Evaluation

The rendition of this story is fantastic. One of my favorite parts of this book is the repetition and the rhyming that takes place across the pages. “I’ll run and I’ll run with a leap and a twirl. You can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread girl! I also think that in some ways this book is meant to capture the strength of a woman in all her glory. The gingerbread girl successfully leaps past the horsemen, the artist, the cows, the dogs, the children and ties up the wolf. She is brave and she is witty. The best part of this story is that she manages to stay alive at the end of her story. Ironically, she is baking and mixing with the crowd and they watch her in awe. In my classroom, I hope to read at least one or two gingerbread stories in the hopes that my students can create thell their own. You may choose to tell this story on a felt board through storytelling. In addition, you may have the children create their own cut out gingerbread man or woman. What would they look like if they were made of gingerbread. The teacher may decide to have the students take a big “cookie” home to decorate with their parents or it may be an individual project that takes place in the classroom.