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Gingerbread Count
Submitted by Julie
Cove a piece of cardboard with aluminum foil (to make it look like a cookie sheet) and paste several gingerbread men on it. Write a different number on each gingerbread man. Let your children count out a corresponding number of gumdrops (or cheerios) and put on each one. This is a great fun math lesson
Why Was the Gingerbread Man Afraid to Get Wet?

Discuss with your children Why the Gingerbread Man Afraid to Get Wet. Then show examples of things that disintegrate in water
*A Gingerbread Man
*sugar cube
*Packing Peanuts
*Pudding Mix
*For added emphasis show some items that do not dissolve
Match the Buttons
Submitted by an Unknown Friend
Cut out sets of One big and one little Gingerbread people out of cardboard or poster board. On the small one put a set number of buttons (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) Let your children put buttons on the big ones in order to make it look the same as the little one.
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