Gingerbread
Man Recipe of the Best Gingerbread Man Cookies
Delicious
and easy to make gingerbread man recipe of the best gingerbread man
cookies. This well known story
is loved by
children. They tend to enjoy 'reading' along and to participating in
the storytelling by repeating the famous lines:
"I run
from a husband, I run from a wife, I run from a
butcher with a carving knife."
Today there are many variations of The Gingerbread Man Story:
You can use these stories as spring board to many preschool activities.
As always, let the children guide you and remember to take the T.I.M.E.-
Think
Influential Meaningful Experiences.
Here are some of my activity suggestions:
Baking gingerbread man and building a
gingerbread house.
Fine Motor Activities - Make a
cutout of
a gingerbread man. With
a hole puncher make holes all around the edges and create a lacing
activity.
Creative - Allow the children to retell
the story
using the felt board along with the characters of the story made out of
felt.
Pre Writing - After reading a
variety of
versions of
the story, ask the children to tell you their own ending.
Pre Writing- Create mini books to
allow
the children
to draw their own stories.
Creative Center- Dress up clothes of
the
characters in the story, puppets of the characters. You can also turn
your creative center to the kitchen of the little old man and the
little old woman by adding play dough, cookie cutters, oven mitts and
cooking tray.
Music and Movement - Tell the story while
allowing the children to add the background music. How can we play
scary music? happy music? suspense? worried?
Gingerbread
Man Recipe: Ingredients:
2 cup Margarine
2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
2 cups molasses
1/4 Cup-or 4 Tablespoons vinegar
10 cups sifted flour
l Tablespoon baking soda
l teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons ginger-or 6 tsp.
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons cloves
Directions:
Cream margarine and sugar.
Add the eggs, molasses and vinegar. Beat well.
Sift together all the dry ingredients.
Stir into molasses mixture, and mix well.
CHILL for at least 3 hours.
On lightly floured surface, roll out dough to 1/4 inch thickness.
Cut with a gingerbread cutter.
Place an inch apart on greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350F degrees for about 8 to 10 minutes or until done.
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