Have fun teaching about the gingerbread man in Spanish with your students or bilingual kids. There are also a few animated versions available on YouTube.- The last two appear to be translated from English. Three Pigs and a Gingerbread By Hilary Robinson.The Gingerbread Boy By Richard Egielski.The Gingerbread Man Loose in the SchoolBy Laura Murray.The Gingerbread Pirates By Kristen Kladstrup.The Gingerbread Cowboy By Janet Squires.The Gingerbread Girl By Lisa Campbell Ernst.La tortilla corredora By Laura Herrera (similar story but about a tortilla)Įnglish language Gingerbread Books would be great if you had English time, could collaborate with an ESL or media teacher to read another version of the story in English.El conchito fuguitivo By James Luna (similar story but about a pig).El hombre de pan de jengibre (Bilingual) By Catherine McCafferty.El muñeco de jengibre By Jim Aylesworth (Also available in Scholastic’s Club Leo).I have compiled a list of both languages. There are lots of English language options but not so many Spanish options. You can find our S panish book study and activities for the ‘El muñeco de jengibre’ here.īooks to read during a gingerbread man unit: write your own version of the gingerbread man and share it with the class.eating gingerbread cookies and graphing who ate what body part of the body first.decorate gingerbread houses (we used milk containers and graham crackers.).

go on a gingerbread man hunt around the school.Kids love reading different versions of the gingerbread man story and talking about their favorite parts. This is a great story to use for a variety of focuses likes story sequence, comparing and contrasting different versions and character traits. Since the story about the gingerbread man isn’t specifically related to Christmas (or any other holiday for that matter) it is a great story to share during December each year. It is a great story that many revisit every year as a holiday tradition and perfect for schools or classrooms where you will not be teaching about specific winter holidays like Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa. It is fun to teach about the gingerbread man in your class, it is a story that could be used in a variety of classrooms, both Spanish Immersion Pre-K thru.

The Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires