Home teaching - The Gingerbread Man

This month we did lapbook on a classical fairy tale - The Gingerbread Man.    I took this opportunity to teach Png Png the trait of listening to adults using the consequence that The Gingerbread Man faced at the end of the story.  

We used 3 books for this lapbook.

 

Our lapbook cover

I baked Ginerbread man cookies  

The recipe

Ingredients

350g self raising flour

2 tsp ground ginger

125g olive oil

1 tsp baking powder

175g brown sugar

1 egg

4 tbsp. honey

Directions

1. Sift the flour, baking powder and ginger into a mixing bowl

2. Add oil and brown sugar

3. Beat egg and honey and add to flour mixture

4. Roll out onto a floured surface and use cutters to cut the shape of the cookie

5. Bake 160C for 12-15 minutes until golden brown.   Leave on a wire rack to cool

6.   Decorate as required

 Ginger breadman glypn from http://www.kidzone.ws/thematic/gingerbread/list.htm

Story sequence from the last page of Read With Me Gingerbread Man Read story book

Venn diagram - gingerbread man vs boy from http://gingerbreadmanproject.pbworks.com/w/page/11012690/Worksheets

Word search  from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/gingerbread_baby.php

Mirror image reading from http://earlylearning-eaton.blogspot.sg/2010_12_03_archive.html

Handwriting from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/gingerbread_baby.php

Maze from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/gingerbread_baby.php

Odd one out and pattern from http://homeschoolcreations.com/files/Gingerbread_Baby_Printable_Pack_Kindergarten.pdf

Chinese comprehension from the last page of the book 姜饼人

Roof playground at Bishan Junction 8

We happened to pass by the roof playground in Bishan Junction 8.   It was a simple playground without much things but my boys won't give it a miss.  The structure looks scaring to me though

Race Me at NUS

Race Me - a soap box derby race.   We attended the finals at NUS.

The weather was scorching hot.   As usual, Png Png who is scared of the sun like me was not interested in the race.   He was more interested in walking around and looking around the campus.

We hid at the foyer of a sports hall to see the race.   I saw the soap box drove by Ann Kok.

The soap box was more appealing to me.   

Chen Chen participated in some of the activities.


















It was eye opening and we had fun though Png Png was moody and wanted to leave due to the hot weather.

Teacher's day

Png Png wanted to make card for his teachers on Teacher's day.   These were what he made with my assistance.   Some of the cards were already given to his teachers before I took this picture.    

Surprisingly, Chen Chen was not keen to make anything or buy gift for his teachers this year.    His reasons were, he didn't know what to buy or what to make.    I asked him to think of something that is useful to his teacher and I will help him with the card.    He thought of buying red pen.   That's a very practical gift for teacher.    I google searched and helped him came out with a tulip card.    The red pen made the stalk of the tulip.