Danielle's Storytime Tales and More: Toddler Storytime: December 4: The Gingerbread Man

(Reminder note: When it is time to read a story, I read the titles of three books and then display them. The children pick which one we read. The ones listed below are the ones they picked.)

Opening song: (Tune: The Farmer in the Dell")

We tap hola like this

We tap ho la like this

Hi-ho cherry

We tap hola like this

Continue with other verses:

We drop hola like this...

We circle hola like this...

We spin hola like this...

We toss hola like this..

We roll hola like this....

We stomp hola like this...

Modified version of "Roly Poly" song from the Mother Goose Club

Story: "The Gingerbread Baby" by Jan Brett

Shaker song:

"Five Little Gingerbread”

Five little gingerbread men in a row
(Hold up five fingers, waving back & forth)
Not gonna' eat one no, no, no.
(Shake finger and head side to side) But they look so sweet from head to toe
(Hand binoculars at eyes, touch head, then toes) Crunch, munch... uh-oh!
(Slap thighs on crunch, clap hands on munch, then put hands over mouth on uh-oh)

Four little gingerbread men in a row
(Hold up four fingers, waving back & forth)
Not gonna' eat one no, no, no.
(Shake finger and head side to side) But they look so sweet from head to toe
(Hand binoculars at eyes, touch head, then toes) Crunch, munch... uh-oh!
(Slap thighs on crunch, clap hands on munch, then put hands over mouth on uh, oh)

Continue until...

No little gingerbread men in a row Wasn't gonna' eat one, no, no, no But they looked so sweet that it's sad to tell
(Binoculars on sweet, then index fingers run down cheeks to represent tears on sad)
Crunch..munch... oh, well! (Slap thighs once, clap once, then throw hands up and shrug shoulders)

Action Song:

“The Gingerbread Man”
(Tune: "The Muffin Man")

Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Man? Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man, Who ran and ran and ran?

He said, "Catch me if you can, If you can, if you can." He said, "Catch me if you can," Then ran and ran and ran.

I can run like the Gingerbread Man. Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Man. I can run like the Gingerbread Man, Now catch me if you can.

Dance with me around the room (The children and parents stand up and line up behind me. I use an oatmeal container as a drum.):
1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, kick, kick
1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, spin, spin
1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, hop, hop
1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, fly, fly
1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, walk sideways, walk sideways
1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, walk backwards, walk backwards
Hop all the way back to your spot.

Story: "The Stinky Cheese Man" by Jon Sieszka and Lane Smith

Shaker song:

“Gingerbread Boy”
(Tune: "Row, Row, Row, Your Boat")

Eat, eat, your Gingerbread Boy, Before he runs away. Faster, faster, faster please, Don't let him get away!

Catch, catch the Gingerbread Boy, Catch him, yes, today. Faster, faster, faster still, For he has run away.

Say bye-bye to the Gingerbread Boy. Say good-bye today. Say so long for he is gone. The fox ate him today.

Goodbye Song:

(Tune: "The Farmer in the Dell")

We tap adios like this

Hi-ho cherry

We tap adios like this

Continue with other verses:

We drop adios like this...

We circle adios like this...

We spin adios like this...

We toss adios like this...

We roll adios like this...

We stomp adios like this...

Craft Time: Two gingerbread crafts in one
Part of the original idea came from artsymomma.com.

Materials: