Books

A Gingerbread House by Vera Williams

Gingerbread Man by Pam Adams

Gingerbread Rabbit by Randall Jarell

Johnny Cake by John Jacobs

Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer

Maisy Makes Gingerbread by Lucy Cousins

Musubi Man: Hawaii's Gingerbread Man
by Sandi Takayama (Hawaiian)

Runaway Rice Cake by Ying Chang Compestine (Chinese)

Stop That Pickle by Peter Armour

The Bun by Marcia Brown

The Clay Boy by Mirra Ginsburg (Russian)

The Fine, Round Cake by Arnica Esterl

The Cajun Gingerbread Boy by Berthe Amoss

The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett

The Gingerbread Boy by Scott Cook

The Gingerbread Boy by Richard Egielski

The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone

The Gingerbread Boy by William Holdsworth

The Gingerbread Boy by Barbara Ireson

The Gingerbread Boy by Harriet Ziefert

The Gingerbread Doll by Susan Tews

The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth

The Gingerbread Man by Barbara Baumgastner

The Gingerbread Man by Eric Kimmel

The Gingerbread Man by Graham Percy

The Gingerbread Man by John Rowe

The Gingerbread Man by Richard Scarry

The Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt

The Jalapeno Man by Debbie Leland

The Pancake by Anita Lobel

The Pancake Boy by Lorinda Caule

The Runaway Latkes by Leslie Kimmelman & Paul Yalowitz

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
by Jon Scieszka

The Queen Who Couldn´t Bake Gingerbread
by Dorothy VanWoerkom

Whiff, Sniff, Nibble, And Chew by Charlotte Pomerantz

Who's In My Gingerbread House? by Christopher Santoro

Gingerbread Playdo

1 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt, 2 tsp. cream of tartar
Spices: allspice, cinnamon,  ginger, nutmeg
1 cup water, 1 tsp. vegetable oil

• Mix dry ingredients with spices to get color you like (smells good too)
• Mix  water and vegetable oil together,  add  to dry ingredients,   stir.
• Cook the mixture for 2-3 minutes in a pot, stirring frequently.
• The dough will pull away from sides of pan and clump together.
• Knead the dough until soft, smooth, and pliable.
• Cool. Store in air tight container such as plastic freezer bag.
  

Just A Few Gingerbread Resources ...

There are so many websites devoted to Gingerbread!  A search on www.google.com will exhaust you!
Here are just a few of my favorites:

Ideas From Mailrings
Easy glyph, giant ginger man, and a whole unit with poems, songs, script, math and literacy activities, etc. - just a fantastic resource!

A Gingerbread Unit:  Glyphs and Graphs
This is a terrific unit.  Aligned with standards;
assessment rubrics included.

Gingerbread Unit
This is an integrated unit from Carol Gossett & Honey Pot Press

Joan O'Neill's Gingerbread Mini-Unit
Starts off with a poem and offers lots of goodies!

Gingerbread Man Unit from Kidzone

Electric Skillet Gingerbread Muffins
Your classroom will smell so good!  Recipe is provided by Kindergarten Connection and was found in Kids Cooking by Dianne Young.

Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby to Color

Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby Animal Masks

Gingerbread Chain of Dolls from dltk-kids

Gingerbread Ideas from Kiddyhouse

Pattern for Small Gingerbread People from Kinderteacher

The History of Gingerbread and Ginger

Gingerbread House to Make

Lanise Jacoby's class activities are showcased
and several excellent gingerbread resources are shared.  Enjoy!

Pam Elliott's Gingerbread Unit 2002-2003 (not available - sorry!)
Fun Literacy activities and more Gingerbread links!

The Cajun Gingerbread Boy Activities: 2000
This was one of the first internet projects we joined. We had a great time with this book!  The children learned several French words and danced to Zydeco music.

Mrs. McGowan's First Grade

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