Reception - The Gingerbread Man

These topic plans will give you plenty of ideas and inspiration for getting your children immersed in the Gingerbread Man outdoors! Your children will have the opportunity to use the story to provide context for new learning enquiries based on ideas from the plot, using the 7 main principles of play and outdoor activities!

Lesson Plans

The Gingerbread Man enhancement plan

Get your children engaging with your outdoor provision by exploring water through floating and bridge building, and creating characters from the story. Each of these themed play ideas also offer adult-led learning opportunities to deepen children’s learning through hands-on exploration.

Lines of enquiry:

How can we help The Gingerbread Man cross the water?
Where has The Gingerbread Man been?
How could The Gingerbread Man have ended differently?
How can we get across bodies of water?

The Gingerbread Man activity bank

These outdoor activities give your children the opportunity to investigate the way the Gingerbread Man travels in the story and explore further how they can adapt and change this using your outdoor space. All paper resources included to make bringing these activities to life quick and easy!

Lines of enquiry:

How can we help The Gingerbread Man escape?
How can The Gingerbread Man travel faster?
Which materials would make the best boat for a gingerbread man?
Where did the gingerbread man go?
How do we bake a Gingerbread Man?

Reception Topic Planning Guidance

Use this guidance document alongside our planning to ensure you are able to use them in a way that works for your setting and get the most from the plans.

Before you get started

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