Gingerbread Man Activity

Hola Familias!

This is an activity I am planning for this Friday. Our school system has every Friday off this month- furlough days. So we are starting up our Spanish Learning Groups!

HERE- is a great link for the story of the Gingerbread Man pictures only.

As prep for your activity. Print out the Gingerbread Man story. (My friend Isabel is going to translate it- she's from Columbia. She is actually going to be the "native" speaker who tells the story. Remember? Having a Native Speaker is key to learning another language.) I'll add her translation, when I get it-- for your benefit. Then you can just copy and paste the words on the back of each picture.

Gather baking supplies for the Gingerbread Cookies. Gathering icing and red hots, etc.. so kids can decorate.

I am planning that the kids will come and we will gather around and review how to Introduce ourselves. (Hola, me llamo__________).
Then Isabel (speaking only spanish) will mix the cookie batter and we'll roll out and make gingerbread cookies. (They will be introduced to words like, stir, bake, roll, flour, eggs, sugar, etc..)
While cookies are baking... we do our activity with the Ginger Bread Man story.
(Isabel reads aloud...kids repeat the repetitive phrases... I was going to have different farm animal pictures in a bag and kids can pull additional animals out of a bag and add to the story. For example the Gingerbread Man runs past a duck, a dog, a chicken, etc... We could also throw in some other vocabulary: he runs past a boy, a girl, a sister, an aunt, etc...)

Then we will decorate/eat cookies and kids go home! (We can review the names of the colors in spanish--for the different candy and frosting we use.) Each child can take home a book- so they can read and practice at home with parents!

If you are new to this idea. Be sure to check out the first lessons/activities.

Adios!