Gingerbread Centers and Activities for Pre-K & Kindergarten

$10.00

Looking for gingerbread-themed centers? Designed with Pre-K, Transitional Kindergarten, and Kindergarten in mind, these centers will give you a variety of themed activities and options for your students.

Most importantly, they will help your kiddos strengthen important math and literacy skills along the way!

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This pack is filled with engaging math and literacy centers for Pre-K and Kindergarten students with a gingerbread theme!

LITERACY CENTERS AND ACTIVITIES:

“Colorful Gumdrops” Easy Reader (2 levels) – Print a simple label style version, or one with a predictable sentence pattern. Copy two-sided and cut in half for two books!

Gingerbread/Gumdrop Alphabet Puzzles – Match the gingerbread man letters to their gumdrops. Both upper and lowercase versions included (can also mix and match).

Name Tracing Strips (Editable!) – Make these for your students and laminate them or put them in a sheet protector. With dry erase markers they can trace their names over and over! 

Gumdrop CVC Words (2 levels) – Pick a gingerbread card and look at the picture on it. Find and color the matching CVC word gumdrop. 2nd version includes the words on the card to make it a visual discrimination/matching activity and self-checking.

Gumdrop Sight Word Puzzles (Editable!) – Put two halves together to make a whole sight word. Optional recording sheet included. Add your own letters, words, or names for your class! 

Gumdrop ABC’s – Pick a gingerbread card and say the letter name. Find and color the gumdrop with the matching letter. Both upper and lowercase options included.

Gumdrop Letter Sounds (2 levels) – Pick a gingerbread card and say the picture name. Find and trace the letter that makes that sound. Second version includes the matching letter written on the card for visual discrimination/matching.

Gingerbread Write It (Write the Room) – Pick a card (gingerbread related items). Find and record the word next to its matching picture on the recording sheet.

Letters Write and Wipe Cards – Print and laminate. With a dry erase marker kids can practice writing letters Aa-Zz.

MATH CENTERS AND ACTIVITIES:

Gingerbread Ten Frame Clip Cards – Clip the number that shows how many gumdrops are in the ten frames (0-10)

Gumdrop Number Word Clip Cards – Clip the number that matches the number word shown on the gumdrop (0-10)

What Comes Next, Gingerbread Man? (2 levels) – Pick a gingerbread card and read the number. Color the gumdrop that shows the number that comes AFTER. Two sets, 0-10 and 10-20.

What Comes Before, Gingerbread Man? (2 levels) – Pick a gingerbread card and read the number. Color the gumdrop that shows the number that comes BEFORE. Two sets, 1-11 and 11-21.

Gingerbread/Gumdrop Counting Puzzles – Count the gumdrops and match them to their gingerbread numbers (1-12).

Gingerbread/Gumdrop Addition Puzzles – Solve the addition problem on the gumdrops and match them to their gingerbread numbers (addition to 5).

Cookie Count – Pick a card. Count the cookies on the cookie sheet. Find the letter of that cookie sheet and record how many on the gumdrop.

Cookie Addition – Pick a card. Count the cookies on each half of the tray. Find the letter of that cookie sheet and record the equation in the box.

Gumdrop Shape Tally – Roll the die. Put a tally in the box next to the shape of the gingerbread man’s gumdrops. See which shape gets the most! *Inserts included if you use your own plastic sleeve dice.

Gumdrop Roll and Graph – Roll the die. Draw the shape or color the box above it to show the shape you rolled. See which shape gets to the top first! *Inserts included if you use your own plastic sleeve dice.

How Many Gumdrops? (2 levels) – Pick a gumdrop card. Read the number and fill in a ten frame to match. Second level is played with 20 frames.

Numbers Write and Wipe Cards – Print and laminate. With a dry erase marker kids can practice writing numbers 0-9.

Gingerbread Addition Spin – Use a paperclip and a pencil to spin each gingerbread spinner. Add the numbers together (use the number line if needed) and color a gumdrop with the sum.

Black and White Copies of color items are included at the end of the file.

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What educators are saying:

My students were very excited for these gingerbread centers. Many of them fit into task boxes and make perfect morning work activities for my little learners.
— Michele F.

This gingerbread unit was so much fun. Thanks for simple, cute and effective centers for KDG students. You have so many developmental activities. You can’t go wrong with any of The Kindergarten Connection products. Win-win!
— Sarah M.

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