Due to the persistent hot weather, online learning will remain in effect. Below, you will find a selection of educational activities designed to support and extend your child’s learning from home.
🧊 Ice & Science Activities (Perfect for Hot Weather)
The “Ice Block” Escape: Have parents freeze a small plastic gingerbread man (or a laminated paper cutout) inside a block of ice the night before. Guide the children to use warm water, salt, and spoons to melt the ice and “save” the Gingerbread Man from getting too hot!
Why Can’t He Swim? Experiment: Conduct a live science experiment. Have the children watch what happens when you drop a real gingerbread biscuit or any biscuits into a bowl of water. It gets soggy and dissolves! This perfectly explains why the Gingerbread Man was so afraid of the river.
Chilled Gingerbread Playdough: Ask parents to make a quick batch of ginger-scented playdough and pop it in the fridge before use it. Handling the chilled dough is a great cooling sensory experience while they sculpt their own characters.
The Lazy River Stretch: Since it’s too hot for heavy cardio, do a cool-down yoga or stretching session. Pretend to be the river flowing gently, the fox stretching its legs, or the Gingerbread Man reaching for the sky.
🎨 Creative & Snack Activities
Gingerbread Ice Cream or Yogurt Faces: Instead of baking in a hot oven, have the children decorate a cool snack. They can use a scoop of vanilla ice cream, yogurt, or a rice cake, and use raisins, berries, or chocolate chips to give it eyes, a nose, and a button smile.
🔢Math & Literacy
Button Counting: Draw a gingerbread and ask your child to count the Gingerbread Man buttons.
You can read the Gingerbread Man story to your child or below is the link to listen to the story.
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=f9ea728914227c9b&rlz=1C1GCEA_enGB1178GB1178&sxsrf=APpeQnvQSf4lEIhSNZlvdkE_Ml354rRoQg:1782394813322&udm=7&fbs=ABfTbFVyMZGZf1hfvX9uKjN_-G8cqu7ocb7U6ah0xpkIrGMK4CuEddQ3ZmQozcvkgnTNQKh9YVaEr5mXVzABWj5nKQcJQ7U105Gk2oU-UBjyQxAF_zX4XJe6CSUeYizF6rFG3HJ7IY_kGY7oALHoJvvg-osQgQrVGSLpbAQ2-qZA6aZuwRTkhwkr744EyJ-q7_LYW5-cmiEVUuYbhFtoJb1U3OA7f7h2IA&q=gingerbread+man+story&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs88mNwqKVAxX4TkEAHUZtI38QtKgLegQIHBAB&biw=1600&bih=731&dpr=1&safe=active&ssui=on#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:e5a74684,vid:jwyrYzys8YE,st:0