Preschool and Pre-K Gingerbread theme activities. Literacy, math, printables, book lists and more to make learning fun! Gingerbread houses and a gingerbread theme in the classroom is a tasty, fun, and festive addition!
Gingerbread Books
You can find a list of my favorite books about gingerbread HERE.
Gingerbread Literacy Activities
Make learning fun and hands-on with these Gingerbread Man themed literacy activities that will have your little learners engaged and on-task for longer periods of time.
Gingerbread Visual Discrimination Printable
Students will strengthen their visual discrimination skills as they sort the letters of the alphabet on these Gingerbread Man themed mats. You can use real magnetic letters, or the printable cards included in the Gingerbread Bundle.
Gingerbread Emergent Reader
The predictable text in this book is designed to support your emergent readers. Use this book to reinforce concepts of print such as words are separated by spaces, left to right and top to bottom, written words match spoken words, common sight words, and more. The Gingerbread emergent reader is available in the Gingerbread Bundle.
Gingerbread Beginning Sounds Game
Your little learners will have a blast chanting this original poem and playing a fun whole group game. There’s also a second activity that incorporates fine motor skills by using clothespins to identify beginning sounds. Both of these fun games are included in the Gingerbread Bundle.
Gingerbread Rhyming Game
You can play this rhyming game with your whole class, or in small groups. The fun card game will engage your little learners as they practice identifying rhyming words and finding their rhyming partners. You can find this game in the Gingerbread Bundle.
Gingerbread Pocket Chart
The predictable text in this pocket chart set will help your students learn concepts of print such as left to right directionality, return sweep, one-to-one correspondence, and more. The six sentences are available in the Gingerbread Bundle.
Gingerbread Alphabet Game
You can find this game in the Gingerbread Bundle.
Gingerbread Syllables
Students will identify the syllables on the gingerbread cookie cards and then place them on plates according to the number of syllables identified. Your kids will love playing this fun, interactive game in your whole or small group time. Get your copy in the Gingerbread Bundle.
Vocabulary Word Cards and Chart
The printable Gingerbread word chart and vocabulary cards are available in both black and white and color. Place the printable word cards in a pocket chart in your writing center or on your word wall. These cards can be used to help develop vocabulary and can be found in the Gingerbread Bundle.
Gingerbread Read and Write Around the Room
Use this fun read and write around the room activity to get your kids moving and writing at the same time. Grab your cards in the Gingerbread Bundle
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Gingerbread Man Bundle
15 of our most popular Gingerbread Man resources for one low price! Math, literacy, fine motor, science, circle time, dramatic play, and more
Gingerbread Math Activities
You can use these fun, hands-on games and activities from the Gingerbread Bundle to help your students learn important math skills such as sequencing, graphing, number sense, numeral identification, patterning, and more.
Gingerbread Counting Book
This easy to assemble book helps reinforce number sense and counting. The Gingerbread Counting Book is available in the Gingerbread Bundle.
Numeral Representation Game
Students will identify the numeral on their Gingerbread house and match the correct quantity of candy to the house. This game is available in the Gingerbread Bundle.
Gumdrop Races
Available in the Gingerbread Bundle. the races game will help build number sense and one to one correspondence. Students will roll a dice and move their playing piece towards the Gingerbread house.
Gingerbread Graphing
Provide your students with a fun data collection activity! Students will enjoy rolling the cube and recording their rolls on the recording sheet. This printable activity is available in the Gingerbread Bundle.
Gingerbread Spinner Games
There are 5 super fun spinner games to choose from in the Gingerbread Bundle. The skills addressed in this game are subitizing, shapes, numeral identification, tally marks, and matching objects.
Gingerbread Number Game
This game is available in the Gingerbread Bundle. The Number game can be played using numbers 1-10 or numbers 1-20 depending on your student’s ability levels. Also included are two printable recording sheets in black and white, one for each version of the game.
Gingerbread Patterns
Help your little learners develop logical thought and reasoning skills with this Gingerbread themed patterning activity available in the Gingerbread Bundle.
Gingerbread Board Game
Can you help the Gingerbread Baby find his way back to his house? This printable board game is available in the Gingerbread Bundle.
Number Puzzle
This adorable Gingerbread puzzle will help your students learn how to put numbers in order. There is a version that includes only numbers 1-5 for younger students, and a version that includes numbers 1-10.
Gingerbread Tasting Graph
Take a sheet of butcher paper and draw a line down the middle vertically. At the top of one column draw a gingerbread man with a happy face. At the top of the other column draw a gingerbread man with a sad face. Give each child one Little Debbie gingerbread man cookie and ask him to write his name in the appropriate column to graph if he liked the cookie or not. Happy face indicates that they like the cookie and sad face indicates that they did not. When finished with the graph display it for the whole group and discuss how many children liked the cookie and how many did not. Use math language such as “more people liked the gingerbread cookie than did not”, “How many more people liked the cookie than those who didn’t?”, “Which column has less?” etc.
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