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Gingerbread theme for 2 year olds: a week of activities

A gingerbread theme lesson plan for 2 year olds: what a day looks like, then the week's circle time (about five minutes, standing up for the song), books, craft, song, snack, letter and outside time, each with what changes at this age.

Plan this week for 2 year oldsThe whole gingerbread week

A day of the gingerbread theme with 2 year olds

  1. Arrival, hands washed, free play.
  2. Circle (about five minutes): hello song, then “Why did the gingerbread man run away?” and sing “pat-a-cake”.
  3. Craft with a grown-up pouring and cutting: gingerbread person.
  4. Snack: Banana Oat Cookies.
  5. Outside: run, run, as fast as you can.
  6. Read Fox and the Hen, the same book again tomorrow.
  7. Rest, then color the letter G picture page.

Gingerbread circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “Why did the gingerbread man run away?”
  4. Sing: Pat-a-Cake.
  5. Read: The Gingerbread Man (read aloud).

Twos: about five minutes; stand up for the song.

Gingerbread theme books

  • The Gingerbread Man (read aloud, level 5): A read-aloud: the old tale, with the line children shout along.
  • Fox and the Hen (level 1, free on peabody.kids): A kinder fox, to compare with the one in the tale.
  • A Bun for Fran (level 2, free on peabody.kids): A bun to share, for the bakery corner.

Gingerbread craft: Gingerbread person

You need (4): a brown card person (grown-up cuts), crayons, buttons or stickers, glue stick.

  1. Draw the face.
  2. Glue on buttons or stickers.
  3. Give your gingerbread person a name.

With a grown-up. No heat, nothing hot.

Twos: a grown-up pours the paint and holds the glue.

Gingerbread song: Pat-a-Cake

The words

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man, Bake me a cake as fast as you can; Pat it and prick it and mark it with B, And put it in the oven for baby and me.

Traditional; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.

Gingerbread snack

Banana Oat Cookies from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Letter G activities

GgG is for gingerbread. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

Twos: the picture page only; color it and say the word.

Outside activity: Run, run, as fast as you can

A chasing game: the gingerbread runners run to the fence; the fox (a grown-up) walks slowly after them.

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Checked 2026-10-30