G is For Gingerbread - Day 3 & 4

I just realized how behind I was on my Learning Fun posts! I never finished posting our G is for Gingerbread activities and we are already in to S is for Snow, Snowflake & Snowman! :(

Here are a few more of our G is for Gingerbread activities:

Day 3 consisted of making Gingerbread Cookies (I forgot to take pics of our final products before I let the girls eat them!)

The girls had fun using the cookie cutters to make the Gingerbread Men. We also used Alphabet Cutters to make their nicknames because I did not want to make too many of the Gingerbread Men. I didn't wnat to get stuck decorating tons of them, lol!

We used Little tubes of colored icing to make eyes, a nose, a mouth and some buttons on most of them. The Lil Divas made 1 special one each. They turned them into Gingerbread Girls with hair and clothes! :) So cute!

We also visited Starfall's Gingerbread Man online activity which was very cute! You get to decorate a Gingerbread Man but I think the girls fave part was the end! The final product is animated and he runs and jumps all over the screen - we watched it over and over!

Day 4 - Gingerbread Alphabet Match Activity courtesy of childcareland.com

I printed out the pieces and laminated them for durabilty. I only used the lower case letter circles because the girls know their upper case letters and I wanted to review matching the lower case letters to their upper case counter part. Both upper and lower case letters are available via the link for use as needed. This is a free printable and it's in color & very cute! I love when I find good resources that are also FREE!

Day 5 Wrap-up coming soon!

Bern

G is for Gingerbread - Lacing, Tracing & Matching Fun

Feeling a bit better today than yesterday so I actually laminated some things & we got to playing!

Here's what we did today:

1. Gingerbread Cookie Matching/Memory Game - we used these cute cookie cards  from prekinders.com . The girls really enjoy these matching/memory games & we played several rounds!

2. Letter G Puzzle - I showed them the laminated G first so they could see how it was supposed to look. Then I gave them the pieces and let them put the puzzle together. The Littlest Diva used the original to help her form the letter but The Oldest Diva did it one her own by trial and error to make it a bit more challenging for her.

3. Letter Gg Tracing -  I printed the Letter Gg template from kidslearningstation.com. I went over the proper way to trace both letters (one at a time) and the girls went to work! They are so hardworking and serious when they are writing - they are just too cute!!

4. Letter G Lacing  - I laminated a large letter G and used a hole puncher to punch holes all around. The girls then laced it up in a variety of ways.

G is for Gingerbread - Gingerbread Girls Galore

Since I wasn't feeling well today I picked 2 of the more simple activities to do with the Lil Divas!

Activity #1:
I cut out large construction paper Gingerbread templates and let them decorate (planned on doing the foam ones but the hubby stored my goodies away in the attic for some crazy reason!) - they had fun creating their Gingerbread looks! Both opted to make Gingerbread Girls - go figure! :)

Activity #2:
They worked on the Little Dover Gingerbread Sticker Books. Bri created a Gingerbread Girl and Jas made a Gingerbread House scene!

Book:
The Gingerbread Pirates

Both girls enjoyed the simple yet fun activities and it gave me a bit of quiet time to sit with them while they worked on something they could do independently! :)

Below are some pics,
Bern



Lil Divas Learning Fun - G is for Gingerbread Theme

The Lil Divas still have a week left of vacation so we are going to spend time playing with new toys (of course!) and doing some fun crafts and activties!

My theme for the week is Gingerbread - so much fun to be had!

Stories we will be reading this week:

The Gingerbread Man

The Gingerbread Boy

The Gingerbread Girl

The Gingerbread Cowboy

Gingerbread Baby

Gingerbread friends

Library Gingerbread Man

Gingerbread Pirates

Our crafts & activities:

We typically do 2 activities a day!

Here are all my ideas & resources in 1 place for you! 

1. Decorating Foam Gingerbread Figures - we will use stickers and/or markers, I usally let them use whatever thay want. This type of craft is easy to prepare for (I got the felt cut outs from a nearby Dollar Tree Store) and super easy but fun to do for the Lil Divas!

2. Little Dover Gingerbread Activity Books - the Lil Divas love all things sticker related & they really enjoy Little Dover stickers books. These are small, easy to do and I used the buy 3 get 1 free deal on Amazon so they were even less than the minor $1.50 price.

3. Gingerbread File Folder Game courtesy of Preschool Printables (thanks!)

4. Gingerbread Cookies (of course!)

5. Visit Starfall.com and enjoy their Gingerbread Activity

6. g is for gingerbread tracing page courtesy of Maiking Learning Fun (thanks!)

7. Play-doh Gingerbread Shape Fun - we will use cookie cutters & just have fun

8. Gingerbread Baby Activities coloring page, board game and intercative create your own gingerbread baby house (this one is an online activity) courtesy of the Jan Brett webpage - some great activities can be found on the Jan Brett Website to accompany her books!

9. Make a Gingerbread House (messy, sticky, yummy fun)

10. Gingerbread Matching Game (courtesy of Prekinders.com) I printed out 2 copies of the sheets, glued them on cardstock and then laminated them for durability. We will use them as a fun matching game.

11. Gingerbread Alphabet Match (courtesy of earlylearning.com) Great Lower Case & Upper Case Letter Review - glue on cardstock and laminate for durability

12. Gingerbread Beginning Sounds Activity - I printed these story pictures - Page 1 and Page 2 (used from pre-kpages.com - an awesome resource!) to use with our magnetic letters

13. Gingerbread Math - I traced around one of the cookie cutter gingerbread shapes and cut out numerous templates. I then took 10 paper plates and numbered them 1 thru 10. The girls will have read the number on the plate and then put the correct number of gingerbread men on each plate.

14. Gg Template Page (courtesy of dltk-kids.com) - I plan on just letting the girls decorate the letters with stickers or color them.

15. Letter G Puzzle - I made a big letter G template, colored & laminated and cut it into pieces to make a puzzle. The girls have to sort the pieces back together to make the letter. I keep a copy of the drawing/template I used for them to use initially then after a few tries I take it away and they put it together alone.

16. Letter G Sewing Card - I use the same puzzle template to make a sewing card by gluing it on cardstock, laminating and then punching holes in it

17. Letter Gg Tracing Page (courtesy of kidslearningstation.com)

18. Connect the Dots Gingerbread Man (#1-21) - (courtesy of kidzone) I help them go in order but this is great for number recognition practice & counting

** new addition 12/28/10**

19. Felt Gingerbread - got some felt today at the craft store and some yarn & will make an attempt at letting the lil divas "sew" some gingerbread men! We'll see how it goes! :)