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The children will collaboratively create a home for the Gingerbread baby.
This lesson is part of a series of Gingerbread Baby lesson plans... click here for a complete listing.
Materials: - Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
- Sheets off a roll of brown bulletin board backing paper.
- Fun tack or masking tape.
- Construction paper of various colors.
- Tempara paint
- Scissors
- Glue
- Imagination and fun required
Plan: - After reading Jan Brett's story "The Gingerbread Baby", have the children brainstorm the items the Gingerbread boy will need to live inside the house that was created for him.
- Cut out a huge oversized gingerbread house out of the brown paper. Post in the outside hall or on a large wall space within the classroom.
- Have the children work together to cut out and paint different types of candy to decorate the house.
- Make a large door that opens by lifting on the fold.
- Have the children draw and place inside the door the items they brainstormed the baby would need.
Use your computer to print in large letters "Run Run Run as fast as you can...." Or for older children, have them rewrite the story in their own words.
- You can download the pattern for each student to make their own House to keep. Just go to www.JanBrett.com
Comments:
Kelley DeBoer - I have 3 children - the oldest is 19, the second 12, and the youngest is 2 years old. (And I'm only 41) I currently teach in a catholic school where I teach pre-school through 8th grade Creative writing and computers. I love to write and enjoy writing childrens literature, and sharing lesson plans with others.
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