When she arrived at school, Ms. Lawder told the children she smelled gingerbread in our Classroom. She found our Gingerbread Man sleeping in the playhouse! As she approached, she stumbled and made a noise accidentally waking him up — she couldn’t catch him as he ran out the door. The children know he is still in the school! The hunt continues!
They met with Ms. Guzzo’s class and planned who they needed to talk to on their hunt. Then they set off to find their Gingerbread Man!!

Watch the video below to see where the hunt took the Kindergartens!

The children made their Gingerbread Man today. I must say….he was a handsome looking fellow. They popped their little man in the oven and went to the Library. They were rubbing their hands together gleefully as they awaited their ‘gingery’ snack. I remained well hidden and was beside myself with worry.

When they went to pick up their snack…..imagine their suprise (and MINE!) when they discovered an open oven door and crumbs leading from the scene! By George, he did it — He ESCAPED! (scroll down for the pictures!)
The children hunted all over the school for their cookie, many teachers, staff and children had seen him and told the children which way he had gone. I think the little guy must have a great set of ears as he always managed to avoid them. As hunting didn’t seem to work the children decided that tomorrow they will make Wanted Posters to post around the school hoping someone might find their Gingerbread Man. Ms. Lawder told them she thought they’d scared him with all their talk about eating him (man ‘o man she has that right!!).

Today the children were very excited!  At the end of last week they decided that they really must taste some Gingerbread so they are going to make some Gingerbread dough and then bake their own Gingerbread Man. They keep saying “YUM, YUM.”I really feel badly for the poor fellow they are about to make. I must say the day was rather unsettling for me. You should have heard them as they made their dough…. “I want the head!”, “I want an arm.” It really was quite horrible. Don’t they know we have feelings?? They are making their Gingerbread Man tomorrow. I must think of a plan…

Hi! I’ve just popped by from Gingerbread Land and I thought I’d tell you what I’ve seen happening at South Slope. The Kindergarten children have been listening to many variations of my story! Oh my, this sends shivers up my spine! They are loving comparing and contrasting the different tales — you should ask them to tell you about all the people and animals that have tried to eat me. They have discovered that the fox is often the trickster (man ‘o man, I wish I had known that earlier!!) and that some of my fellow Gingerbread Boys talk a lot more than others! I’ve quite enjoyed listening to the children help Ms. Lawder read the books — they all chime in as she is reading and there is a chorus of “run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man!”

Several children have been so taken with my story that they have headed to the reading chair during Centres and spent their time re-telling the story in a very animated fashion. Others have borrowed a copy of the book and illustrated and written their own Gingerbread tale. I think I’ll keep watching to see what they do next!