The Gingerbread Man

On Friday, Miss McKenna and the Room 2 children read The Gingerbread Man.  The children loved the story and also loved the idea of making gingerbread men like The Little Old Woman and The Little Old Man in the story.  So today, Ms Chan, Ms C and the Room 2 children made gingerbread men together . . .

Cooking together is always a rich learning experience for young children.  It involves the senses, leading to descriptive oral language from the children.

This activity was also a meaningful opportunity to practice counting, with the children passing the bowl around the table for stirring, counting to 10 for each child to have their turn.  We also had to measure out the ingredients, which was another opportunity to explore maths.

And of course, making gingerbread was lots of fun!  The children loved the process of transforming the raw ingredients into something yummy that they could eat!