As part of our approach to winter break we enjoyed stories and drawing the gingerbread man. One grade also did a scavenger hunt around the school looking for him as he ran from the classroom to the office… and then back to the classroom where they found a bag of skittles ready to add as buttons for a lucky cookie waiting in the library. Students decorated their gingerbread and shared their favorite version of the books we read about him.

To warm up for the gingerbread activities we used the cocoa and gingerbread bitroom I made a few years ago. A local bakery made us 100 cookies and parents donated the toppings. “Best day ever,” according to one second grader.