BUILD A GINGERBREAD HOUSE: http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/christmas/ginger/IEStickers.html Click and drag sticker fun--students will select from a wide variety of traditional decorations to complete the gingerbread house.

CONNECT THE DOTS GINGERBREAD MAN: http://www.coloring.ws/t/ctd/cdgingerbread.htm Starting at number one and finishing at twenty-one, students must connect the dots in order to complete this gingerbread man pattern.

CREATE AN EARLY READER WINTER BOOK: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/books/body/gingerbreadclothes/ Print out the nine pages for this gingerbread man book, where your students will be learning the various clothing articles to dress their gingerbread man for the winter. Sentences accompany each page if you wish to have your advanced students practice their writing skills.

GINGERBREAD BABY HOUSE: http://www.janbrett.com/trim_a_jan_brett_gingerbread_baby_house.htm Build the ultimate gingerbread house without any fuss or mess--online, that is. Click and drag all the pieces to recreate author/illustrator Jan Brett's Gingerbread Baby's house.

GINGERBREAD BOYS AND GIRLS: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/christmas/gingerbreadstring/ These gingerbread people can easily be made out of construction paper, instead of the usual stiff dough. A template is included, and early elementary students can individualize their own gingerbread person to add to the line in your classroom.

GINGERBREAD BUTTONS FILE FOLDER GAME: http://www.preschoolprintables.com/filefolder/gingerbread/filefolderginger.shtml Print out the pages and directions for this file folder game, where students will match the gingerbread men. The only differences between each one are the buttons; review colors and shapes for this learning activity.

Gingerbread Calendar Pieces

GINGERBREAD CHAINS: http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/miscellaneous/mgingerbread.html http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/season/feature/famf127decorate/famf127decorate8.html Linked paper doll cutouts are fascinating to young students, and no doubt these gingerbread men will be no exception. A template is included; careful with those scissors. The 2nd URL above offers an alternate method.

GINGERBREAD GARLANDS: http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/feature/famf127decorate/famf127decorate8.html Try decorating your classroom with a whole garland of gingerbread people, following the instructions at this winter art project. You can add a math activity by having students count the number of colored buttons decorating each gingerbread man.

GINGERBREAD HOUSES: http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/gingerbread.shtml Suggested for use the last week before holidays as a calming group activity, students will be planning, designing, and creating their own gingerbread house. Activities are included to integrate both writing and math exercises for third grade.

GINGERBREAD MAN ACTIVITIES: http://collaboratory.nunet.net/nssd112/oakterrace/imc/gingerbread.html Beginning with a list of several versions of the Gingerbread Man books, this site offers a wealth of songs and poems--choose one for a parent performance night. Then find button activities, simple character graphs, flannel board exercises, and themed craft projects.

Gingerbread Man Book Activities http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Teachers/Literature/Gingerbread.html

GINGERBREAD MAN POEM FORM: http://www.abcteach.com/Christmas/gingerbread3.htm This lined gingerbread man can be printed and cut out for your primary students to create their own poem or simple stories. You can trace this gingerbread man to cut one out without lines to color and decorate for a cover and back, creating an individualized holiday mini-book. Also consider using the template for your bulletin board word wall list this month, or for student spelling words.

GINGERBREAD MAN MATH WORKSHEETS: http://www.kidzone.ws/thematic/gingerbread/math/index.htm Find math worksheets here targeted to both first and second grade math levels, all with a Gingerbread Man theme. Included are addition and subtraction, magic squares, number sentences, and math tables.

GINGERBREAD MAN PUPPETS: http://www.dltk-teach.com/rhymes/gingerbread/felt.htm Cut these templates out of felt or laminate them and attach sand paper per this site's suggestion, to use for felt board story fun. Instructions are also included for creating gingerbread man puppets as well.

THE GINGERBREAD MAN UNIT: http://www.kconnect.com/kc-integrated.html With student exercises across the curriculum, this Gingerbread Man unit explores all angles of the theme. Students can consider the different characters in various versions of the story, practice letter matches with templates, use story words for word families and rhyming exercises, decorate or personalize a gingerbread girl or boy, put on a puppet performance, and more.

GINGERBREAD MAN THEMATIC UNIT: http://www.kidzone.ws/thematic/gingerbread/index.htm If you're looking for a comprehensive unit on the Gingerbread Man, then this five day plan will most likely fill your needs. It includes story sequencing worksheets, coloring pages, phonics worksheets, templates, and more.

GINGERBREAD MAN UNIT:  http://www.teachingheart.net/gingerbreadman.html  Find loads of ideas here to help you develop a wonderful unit on the Gingerbread Man, with character graphs, word centers, cooperative class books, measurement activities, and more. See page bottom for printable word searches and coloring pages.

Gingerbread Man Unit http://geocities.com/kinderxpress/GingerbreadUnit.html

GINGERBREAD MATCHING GAME:  http://www.kizclub.com/Topics/holiday/gingerbread.pdf  Print out at least two copies of this page, either onto cardstock, or laminate your printouts for durability. Preschoolers must pay attention to the different patterns and colors to match up the gingerbread men.

GINGERBREAD MEN BEANBAGS: http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10181 Print out the template for this winter craft, where puffy paints, fabric glue, and rice or small beans are used to create cute gingerbread people. Personalize them with different colored ribbons.

GINGERBREAD PHONICS: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=114 A series of activities follows the familiar Gingerbread Man story with sentence strips, beginning sounds, picture matches, and interactive stories to explore letter-sound relationships.

GINGERBREAD PLAYDOUGH:  http://www.kinderthemes.com/Gingerbread.html  Whip up a batch of this easy recipe for some wonderfully aromatic, holiday-themed playdough for your elementary craft projects this month.

INTERACTIVE GINGERBREAD HOUSE: http://www.janbrett.com/trim_a_jan_brett_gingerbread_baby_house.htm What will your gingerbread house be decorated with? Certainly candies will play a large role. Preschool students will click and drag the various ornaments to decorate and personalize a gingerbread house in this online and interactive holiday game.

MAKE A GINGERBREAD HOUSE! http://organizedchristmas.com/article38.html There are several different ways to create a gingerbread house, but all of them have a special holiday appeal. Find directions here to create one from gingerbread dough, with templates included.

MATH:  GINGERBREAD MAN COUNT: http://www.kinderthemes.com/gingerbreadcount.html Grab your muffin tins and some gingerbread men for this holiday math activity, where students will count forward and backwards with the gingerbread men.

MATH:  GINGERBREAD MAN MATH: http://www.kinderthemes.com/gbdecorationstation.html Your students will be decorating their Gingerbread cookies with icing and eyes and glitter. So how does that fit into math learning? They will report back on which body part they will bite into first, and then your class will graph the results.

GINGERBREAD PLAYDOUGH: http://www.kinderthemes.com/Gingerbread.html Whip up a batch of this easy recipe for some wonderfully aromatic, holiday-themed playdough for your preschool craft projects this month.