To help celebrate the holiday season I decided to teach my third graders the story of the Gingerbread Man. I started by making my mother's recipe for gingerbread man cookies. I had brought some red cinnamon candies for buttons from home and a cookie cutter. The other ingredients I acquired at the local store, the English store, and a package from home.
After making all the cookies, I wrote a book so that the students could color it and keep it for the classroom. I also made copies of a gingerbread man coloring page as well. The students were all so excited and learned the story very well!! They kept telling me thank you and yelling "run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me i'm the gingerbread man!!"
It was so much fun sharing this tradition with my students and I can't wait for our next Christmas activity!
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