Download a PDF file of the classic tale The Gingerbread Man, with reading and activities for third graders. Learn about the gingerbread man, the old woman, the cow, the horse, the fox, and the river. There are 11 printable pages with pictures from the story of The Gingerbread Man in either black and white or color.
Materials: paper, printer, crayons or something else to color with (for b&w print version) Instructions: Click on the link of your choice (below) to print the Gingerbread Man story page. Make your own copy of The Gingerbread Man folktale with this printable book. Color the illustrations, bind the pages, and read or act out the story with your students.
Once there lived an old man, an old woman, and a little boy. One day, the old woman was baking bread. With the dough that was left over, she made a Gingerbread Man with the little boy's help.
The old woman made the shape of the Gingerbread Man. The boy put two black currants as his eyes, and a red cherry as the nose, a crescent-shaped apple slice as the smiley mouth, and three grapes as. Down the street ran the little gingerbread boy.
After him ran the little old woman and the little old man. "Stop, stop, little gingerbread boy!" they cried. With delightful illustrations and simple text, this gingerbread man storybook will delight primary school children.
Print as a PDF or use the e. Then one day, Mrs Baker made a little gingerbread man to cheer them both up. He had jolly jelly buttons and a big icing smile.
Dusting the flour from her hands, she popped him into the oven But to Mr and Mrs Baker's surprise, when the tray came out, the gingerbread man leaped up onto the table, and began skipping through the sugar! Once upon a time, an old couple were baking gingerbread. They mixed flour and butter, molasses, sugar and eggs, and cut some of the mixture into the shape of a little man. They popped currants where his eyes and nose should be, and made a cheeky smile out of sugar icing.
Grab this free gingerbread man story printable to use with emergent readers. Includes an emphasis on sight words and extra gingerbread activities.