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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nGiant Gingerbread Cookie Writing Activity for Kids<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nWe got our new chicken watering container in the mail this week and the kids took one look at the paper wrapped around it and screamed – GINGERBREAD KIDS! They ran to get the Kwik Stix and got to work writing right away. They have been on a gingerbread kick lately. In fact, my entire living room is now filled with a gingerbread box house village. We now have a bakery, post office, and gingerbread house. They have been so busy painting, we’ve almost gone through our green and brown Kwik Stix!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s the directions on how you can do this activity today with your kids too (and why it’s a good learning activity for kids!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Learning Objectives:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Trace and draw a gingerbread cookie – this is great for fine motor skills.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Write a sentence using the sight words my and cans<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Use an exclamation point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Materials Needed<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Brown butcher paper or Packing Paper<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Kwik Stix (our new favorite fast drying tempera paint) or Markers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Directions to Make the Giant Gingerbread Cookie Writing Activity <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n1. Have one child lay down on the brown paper. Trace loosely around them, leaving a generous space around them to create a more “cookie” like drawing.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n2. Color in the gingerbread cookie. Talk about how you ice real cookies, the colors used, and the parts of the body you are coloring in. WORDS MATTER!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Write a sentence above or below the giant gingerbread cookie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For younger kids:<\/u> have them tell you what the gingerbread cookie can do and the adult writes the sentence, saying each word as they write it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For children learning to write<\/u>: Write the words on a separate piece of paper and allow them to copy each word onto the giant gingerbread paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n\n\n\nOR let them write the words My and the beginning sound of gingerbread. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It would look like this
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My g
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Then the adult writes gingerbread cookie, saying the words out loud as they write. The child then writes the word can and completes the sentence with kid spelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For children confident with writing:<\/u> let them write the sentence on their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGreat Gingerbread Cookie Books
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Here are some great gingerbread cookie books <\/a>to read before or after you make your giant gingerbread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/theeducatorsspinonit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_6971.jpg\")
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nMORE COOKIE THEME Activities from The Early Childhood Education Team. #TeachECE <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\nGiant Gingerbread Cookie Writing Activity <\/a>by The Educators’ Spin On It<\/p>\n\n\n\nBeginning Sounds: Do You Know The Cookie Baker? <\/a>by Growing Book by Book<\/p>\n\n\n\nCookie Math Games for Preschoolers <\/a>by Life Over C’s<\/p>\n\n\n\nMicrowave Puffy Paint Gingerbread Men<\/a> by Still Playing School<\/p>\n\n\n\nMini Pear Banana Cookie Crisp <\/a>by Capri + 3<\/p>\n\n\n\nLooking for more ideas this holiday season? Try this 50+ Gingerbread Activities for Kids<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
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- Trace and draw a gingerbread cookie – this is great for fine motor skills.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Write a sentence using the sight words my and cans<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Use an exclamation point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Materials Needed<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Brown butcher paper or Packing Paper<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Kwik Stix (our new favorite fast drying tempera paint) or Markers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Directions to Make the Giant Gingerbread Cookie Writing Activity <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
1. Have one child lay down on the brown paper. Trace loosely around them, leaving a generous space around them to create a more “cookie” like drawing.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n2. Color in the gingerbread cookie. Talk about how you ice real cookies, the colors used, and the parts of the body you are coloring in. WORDS MATTER!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Write a sentence above or below the giant gingerbread cookie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For younger kids:<\/u> have them tell you what the gingerbread cookie can do and the adult writes the sentence, saying each word as they write it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For children learning to write<\/u>: Write the words on a separate piece of paper and allow them to copy each word onto the giant gingerbread paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/p>\n\n\n\nOR let them write the words My and the beginning sound of gingerbread. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It would look like this
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<\/p>\n\n\n\nThen the adult writes gingerbread cookie, saying the words out loud as they write. The child then writes the word can and completes the sentence with kid spelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For children confident with writing:<\/u> let them write the sentence on their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Great Gingerbread Cookie Books
<\/h3>\n\n\n\nHere are some great gingerbread cookie books <\/a>to read before or after you make your giant gingerbread.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nMORE COOKIE THEME Activities from The Early Childhood Education Team. #TeachECE <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Giant Gingerbread Cookie Writing Activity <\/a>by The Educators’ Spin On It<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beginning Sounds: Do You Know The Cookie Baker? <\/a>by Growing Book by Book<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cookie Math Games for Preschoolers <\/a>by Life Over C’s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Microwave Puffy Paint Gingerbread Men<\/a> by Still Playing School<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mini Pear Banana Cookie Crisp <\/a>by Capri + 3<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking for more ideas this holiday season? Try this 50+ Gingerbread Activities for Kids<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n