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30 Activities, Crafts, and Printables for Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett

Dec42017

December 4, 2017 by Jolanthe 3 Comments

Books by Jan Brett have been huge favorites in our house, including her story Gingerbread Baby. The illustrations are simply amazing, and there are many activities that can be done to encourage learning as we read: sequencing, learning about different animals, and so much more!

Each of our children has enjoyed Gingerbread Baby – whether a board books, a paperpack, or hardcover. Like many of our books from Jan Brett, this is one that has earned a permanent spot on our shelves for years to come. There are some books that are just timeless!

Here is a collection of ideas and printables that you can use with your kids or classroom when reading Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett.

Activities to Go-Along

Gingerbread Salt Tray // Creekside Learning
Montessori gingerbread activities // Natural Beach Living
Gingerbread cookie counting // Teach Me Mommy
Gingerbread Sensory Bin // Mrs. Plemon’s Kindergarten
Sensory rice recipe // Frogs, Snails, and Puppydog Tails
Story Stones // Rainy Day Mum
Gingerbread Hunt // Motherhood on a Dime
Gingerbread baby finger puppets // Doodles and Jots
Cloud Dough recipe // In Lieu of Preschool
Gingerbread Scavenger Hunt // Edventures with Kids
Number Hop // Toddler Approved
Felt Gingerbread Dress-up // Iowa Farmer’s Wife
Gingerbread Baby recipe // Jan Brett
Gingerbread Playdough recipe // Amazing Mess
Gingerbread frosting dough // Mrs. Plemon’s Kindergarten
Gingerbread Puppy Chow recipe – a yummy treat! // Homeschool Creations

Gingerbread Crafts

Making a gingerbread baby house // PreK Pages
Stained Glass Ornament // The Educator’s Spin On It
Paper Plate gingerbread baby // Happy Hooligans
Gingerbread splatter painting // The Preschool Toolbox
Gingerbread Baby Ornament // The Educator’s Spin on It
Fine Motor Craft // Living Montessori Now
Gingerbread Puffy Paint // Growing a Jeweled Rose
Gingerbread House ornament // Teach Me Mommy
Scented Sandpaper Ornaments // Happy Hooligans
Fingerprint Gingerbread Men // Crafy Morning
Fingerprint Gingerbread Ornament // The Educator’s Spin On It
Stuffed Gingerbread Man // Craft Project Ideas

Science Tie-ins

Gingerbread Dissolving Science // PreK Pages
Gingerbread Slime // Mrs. Plemon’s Kindergarten
Create a bridge for the gingerbread baby to cross // A Day in First Grade

Printables

Gingerbread Baby printable pack // Homeschool Creations
Gingerbread Baby unit for older kids // Homeschool Share
Christmas Cookie Even and Odd Number Sort // Homeschool Creations
Gingerbread Baby house // Jan Brett website
Gingerbread Baby board game // Jan Brett website

Read the Story Online

If you don’t have a copy of Gingerbread Baby at home, or if you’d like to do something a little different, read it online here.

Additional Literature Based Learning Ideas

Like this? Don’t miss these other literature based activity posts focused on some of our favorite children’s books.

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Goodnight Moon Sequencing Cards – Free Printable

May42017

May 4, 2017 by Jolanthe 2 Comments

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown was one of our favorite books when the kids were little. I do believe I can still quote the entire book by heart, I know it that well.

We used the book as a part of our Before Five in a Row studies and years ago I created some go-along printables for the story. Recently though I found some new clip art that was just begging to be put into something *new*. Since we have nieces and nephews, there is always an excuse to create with them! I am going to update the other printables soon, but today I wanted to share a little something new to go along with the book: the Goodnight Moon sequencing cards.

In the set, you’ll find both number sequencing and sentence strip sequencing. Your children can either work on number placement (up to 14) and number word identification or reading short sentence strips.

The number cards can be separated into three pieces: picture card, number, and number word. A set of vocabulary cards is also included in the set if you would prefer to match pictures to word cards.

Don’t forget to check out the fun activities we worked on in our Goodnight Moon unit (Kaleb looks so little in the pictures!!).

If you’re ready to work on sequencing with your kids, feel free to download by clicking the green button below.

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Are You a Ladybug – Ivy Kids Kit

Apr202017

April 20, 2017 by Jolanthe Leave a Comment

A little friend and I have been having some fun with the recent Ivy Kids kit for April based on the book Are You a Ladybug. (Can I tell you how much I really miss this kindergarten/first grade age?? Don’t get me wrong – I love the ages my kids are now, but there’s just something about picture books and the simple painting and creating that I absolutely adore.

Literature-based learning is really one of my favorite things to do with kids. Over the years we have read so many books together and extended the learning between the covers of the books with so many hands-on activities. Ivy Kids puts all of that wonderful-ness into a box, gathers all the supplies you will need, writes the lesson plans for the activities, and you and your children do the fun stuff together. What’s not to love about that?

Unboxing Our Ivy Kids Literature Kit

For those of you who aren’t familiar, the above video gives you a peek into what is in an Ivy Kids box and how they are put together.

Our Ladybug Fun

Katelyn was more than excited to see the box of goodies I brought over to use with her, and over the next few weeks we are going to explore the rest of the box together, but I wanted to give you a quick look at some of the fun things we did together already.

We worked on number identification and covered the numbers we turned over until all the spots were on the ladybug. The number cards that come with the kit – all perforated for easy take-apart (win!).

Our favorite activity so far has been recreating the life cycle stages of the ladybug. We used modeling clay to create our own bugs (these were all made by Katelyn, age 6).

We also read the book together and worked on odd and even number identification. Overall, reading the book and completing three activities today took us about 50 minutes – working on those teeny, tiny eggs from the ladybug took some concentration and time! There are still ten more activities for us to work on together, and we’ll spend time doing that later this week.

Here’s what the contents of the entire box hold:

The book Are your a Ladybug by Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries
Read along Bookmark: Use to assist with reading comprehension.
Realistic Life Cycle Figures: Learn more about the 4 stages of a ladybug’s life by exploring the realistic figures.
Ladybug Life Cycle: Match each figure to the corresponding stage of the life cycle. Use the realistic life cycle figures as models for an observational drawing.
Clay Model of the Ladybug Life Cycle: Use the colorful clay to make models of each of the 4 stages of the life cycle: eggs, larva, pupa, and adult ladybug.
Ladybug box: Use paints to decorate a cute and functional ladybug box.
Ladybug Painted Rocks: Use paints to create beautiful ladybug rocks.These adorable rocks can be used as paper weights, shelf decorations, or additions to your garden.
My Ladybug Garden: Grow your own garden and attract ladybugs with easy to grow forget-me-not seeds. Decorate your planter with ladybugs and painted rocks.
Ladybug Spots: Roll and Cover: Roll the dice, find the number on the ladybug board, and cover it with a black pom-pom.
Ladybug Paper Plate Craft: Create your own ladybug by placing the stickers onto the plate. Then find a nice spot to hang your ladybug.
Ways to Make 5 : Place different numbers of pom-poms on each side of the ladybug to make a total of 5 spots on the ladybug. How many many ways can you make 5 spots on the ladybug?
Ways to Make 10: Place different numbers of pom-poms on each side of the ladybug to make a total of 10 spots on the ladybug. How many many ways can you make 10 spots on the ladybug?
Catch the Aphids: Catch as many aphids as you can with the ladybug racers! Name the letter and letter sound on each aphid you catch! How many can you get?
Ladybug Race: Pull-back the ladybugs and then watch them go! Use the number cards to measure the distance that each ladybug traveled.
Odd or Even Spots on a Ladybug: Investigate whether a number is odd or even by dividing it equally between the two sides of a ladybug.
Ladybug Frame: Add your favorite photo to this ladybug frame and decorate.

Check Out Ivy Kids Kits for Your Family

New subscribers to Ivy Kids can save 20% using the code IVY20. Free shipping is always available for orders over $60. Don’t forget that the kits are personalized for your child, so if you have more than one child to work on the kit with, you can add on a sibling kit for $5 more!

Have you used Ivy Kids before? I’d love to hear your favorite book!

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20 Activities, Crafts, and Printables for Where the Wild Things Are

Feb132017

February 13, 2017 by Jolanthe 2 Comments

One book that’s been on our shelves for years is Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. This was one of our oldest daughter’s favorite books! Perhaps your family has read the book over and over again (believe me, I understand that!) or maybe even watched the go-along movie.

If your children are crazy over the book, here is a collection of ideas and printables that you can use with your kids or classroom when reading Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.