Gingerbread Family For Kindergarten ESL

 This resource is included in the Family Unit for Kindergarten-Holistic English Series #8. LINK: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Family-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-8-6126315

Plan a lesson with the Gingerbread family to provide a fun and familiar theme to captivate your students' attention.  It will support cultural awareness in the classroom.

 Print the Gingerbread family Flashcards to review the key family-related vocabulary.

Use the flashcards for comprehension checks.

Teacher: Who is this?

Students: Brother!

Teacher: Yes, the Gingerbread brother!

Lay out the family members flashcards on a table, shout out a word of a Gingerbread person, and have students race to slam the correct card. The student that slams first will keep the card. The winner is the one with the most flashcards.

Play pass and say! Students stand in line, one next to another. One student grabs a flashcard, says the name and passes it to another student. Students keep going until all the cards have been passed until the last student.

Incorporate the practice of key vocabulary related to the face as a way to enhance their communication skills.

Show the different parts of the face or body of the Gingerbread person using a pointer and have the students name them: What’s this?

Students: The mouth!

Paste the small cards on cardboard and create a poster for your class to serve as decoration and as a visual aid.

Print double cards and have students play memory.

Integrate literacy by using the pocket charts to write the family words using the gingerbread letters in the resource.

Playing games encourages cooperation.

 Gingerbread Family Board Game. Print the templates, find the dice and prepare the player pieces. Each player rolls the dice and moves forward along the simple path. Depending on where they land, they will say the family member's name: Gingerbread Dad!

The first player to go to the finish space wins.

The cup game is perfect to encourage collaboration, to build listening and speaking skills as players describe the family members. Tape the words onto cups. Students will place the cup on top of each person.

This is a hands-on activity. Cut a large opening for the “mouth” where students can insert the family cards. Students then need to say the word and "feed" the Gingerbread Person.

Create your own set of finger puppets for the Gingerbread family

Show each puppet one by one. Students can name them.

Students can create their puppets. Many of them will feel more comfortable speaking through a puppet. Ask them to move a puppet and say: This Gingerbread Mom.

 

 

Worksheets can provide structured practice. Students will color the word of the images of Gingerbread family members as you dictate:

Color the word mom blue!

Students color each family member in the same color.

Worksheets allow students to practice in a fun way. They will follow the path to matching grandpa to grandma. When that is done, say a command and students do the action accordingly.

Teacher: Circle Gingerbread Mom.

If you need extra support for not translating, use the commands flashcards that I have included in the resource, such as circle, underline and check.

 

 I do have a lot more commands in this resource. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Classroom-Commands-Flashcards-1816475

 

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