Terabith Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 We've been reading about the Gingerbread Man at preschool. Today we baked gingerbread men. And women! My watch says that I earned 24 exercise minutes doing this. We learned valuable lessons like: just because crisco looks like vanilla frosting does NOT mean that it tastes like it. We compared the taste of white and brown sugar. Well, some of us. Some of us were still burned about the crisco, even though I told them it tasted greasy and like plastic. We smelled ginger and cinnamon and nutmeg. The kids said ginger smelled like pineapple, which I can kinda see, and nutmeg smelled like watermelon, which I think was being silly. They tasted molasses. We learned that mixers are loud, and stirring is hard work, and how to crack and separate an egg. They decorated them with eyes and currants today. Tomorrow we'll add frosting, and we will see if they run away. (Spoiler alert, I'm pretty sure they will.) It was interesting to see the difference between the one kid who clearly bakes a ton at home and all the rest of the kids, who had never seen a rolling pin before and had no idea how they worked. I've just finished my eight step scavenger hunt clues. Hopefully they will have fun and not be traumatized. I'm a bit worried because I have one kid who is super skeptical and when we read the story keeps asking, "But HOW does it come to life?" I'm a little concerned that cookies that disappear and leave scavenger hunt clues might weird him out bigly, but we will see. 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Junie Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I love them!! Great job! (And so many lessons learned.) :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Preschoolers are literally my favorite humans, and I really miss being around them. DD says she would like to start a family in the next 4-5 years, and I cannot wait to have a preschooler to play with and cook with and read stories to. They are amazing, wonderful, crazy little aliens and I love them so much. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Corraleno said: Preschoolers are literally my favorite humans, and I really miss being around them. DD says she would like to start a family in the next 4-5 years, and I cannot wait to have a preschooler to play with and cook with and read stories to. They are amazing, wonderful, crazy little aliens and I love them so much. They really are!!! And I love my class so much. I had most of them last year and looped up with them this year, which has been amazing. Edited January 10 by Terabith 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Kate Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I want to be a fly on the wall in your classroom (or heck, maybe I would even like to join in!!). You seem to be a great teacher and what a fun activity for a group of preschoolers. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Oh my goodness, that photo 😄 Love it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolate-chip chooky Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I'm so glad we got to see the gingerbread men before they are frosted. Goodness it's making me laugh. I *adore* that age group. I work with adults now, in teacher training, but prior to that I worked in Montessori 0-3 and 3-6. 3-4yr old are my favourite age. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 I love this so much. 💕 One of my favorite childhood books was basically the same story, only with a pancake as the main character! I love picture books and preschoolers and and all the fun activities that go along with them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 This is the cutest thing ever! How can you stand it!? 😂😍 I'm considering my next moves in life and this is making me want to work with this age group, so precious! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 We frosted today. I couldn’t get a picture because I was so busy, but honestly, frosting kinda detracted. They had SO MUCH FUN figuring out the clues and finding where they were hidden. It was adorable!!! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 16 hours ago, Terabith said: I'm a bit worried because I have one kid who is super skeptical and when we read the story keeps asking, "But HOW does it come to life?" Why not tell him it's just a story, and that things happen in stories/books/movies that don't happen in real life? That's really good information for kids to have as they read about frogs turning into princes, puppets turning into boys, the Monkey's Paw bringing the dead back to life . . . okay, they won't encounter that last one for a while, but the point stands. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, katilac said: Why not tell him it's just a story, and that things happen in stories/books/movies that don't happen in real life? That's really good information for kids to have as they read about frogs turning into princes, puppets turning into boys, the Monkey's Paw bringing the dead back to life . . . okay, they won't encounter that last one for a while, but the point stands. Oh, we have talked about that a LOT. He’s just a generally kind of anxious and cynical kid, and I worried a bit that he would be frightened by the spillover from “character that comes to life in fictional narrative that is pretend” into “cookies he helped make and decorated disappearing and leaving scavenger hunt clues in real life.” He was freaked out last year by the tricky leprechaun (that I didn’t even do but other classes did). But he handled it like a champ! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 (edited) 22 hours ago, Terabith said: Oh, we have talked about that a LOT. He’s just a generally kind of anxious and cynical kid, and I worried a bit that he would be frightened by the spillover from “character that comes to life in fictional narrative that is pretend” into “cookies he helped make and decorated disappearing and leaving scavenger hunt clues in real life.” He was freaked out last year by the tricky leprechaun (that I didn’t even do but other classes did). But he handled it like a champ! I remember the tricky leprechaun story! Edited January 11 by katilac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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