusing on one area of activities to go along with the book The Gingerbread Man. The ideas are short and simple, but FUN to start the learning with your tot! Be sure to check back each week in January for more fun gingerbread ideas!

This week we’ll be focusing on a color matching activity for little ones.

The Gingerbread Man

Book Summary: An old lady makes a gingerbread for her husband’s lunch. When she opens the oven, he comes to life and runs out the door! Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man! He shouts as he runs from the old lady and her husband, a pig and a horse. Finally at the end of his journey he meets a fox that offers to help him across the river.

Color Matching

For this activity, you’ll need to gather a few items:

• Colored construction paper {we used nine different colors}
• Copies of the Gingerbread Man Sorting Game from Making Learning Fun ~ print off more copies depending on the abilities of your tot

Once the pieces were cut out, Chubba had to match the gingerbread men with the ‘plate’ that was the same color and the icing.  

 

Don’t miss the other gingerbread theme ideas to go along with The Gingerbread Man!

Once Upon a Book ~ The Gingerbread Man Art & Sensory Ideas

Each Thursday this month, we’ll be focusing on one area of activities to go along with the book The Gingerbread Man. The ideas are short and simple, but FUN to start the learning with your tot! Be sure to check back each week in January for more fun gingerbread ideas!

This week you’ll need to get your hands on some gingerbread cookie cutters. If you have different sizes, all the more fun!

The Gingerbread Man

Book Summary: An old lady makes a gingerbread for her husband’s lunch. When she opens the oven, he comes to life and runs out the door! Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man! He shouts as he runs from the old lady and her husband, a pig and a horse. Finally at the end of his journey he meets a fox that offers to help him across the river.

Art

Pull out some paper and add some paint to a paper plate. Dip the gingerbread cookie cutters into the paint and have fun stamping onto the paper. 

Sensory

Pull out your tubs of playdough and use the gingerbread cookie cutters to make cute little gingerbread men from playdough {and let your little one have fun mixing the colors too ~ it’s ok!

 

Don’t miss the other gingerbread theme ideas to go along with The Gingerbread Man!

Once Upon a Book ~ The Gingerbread Man ~ Rhymes and Puzzles

Each Thursday this month, we’ll be focusing on one area of activities to go along with the book The Gingerbread Man. The ideas are short and simple, but FUN to start the learning with your tot! Be sure to check back each week in January for more fun gingerbread ideas!

This week I’m sharing a fun rhyme that you can use on a feltboard and also a number puzzle to work on counting from 1 to 10.

The Gingerbread Man

Book Summary: An old lady makes a gingerbread for her husband’s lunch. When she opens the oven, he comes to life and runs out the door! Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man! He shouts as he runs from the old lady and her husband, a pig and a horse. Finally at the end of his journey he meets a fox that offers to help him across the river.

5 Ginger Cookies Felt Board

For this activity you’ll need:

• a felt/flannel board
• the flannel board set, 5 Ginger Cookies {we purchased this for $1 via Currclick}

Here’s a look at Chubba doing the rhyme along with me.

Gingerbread Puzzle

 

For this activity you’ll need to print off the puzzle from the Gingerbread Baby Preschool Pack at Homeschool Creations. Chubba had to put the pieces to the puzzle in order from 1-10 to make the gingerbread man.

 

 

 

Don’t miss the other gingerbread theme ideas to go along with The Gingerbread Man!

Mommy Made Printables ~ Gingerbread

We are excited to share some Gingerbread printables for you to use with your tots as you explore together!

Gingerbread Baby Printables {from Homeschool Creations}

As you can see I am a little low on my collection of printables made by moms!  Thankfully Jolanthe’s pack is awesome!  You can also see my collection of gingerbread ideas here on Pinterest…

Do you have any free Gingerbread printables {free} YOU have created {and share}? If so, leave a link to your blog post in the comments below!

Once Upon a Book ~ The Gingerbread Man ~ Bible Verse & Fine Motor Activity Ideas

Each Thursday this month, we’ll be focusing on one area of activities to go along with the book The Gingerbread Man. The ideas are short and simple, but FUN to start the learning with your tot! Be sure to check back each week in January for more fun gingerbread ideas!

This week we will be focusing on a Bible verse to go along with The Gingerbread Man and some fun letter and number magnet pages as well.

The Gingerbread Man

Book Summary: An old lady makes a gingerbread for her husband’s lunch. When she opens the oven, he comes to life and runs out the door! Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man! He shouts as he runs from the old lady and her husband, a pig and a horse. Finally at the end of his journey he meets a fox that offers to help him across the river.

 

 

Bible Verse: Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7) We talked about how God used the dust to form man just like we used cookie dough to make the gingerbread cookies.

Magnet Pages

Before starting this activity, you’ll need to gather a few items:

• a cookie sheet or magnet board
• gingerbread magnet pages from Making Learning Fun
• pompom magnets ~ you can make some by hot-gluing 1/2” magnets to the back of pompoms {you can also use power magnets or Do-A-Dot markers}.

The magnet pages are wonderful for helping promote 1:1 correspondence and you can also talk about the letter G and the number 2 while working together {or all the fun colors that the pompom magnets are!}.

 

 

Don’t miss the other gingerbread theme ideas to go along with The Gingerbread Man!

What's in the Tub? ~ Gingerbread

 

Our January theme here at Totally Tots is Gingerbread.

Here are a few ideas of what to include in your bin for your Tot to explore!

What’s in the Tub?

• cotton balls
• jingle bells
• 5 pine trees
• 10 large gingerbread men
• 4 small stuffed gingerbread men
• candy cane decorations
• hard candy decorations
• gum drop decorations
• gingerbread men decorations
• 1 gingerbread house

Lydia, my resident Tot, is 28 months and loved decorating and un-decorating this gingerbread house. The handy-dandy tin was quickly turned into a (loud) musical instrument by shaking the jingle bells inside. And the stuffed gingerbread men (she called her babies) took many naps in the gingerbread house.

We’ve been working on number recognition and counting with her so I added the felt numbers to the back the large gingerbread men. Aaron, 4 years old, couldn't help joining in the fun.

Other possible activities with this tub:

• sorting by color
• sorting by shape
• making patterns with the felt decorations
• counting

I borrowed the pine trees and used cotton balls I had on hand. All other items I found at JoAnn’s. This is an easy Tub to put together with just a little puffy paint, some hot glue, and the quiet of afternoon nap time. The gingerbread house was made from a box I found at the store and some peel-and-stick sheets of felt and foam board for the peaked roof. (How-to photos can be found on my blog: Simply Sarah.)

 

What's in the Tub? is a monthly feature that focuses on fun sensory tub ideas to go along with the monthly theme at Totally Tots. Click here to see past sensory tub ideas.

Crafty Corner ~ Gingerbread

 

Felt Gingerbread Man Cookies from Confessions of a Homeschooler

 

 

Gingerbread Playdough People from No Time for Flashcards

 

 

Gingerbread Man from Ramblings of a Crazy Woman

 

 

Foam Gingerbread Man from Homeschool Creations

 

 

Gingerbread Playdough from Peace, Love and Rainbows

 

 

Gingerbread Cards from A Mommy’s Adventures

 

 

Graham Cracker Gingerbread Houses from Mama Jenn

 

 

Cinnamon Applesauce Gingerbread Men from Naturally Educational

 

 

Foam Gingerbread Man from Spell Outloud

 

 

Gingerbread People & Pirates from Along the Way

 

 

Do you share tot-friendly crafts on your blog? If so, please read here first and then email me (JennAtTotallyTots@gmail (dot) com)! I would love to add you to the "search" list for future posts! Do you have a GINGERBREAD themed craft on your blog that is not already linked here? Please feel free to share your craft by leaving the link to it in a comment!