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Cat Sandion has more songs, rhymes and listening games to join in with and today the story is ‘The Gingerbread Man.'

Suggestions for classroom use

Listening game:

The sounds are kitchen and baking sounds: egg breaking in a bowl; sugar being poured; mixing sounds; oven sounds and oven. timer

Song: 'I am the Baker Man' (tune ‘I am the Music Man’)

I am the Baker Man,
I come from Far Away and I can bake,
What can you bake?
I can bake biscuits.
Crunchy, crunchy, crunchy, crunch,
Crunchy, crunch,
Crunchy, crunch,
Crunchy, crunchy, crunchy, crunch,
Crunchy, crunchy, crunch

I am the Baker Man,
I come from Far Away and I can bake,
What can you bake?
I can bake cakes
Yummy, yummy, yummy, yum,
Yummy, yum
Yummy, yum,
Yummy, yummy, yummy, yum
Yummy, yummy, yum

I am the Baker Man,
I come from Far Away and I can bake,
What can you bake?
I can bake cookies.
Chewy, chewy, chewy, chew,
Chewy, chew,
Chewy, chew
Chewy, chewy, chewy, chew,
Chewy, chewy, chew

Story time: 'The Gingerbread Man'

Once upon a baking time… Use pictures, puppets or soft toys to introduce people and the animal characters. Sequence from left to right and encourage the children to listen carefully for these animals as they are introduced in the story. On retelling encourage the children to make the animal sounds, and join in with the repeated refrain ‘Run, run, as fast as you can, You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man.’

Rhyme time: 'Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake'

Listen carefully for the rhyming words.

Pat a cake pat a cake baker's man
Make me a cake as fast as you can
Pat it and prick it and mark it with B
And put it in the oven for baby and me!

Repeat the rhyme focus on the rhyming words ’man’, ‘can’, ‘B’, ‘me.’

Teach a simple sequence of pat-a-cake clapping actions to accompany the rhyme. Children stand opposite each other and clap own hands together once, then clap both against their partners hands, and so on. Once children have got the hang of this, try introducing cross-over claps (left-hand to left hand, right hand to right hand). When the rhyme is familiar, substitute different children’s initials for the B, eg -

Pat it and prick it and mark it with P
And put it in the oven for Peter and me

Final song: 'Five Currant Buns'

Five currant buns in a Baker's shop,
Warm and sweet with icing on the top.
Along came a boy with a penny one day
He bought a currant bun and took it away.

Four currant buns in a Baker's shop,
Warm and sweet with icing on the top.
Along came a girl with a penny one day
She bought a currant bun and took it away.

Three currant buns in a Baker's shop,
Warm and sweet with icing on the top.
Along came a boy with a penny one day
He bought a currant bun and took it away.

Two currant buns in a Baker's shop,
Warm and sweet with icing on the top.
Along came a girl with a penny one day
She bought a currant bun and took it away.

One currant bun in a Baker's shop,
Warm and sweet with icing on the top.
Along came a boy with a penny one day
He bought the currant bun and took it away.

The children can act out this song, with individuals taking turns to be the customers and the bakers, as they exchange a penny for a bun it is a great way to introduce money, counting and subtraction.

Follow-up ideas:

• Play ‘Kim’s Game’ with a selection of baking resources - eg an apron, a large bowl, a wooden spoon, a whisk, eggs, flour, sugar, a cookery book (encourage children to name the items and identify them) cover with a cloth and remove one item each time. Can the children identify which object has been removed?
• Make a cake or some currant buns; create a baker's shop role-play corner and making a range of play dough cakes and buns to sell (include role-play print such as labels and prices, receipts, shop sign).

See the Teachers' Notes (pdf) below for more suggestions.

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