Written by Ruth Galloway
ISBN: 978-1-848-57174-7
With Christmas right around the corner, I wanted something to reinforce basic rhythm patterns for all grade levels. I developed gingerbread men and put grade appropriate rhythm patterns on the tummy of each gingerbread man - each cookie being only 1 beat. For rhythms that are longer than 1 beat (i.e. half note, dotted quarter, etc.), I attached 2 cookies together at their hands. It will make then a little more difficult to store, but if you fold them at the hand connection or use a velcro dot, then they will store more easily.
After teaching the familiar song "Ten Little Indians" with adapted words, students are invited to create a 4-beat or 8 beat pattern while singing the song. They must complete their gingerbread pattern before we complete singing the song. Create a B Section by inviting students to say, say/play or play their rhythm patterns. Create a RONDO by moving through the patterns and repeating the song. Students must rebuild a new pattern each time we sing. This will assist in keeping students engaged that build a pattern and simply sit throughout the remainder of the song.
Repeat until the RONDO piece is complete.
I also created a set of gingerbread men simply for steady beat practice for my K classes. These are gingerbread men cookies in full color that have heart beat shapes on their tummy. Students practice tapping the gingerbread men while speaking simple holiday poems. You will receive a pack of 36 full color student-sized gingerbread men (3" x 5") along with 8 full-size teacher cards (5" x 7").
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Micheal's Craft Store has foam gingerbread men available at many store locations and online. There are 35 pre-cut shapes in each pack and come in 3 shades of brown. They are approximately 5.5" x 6.75".
CLICK HERE TO VIEW AND PURCHASE FOAM GINGERBREAD SHAPES FROM MICHAEL'S.
If you want smaller gingerbread men, and more of them, then consider using a bulletin board border and simply cut the gingerbread men apart. Write smaller rhythms on each and put into student packets. Laminate sentence strips, cut them apart and place velcro dots on the strips afterwards. Invite students to put the correct number of steady beat gingerbread men on the sentence strip as needed for the song or poem you are using in the lesson.
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CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK TEN GINGERBREAD MEN FROM AMAZON.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE A GINGERBREAD MAN FINGER PUPPET.
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