Preschool Lesson Plan: Gingerbread Man

The Gingerbread Man by Mairi Mackinnon

Reading Center for Preschool Lesson Plan: Gingerbread Man

Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about gingerbread people, but also with books about gingerbread houses. For example, the fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel.

Snacks for Preschool Lesson Plan: Gingerbread Man

Come on, you know! Gingerbread people, of course! Let your preschool students help you mix the gingerbread, roll it out, cut it with cookie cutters, bake and decorate. What a fun and inspiring snack!

Concepts for Preschool Lesson Plan: Gingerbread Man

Letter: Gg for gingerbread
Number: 11 for the number of letters in the word gingerbread
Shape: gingerbread man/woman
Color: brown

Fine Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Gingerbread Man

Click here for a template of a gingerbread man. Click here for a template of a gingerbread woman. Print these gingerbread outlines on brown construction paper. Set them in your fine motor/art center and let your preschool students cut them out with safety scissors.

Gross Motor Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Gingerbread Man

Run, run as fast as you can!: Take your preschool students outdoors. Let them run around the play ground, shouting, "Run, run as fast as you can! You can't catch me; I'm the gingerbread man (woman)!"

Art Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Gingerbread Man

Click here for a coloring page of a decorated gingerbread man and gingerbread woman. Let your preschool students color the gingerbread people with crayons or markers or let them them paint them with water color paints.

Songs/Finger Plays for Preschool Lesson Plan: Gingerbread Man

Scroll down this page for a finger play about making gingerbread men.

Pre-math Center Activity for Preschool Lesson Plan: Gingerbread Man

Set out the letters g-i-n-g-e-r-b-r-e-a-d that you have previously cut from felt or laminated construction paper. Put out an example of the word gingerbread for your students to use as a guide. Have them set out the letters, properly spelling the word gingerbread. Instruct your preschool students to count the number of letters in the word gingerbread. Now have your preschool students count out 11 gingerbread man shapes to set beneath the eleven lettered word.

Pre-writing Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Gingerbread Man

For younger students, provide sheets of paper with the letters G and g lightly printed on them. Have the children trace the letters. Do the same with the number 11.

For older students, provide an example of the letters G and g and the number 11. Have the students practice writing the letters and number freehand.

Write the word gingerbread on your preschool classroom's white erase board. Let your students copy the word gingerbread on the white board with brown dry erase markers.