Gingerbread House

Christmas is just around the corner...........

By using a Language Arts lesson you could link visual arts to create a gingerbread house.
In a K through Gr.3 class you could do a read aloud of 'Hansel and Gretel' by Dom Deluise and then get the students to make a visual model ---being the gingerbread house. Students would be using a variety of material to construct their gingerbread house.

Students would make their gingerbread house to be a physical model visually representing the house from the story. 

You can also add music to the lesson - themed around the gingerbread house:

Let's build a Gingerbread Houseby Richard Graham


Let's build a gingerbread house.
A gingerbread house.
A gingerbread house.
Let's build a gingerbread house.

First we need some windows
Then we need a door
Next we need a roof
And we need some walls.

(Repeat chorus) 

Next we need a garden.
And we need a tree.
Then we need a chimney


(Repeat chorus) 

http://genkienglish.net/gingerbreadhouse.htm

It is a fun way to have some holiday joy in the classroom!