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!