The Gingerbread Man (Picture Books)

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Leigh’s version is completely different than the one above with the same title. This story takes place in a “hidden dojo” where the sensei bakes a ninjabread man.

Use these Gingerbread Man gross motor activities as a brain breaks for a physical break in the classroom, at home, or during a transition. Brain break movement activities can involve so many different body moves with a wonderfully festive theme! For comparison, I’d pair Rodriguez’s traditional version with one of these two non-traditional titles: Keep Running Gingerbread Man by Steve Smallman I LOVE this one! Tough Cookie is about a cookie that is sad when he realizes he doesn’t taste very good. I love when books have a sweet message and a fun ending… and this book has just that! I really recommend this one for your holiday books collection if you don’t have it.There’s no river to cross in this rendition. In the end, the fox captures the Gingerbread Man by asking him to walk closer so the fox can hear his taunt. This graphic novel style picture book is a wild ride – and wildly different from the traditional story. A Gingerbread Man with a dish towel cape and a prune for a tummy rescues brownies from an evil macaroon. The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas by Laura Murray You can easily print it and immediately have it as a cute writing activity to go along with your gingerbread unit. Maybe simple Gingerbread Theme Play Dough Mats are all you are looking for to have kiddos work on fine motor hand skills. Gingerbread Sensory Activities

Feeling the need to focus on fine motor or visual motor skills, maybe? How about drawing, handwriting or visual perception? Read on to find some great activity ideas. Try Gingerbread Passing to work on core strength, coordination, motor planning, and social skills. It’s a great team work activity or it can be simplified to have one child work on passing a gingerbread man from one place to another. Maybe you have the need for some energy consuming gingerbread movement! So many gingerbread books provide action words that can easily be utilized for movement exercises. Try substituting these actions with various movements you need your child to practice.I created this image for you to pin if you want to save this to reference later. All you do is hover over the picture below and hit “Save” to save it to one of your boards 🙂 Gingerbread Man books are one of my favorite picture books themes to read aloud! It is such a fun story with many different versions that tell the classic story in so many unique ways. Plus, kids love them and they’re so fun to read to them! 🙂 Do you have visions of colorfully decorated gingerbread houses or some icing covered gingerbread men? Crafts are the supreme skill builder for kiddos and highly motivating. I don’t have all of these ones below but I thought I’d include them for those of you who do an entire gingerbread theme in your classroom or have your own kids that can’t get enough gingerbread man stories. 🙂 Each of the sections below starts with a traditional version of the story, and then adds in a second book (or two!) with a fun twist. Gingerbread Man Stories for Preschool

This friendly, down-to-earth Little Golden Book features some familiar-looking Richard Scarry characters, including a bear and a fox wearing clothes.Included below are gingerbread man books that you can pair with hands-on activities. The gingerbread man ideas below build fine motor skills, gross motor skills, motor planning, direction-following, and sensory exploration. Let’s get started with the holiday activities! In Brett’s rendition, a boy opens the oven too soon, and out jumps a baby gingerbread cookie! He gives chase, and ends up being pursued by a somewhat scary looking fox. You can also try these fun Gingerbread Man Gross Motor Dice printables to further incorporate movements related to the book. Read and move together!