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Gingerbread Week for Preschoolers Featuring Gingerbread Baby

December 7, 2018

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We’re in the Christmas mood here on Virtual Book Club for Kids and this week’s theme for preschoolers is Gingerbread. It’s one of our favorite themes for this time of the year and we have featured one of our favorite authors and illustrators as the book this week Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett.

If you have trouble finding the book scroll down and you can find more teacher recommended Gingerbread themed books for preschoolers after the activity plan and selection of activities this week.

So here we go a week of Preschool Fun on the theme of Gingerbread featuring Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett.

gingerbread theme activity plan for a week of activities for preschoolers featuring gingerbread baby

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  • Virtual Book Club for Kids Featured Book Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
  • Gingerbread Songs and Finger Rhymes for Preschoolers
    • Gingerbread Men Action Rhyme for Kids
    • 5 Gingerbread Men
    • Gingerbread Man Dance and Freeze
  • Gingerbread Theme for Preschoolers Activity Plan for the Week
  • Gingerbread Themed Books for Preschoolers
  • More Christmas Activity Week Plans for Preschoolers

Virtual Book Club for Kids Featured Book Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett

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Jan Brett is one of our favorite classic authors all of the books are beautifully illustrated and focused on classic and folk tales ideal for reading with kids. In Gingerbread Baby Mattie makes a Gingerbread Baby and then there is an adventure that the Gingerbread baby goes on.

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Why not discover more about the author and illustrations as well as see Jan Brett read the story by watching the video below.

Gingerbread Songs and Finger Rhymes for Preschoolers

Gingerbread Men Action Rhyme for Kids

5 Gingerbread Men

Gingerbread Man Dance and Freeze

Watch the full classic story of The Gingerbread Man

Gingerbread Theme for Preschoolers Activity Plan for the Week

We have picked 5 easy activities based on this theme. Pick the one that appeals to you the most, try a few or if you are looking for more structure for your days then check out our weekly suggested schedule and plan to try all 5.

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Gingerbread Baby Book by Jan Brett with Gingerbread Themed Activities

Gingerbread Man Week for Preschoolers Featuring Gingerbread Baby

A weekly activity plan to go with 5 simply activities to go with the featured book The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett.

Photo Credit: www.pre-kpages.com

Gingerbread Cloud Dough

Certain smells, such as the classic scent of gingerbread, remind us of the holidays. We love this smell and decided to add it into our holiday sensory activity with this recipe for Gingerbread Cloud Dough.

Photo Credit: www.fantasticfunandlearning.com

Gingerbread Play Dough ABC Activity

This gingerbread play dough ABC activity kids exercise those fine motor muscles and engage in pretend play as they make and decorate letters (and numbers too!).

Photo Credit: toddlerapproved.com

Gingerbread Men Number Hop

Create a life sized Gingerbread Men Number Hop game to help kids with number recognition, counting, and even simple addition... while also practicing jumping and moving from one place to another!

Photo Credit: rainydaymum.co.uk

Easy Gingerbread Snowflake Cookie Recipe to Cook with Kids

These gingerbread snowflakes are so tasty! So roll up your sleeves, wash you hands and get ready for some cooking with the kids and make these easy snowflake Gingerbread Cookies together.

Photo Credit: theeducatorsspinonit.com

How to Make a Hand-Sewn Gingerbread Man Ornament With Your Child

Create an adorable Hand-sewn Gingerbread Ornament with your child with a simple technique. Teaching your child to learn to sew can be a special time during the holidays for gift giving.

For even more Gingerbread fun inspired by the book, make this life sized Gingerbread house using your playground or with a cardboard box.

Gingerbread Themed Books for Preschoolers

Whether you want to supplement your book basket this week or you find it difficult to get hold of Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett we have 3 other books that we recommend as parents and teachers that your preschoolers will love.

The Gingerbread Man Loose at Christmas by Laura Murray

The Gingerbread Pirates by Kristin Kladstrup

The Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt

More Christmas Activity Week Plans for Preschoolers

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Start of your Christmas Activities with your Preschooler with this fun week of hands-on activities planned for you on the theme of Ornaments featuring Merry Christmas Mouse! by Laura Numeroff.
Fantastic Selection of Gingerbread activities based on the beautifully illustrated Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett for Toddlers and Preschoolers.

Christmas Tree Themed Week Featuring The Little Blue Truck’s Christmas by Alice Schertle

Ornament Week for Preschoolers featuring Merry Christmas Mouse by Laura Numeroff

Reindeer Themed Week featuring Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Christmas Themed Week featured Twas Nochebuena by Roseanne Greenfield Thong

Santa Themed Week featuring The Night Before Christmas

Last year we featured even more activities for a Gingerbread theme go and check them out if you are looking for more ways to extend this week further.

Reindeer Themed Activity Collage for preschool fun
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Santa Theme Activities for Preschoolers featuring The Night Before Christmas Classic Christmas Book. To have fun, read, play, create and learn.

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  1. Miranda says

    December 7, 2018 at 4:20 pm

    There isn’t a link for the recipe for Thursday’s activity. Do you have one to attach? Everything else looks like fun!

    • Cerys Parker says

      December 7, 2018 at 4:33 pm

      Hi Miranda -> I’ve just updated it with the recipe here is the link Gingerbread Snowflakes I hope that you enjoy them they are currently in the oven here baking today as I couldn’t wait.

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