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  • The Gingerbread Boy illustrated by Scott Cook
  • The Gingerbread Boy by Richard Egielski
  • The Cajun Gingerbread Boy by Berthe Amoss
  • The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
  • The Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt
  • The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth
  • The Gingerbread Man by Barbara Baumgartner
  • The Gingerbread Man by Paul Galdone
  • The Gingerbread Boy by Harriet Ziefert
  • The Gingerbread Man by Eric Kimmel
  • The Stinky Cheese Man by John Scieszka
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I'm the Gingerbread Man
(tune of "Skip to My Lou")
from ME!!!

Chorus:
Run, run as fast as you can!
Run, run as fast as you can!
Run, run as fast as you can!
You can't catch me, 
I'm the Gingerbread Man!

I ran from the woman, yes I did.
I ran from the woman, yes I did.
I ran from the woman, yes I did.
Cause I'm the Gingerbread Man!

Chorus

I ran from the man, yes I did.
I ran from the man, yes I did.
I ran from the man, yes I did.
Cause I'm the Gingerbread Man!

Chorus

I ran from the cow, yes I did.
I ran from the cow, yes I did.
I ran from the cow, yes I did.
Cause I'm the Gingerbread Man!

Chorus

I ran from the horse, yes I did.
I ran from the horse, yes I did.
I ran from the horse, yes I did.
Cause I'm the Gingerbread Man!

Chorus

I ran from everyone, yes I did.
I ran from everyone, yes I did.
I ran from everyone, yes I did.
But I couldn't run from the fox...
CHOMP!

 Gingerbread
       (tune of "Frere Jacques")
       from More Piggyback Songs

       Gingerbread,
       Gingerbread,
       Yum, Yum, Yum,
       Yum, Yum, Yum.
       I like gingerbread
       I like gingerbread
       In my tum!
       In my tum!
Where is my Gingerbread Man?
 (tune of "Oh where has my little dog gone?") from ME!!!
Oh where, oh where is my Gingerbread Man?
  Oh where, oh where can he be?
He popped out of the oven and ran out the door.
   Oh where, oh where can he be?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 The Gingerbread Man(tune of "Wheels on the Bus")from Phonemic Awareness, Winter

The gingerbread man ran through the town, 
  through the town, through the town.
The gingerbread man ran through the town,
  singing, "Catch me if you can!"

He ran away from a /c/ /ow/*
   He ran away from a COW,
   singing, "Catch me if you can!"
*replace cow with sheep, dog, etc.

Then he came to a /f/ /ox/,
   The fox sat on a box and said...
 "You can trust me"
Then he ate him up
       YES SIR-EE!
 
Gingerkids
(tune of "10 Little Indians")
from KinderKorner

One little, two little, three little gingerkids.
Four little, five little, six little gingerkids.
Seven little, eight little, nine little gingerkids.
Ten little gingerbread kids

 Gingerbread
(tune of "Frere Jacques")
from More Piggyback Songs

Gingerbread,
Gingerbread,
Yum, Yum, Yum,
Yum, Yum, Yum.
I like gingerbread
I like gingerbread
In my tum!
In my tum!
Homemade Gingerbread
from KinderKorner

Stir a bowl of gingerbread,
Smooth and spicy and brown
Roll it with a rolling pin
Up and up and down.
With a cookie cutter, 
Make some little men.
Put them in the oven.
Till half past ten.

 Where is my Gingerbread Man?
(tune of "Oh where has my little dog gone?")
from ME!!!

Oh where, oh where is my Gingerbread Man?
Oh where, oh where can he be?
He popped out of the oven and ran out the door.
Oh where, oh where can he be?
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Math Activities
Character Graph: Make a graph using all the characters from all the stories.  Find out which characters appear in the most versions.  (Guess who comes in first??) Gingerbread Man Patterns:  Cut out several gingerbread men from sponges.  Encourage the children to use the
gingerbread men to sponge paint patterns on long strips of bulletin board paper.		 Favorite Story Graph: Ask each child what his/her favorite version of the story was and graph the results.
Buttons on the gingerbread man:  cut out 10 large gingerbread men from brown construction paper and
laminate them for durability.  Each man is numbered 1-10.  Children put the correct number of buttons on each man.		 Sing "Ten Little Gingerbread Kids" using a flannel board (object/number association to 10) Cookie Count:  label 11 plastic peanut butter jars (aka:  cookie jars) with the numbers 0-10).  Children put the correct number of gingerbread men erasers in each cookie jar.
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