Traditional tales can be a fabulous tool for teaching. Many children will already be familiar with part of the stories and will enjoy chiming in with the repeated refrains or punchlines. They may also be able to help other children grasp the main points. 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 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 In the end, the old man rescues the ninjabread man from the fox, and the ninjabread man goes on to become the star of the old man’s ninja school. Writing Traits: This book could be used to teach conventions because there is a lot of different types of punctuation used in the story. This book could also be used to teach sentence fluency because the sentences flow together nicely and have a rhythmic quality.

You can, can you?" Snarled the wolf. "We’ll see about that!" So he set into a gallop after the gingerbread man, who went on and on so fast, that the wolf too saw there was no hope of overtaking him, and he too lay down to rest. Characteristics that Support the Genre - This is a traditional story because it has been told in many different forms for many years. There are many different morals that could also be taken from this story, from being persistent to having patients. The litary of this book was a fun pattern to get and keep interest in young children who are listening or reading on their own.The words were really simple,and huge letters easy for the children see or even learn to spell. As the Gingerbread Man raced on, a pony grazing on a meadow saw him. The pony thought the Gingerbread Man would be very tasty. “I will devour you in a couple of bites!” said the pony, and began to trot after the Gingerbread Man. The Gingerbread Boy is a cute story about a New York couple that don’t have children yet so they bake a gingerbread boy who escapes and runs through the city. Really fun illustrations!The various endings means that it’s also fun to use these stories for making predictions. Will the gingerbread man get eaten or not? Summary: The Gingerbread Man, by Jim Aylesworth is a classic story about a Gingerbread man who jumps out of the oven and runs away from the old woman who baked him. He comes across many problems during his adventure and runs away shouting, “Run, run, as fast as you can. You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread man!” Eventually the gingerbread man is eaten by a fox.

We’re a little gingerbread crazy here. Every year we like to make gingerbread playdough in December. I also love that there are so many Gingerbread Man stories out there – with a variety of characters and endings. They are so much fun to compare and contrast with each other!

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Thus, the little boy, the old man, the old woman, the spotted dog, the hungry crow, the three mowers, the two piglets and the pony were chasing the Gingerbread Man. Meanwhile – and the best part of this book is the ‘meanwhile’– the boy is constructing a gingerbread house that the gingerbread baby takes refuge in. The Ninjabread Man by C.J. Leigh

After a while, the oven door opened suddenly, and the Gingerbread Man leapt out! The boy was amazed. The Gingerbread Man ran towards the door and raced down the garden. On went the gingerbread man, and by-and-by he came to a fox that lay quietly in a corner of the fence. The fox called out in a sharp voice, but without getting up, "Where ye going, gingerbread man?" The title cookie then bests a bear, snake, and mouse with his superior ninja skills. We are left wondering whether the fox eats him or not – all that is left is a covering of powdered sugar, so I think he does. Gingerbread Man Books for Elementary I’ve put together pairs and groups of books for you by grade level, to make it easy for you to plan the perfect Gingerbread Man unit. To add a comparison for one of the above two books, I’d add in one of the preschool comparison books (above), or this one: Richard Scarry’s The Gingerbread ManYou can also try these fun Gingerbread Man Gross Motor Dice printables to further incorporate movements related to the book. Read and move together! He said, "I’ve outrun an old man, an old woman, a little boy, two well diggers, and two ditch diggers, and I can outrun you too-o-o!"

The old man, who was repairing his lawn mower, and the old woman, ran after the Gingerbread Man, shouting and screaming. The little boy joined them. So all three began to chase the Gingerbread Man. This gorgeous book, written and illustrated in Brett’s typical Scandinavian style, is more complex than the basic storyline.The little boy sighed, “Oh! Now I can never eat the Gingerbread man.” He became very sad and disappointed. He said: "I’ve outrun an old man, an old woman, a little boy, two well diggers, two ditch diggers, a bear, and a wolf, and I can outrun you too-o-o!" The Gingerbread Man is a classic children's story about a runaway gingerbread man fleeing from the woman who baked him. The story is best known for the Gingerbread Man's catchphrase "Run, run, as fast you can! You can't catch me I'm the Gingerbread Man!" One more interesting choice is The Runaway Tortilla by Eric Kimmel. Set in south Texas, the main character is a freshly baked “light as a cloud” tortilla, rather than a gingerbread cookie.