The Genki English Gingerbread Man Song & Christmas Play!

Plays can be a great way to end the year. Β Β It can, however, be a little tricky finding one that has a good story and easy enough English. Β Over the past few years I’ve been working on a Gingerbread Man play, and I’m very excited to say it’s finally here!

Use the Β Words, Song and game in the Teacher’s SetΒ to teach the vocab ( or “flip” the classroom and have the kids learn the words at home or on their phones using the Students’ Set)

The Play….

Then you can try the play! Β  There are many ways to try it, and here is a quick video of the simplest:

  1. Read through the picture book and mini lesson on the software.
  2. Put the kids in a circle.
  3. One person comes to the middle to sing the gingerbread man lines.
  4. Everyone else becomes the other characters.
  5. Sing the chorus with gestures.
  6. At the end they all try and eat the gingerbread man!

Here it is in action with Virginie’s kids:

The Printables….

To make the play more fun we have lots of great VIP Printables for you to try (VIP Membership is included with your Teacher’s Set) :

Including printable masks….Β 

A4 Flashcards

Minicards & a Make your own Gingerbread Man worksheet!

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The Gingerbread Picture Book!

And here is the picture book (there are two narrations on the software)

or here is the printable PDF Picture Book version for VIP Members:

The Gingerbread Man Song
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Chorus Words: Traditional
Song & Verse words: Richard Graham

Run, run as fast as you can,
You can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man!
Run, run as fast as you can,
You can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man!

There’s Grandma!
Hello Gingerbread Man.
Hello Grandma, how are you?
I’m hungry. You look delicious!
What?
I want to eat you!
Oh, no, let’s run!
And Grandma,
Yes?

You can run, run as fast as you can,
You can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man!
You can run, run as fast as you can,
You can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man!

There’s Mr Tiger.
Hello Gingerbread Man
Hello Mr Tiger, how are you?
I’m hungry. You look delicious!
What?
I want to eat you!
Oh, no! Run! And Mr Tiger,
Yes?

You can run, run as fast as you can,
You can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man!

You can run, run as fast as you can,
You can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man!

There’s Mr Crocodile.
Hello Gingerbread Man
Hello Mr Crocodile, how are you?
I’m hungry.
Oh no!
You look delicious. I want to eat you!
Oh, no!
Yes!
Quick, run! Mr Crocodile!

You can run, run as fast as you can,
You can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man!

And you can find more Genki Christmas songs & lessons on the Genki Christmas page!Β 

Enjoy!