Imagine, as a child, walking into a classroom filled with gingerbread, and buzzing with holiday excitement! You can make this a reality for your students with almost no prep with our Gingerbread Day classroom transformation. Let's take a sneak peek into a classroom turned gingerbread house.
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Step-by-Step Guide to a Gingerbread Transformation
Just how to transform your classroom into a life-sized gingerbread house? Start with the schedule, which has all activities (for every subject area) laid out for you!
The schedule also includes a suggested materials preparation list, read aloud suggestions and activities for:
- Morning work
- Reading
- Science & Social Studies
- Writing
- Centers
- Brain breaks
- Snack
- Behavior management
- Art
- …and more!
A Closer Look
Let's take a dive into a couple of these sweet activities.
$100 Gingerbread House
Students will love being able to spend $100 to create their dream gingerbread house…and won't actually spend a penny. What a fun way to practice addition!
History of Gingerbread Reading Passage
How did gingerbread cookies cement their spot in history? Find out witn the close reading passage complete with color coded prompts.
Gingerbread Bakery Dump
Take a meaningful break with this bump partner game, focusing on 2-digit addition and subtraction.
Digital Nonfiction Gingerbread Book
Take your students on a digital storytelling stroll with this nonfiction Google Slides story, “The Story of the Largest Gingerbread Village”. Students will love hearing about Jon Lovitch, the architect of an annual gingerbread village.
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Peek into a Classroom Gingerbread House
Decor Ideas
You will find numerous decor inspiration ideas to bring your life-sized gingerbread house to life. Some items can be printed, crafted by students, or even purchased if you prefer. You can find the complete decor list on All Access, ready to download below. But first, here’s a categorized list of decor ideas for you to explore:
On All Access
- Directed drawings – have students create these before the special day to hang around the classroom.
Printable or Crafted
- Paper gingerbread people or houses
- Gingerbread garland
- Pastel balloons – they look like gumdrops!
- Brown butcher paper – cover the walls to create the gingerbread feel.
- Paper plates – Paint them like peppermints.
Optional Purchases
- Gingerbread & candy cane decor – check your local dollar store.
Tips for Smooth Implementation
Classroom transformations can be done in so many ways! Here are some top tips for your gingerbread day:
- Spread out the fun: Do a few gingerbread activities over a few days to a week instead of all at once.
- Managing Behavior: Even your behavior can be themed to fit the day! Try this gingerbread cookie behavior system!
Learning Connections
Because we are teachers ourselves, we know you cannot stray completely away from academics for the day. Because of this, our gingerbread transformation is packed with standards- based activities that will still engage your young learners. Let's peek at a few of these activities.
Read Aloud & Activities
This classroom transformation pack is loaded with comprehension activities that will pair well with any gingerbread themed book.
STEAM
Level up the excitement with gingerbread themed science experiments.
Build a Holiday House
Read this little booklet and then have students work on the challenge of building their own earthquake-proof house.
Dissolving Gingerbread
Which liquid will dissolve a gingerbread cookie fastest? Your students will get to find out!
Everything You Need!
With one click you can have everything you need to transform your classroom into a gingerbread haven…and that is how the cookie crumbles!
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