The little Gingerbread man shot out of the oven and frightened the little old woman ... but she tried to catch him. The Gingerbread man was too fast. He ran up the road singing, 
"Run, run as fast as you can.You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread man."

Soon the Gingerbread man met a duck. "Quack, quack. Stop little gingerbread man!
I would like to eat you," said  the duck. But the Gingerbread man was too fast. He ran away singing... 
"Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me ... I'm the Gingerbread man."

Soon the Gingerbread man met a cow. "Moo, moo! Stop little gingerbreadman! You would like to eat you," mooed the cow.But the Gingerbread man was too fast. He ran away singing... 
"Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me ... I'm the Gingerbread man."

Further down the road the Gingerbread man met a horse. "Neigh, neigh! Stop little gingerbreadman! I want to eat you," neighed the horse hungrily. But the Gingerbread man was too fast. He ran away singing...
"Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me ... I'm the Gingerbread man."

The Gingerbread man ran faster and faster. Then he met an old fox."Stop little gingerbreadman, I want to talk to you!" he smiled.But the Gingerbread man ran away singing... 
"Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me ... I'm the Gingerbread man."
But the sly fox said: "I don't want to eat you. I'm your friend."

Soon they came to a river. The fox said "I'll help you cross the river. Jump onto my tail." So the little Gingerbread man did.
Before long the fox said, "You are too heavy. Jump on my back." So the little Gingerbread man did.After a while the fox said, "You are too heavy for my back. Jump on my nose." So the little Gingerbread man did.

 Finally they reached the other side of the river. The sly fox tilted back his head quickly, tossed the Gingerbread man into the air and opened his mouth. SNAP!That was the end of  the Gingerbread man. 
 
 

Diese story kann man als Bildergeschichte mit einigen 
zusätzlichen Übungen herunterladen bei schoolexpress.
 

TIPP

Im English-Lehrwerk "Bumblebee 4" vom Diesterweg-Verlag 
gibt eine eine Unterrichtseinheit zum Gingerbreadman!

Stellen Sie alle Personen und Tiere als flashcards her.

TIPP: die flashcards gibt es bei dltk-kids

Die Personen und Tiere werden den Schülern vorgestellt. Dann zeigen sie einen Fluss (z.B. einen blauen Müllsack). 

Telling the story:

Mit Hilfe der Requisiten erzählen Sie die story.

Übungen:
Im Anschluss daran können mehrere  Aktivitäten folgen:
1. Die Kinder basteln Stabpuppen, mit den die story nachgespielt wird.

    Schöne Vorlagen findet man bei Jan Brett.

2. Die Kinder lernen ein Gingerbread-Lied.

(Melodie: Bruder Jakob)
Gingerbread, Gingerbread, 
Yum, yum, yum, 
Yum, yum, yum. 
I like gingerbread, 
I like gingerbread, 
In my tum, 
In my tum.

(Melodie: Ten little Indians)
One little, two little, three little 
Gingerkids, 
Four little, five little, six little 
Gingerkids, 
Seven little, eight little,  nine little 
Gingerkids, 
Ten little Gingerbread Kids
 

3. Sie führen gingerbread-rhymes ein.

Five little gingerbread men lying on a tray, 
One jumped up and ran away. 
Shouting "Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can ... 
I run really fast, I'm a gingerbread man!" 

Four little gingerbread men lying on a tray, 
One jumped up and ran away. 
Shouting "Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can ... 
I run really fast, I'm a gingerbread man!" 

Three little gingerbread men lying on a tray, 
One jumped up and ran away. 
Shouting "Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can ... 
I run really fast, I'm a gingerbread man!" 

Two little gingerbread men lying on a tray, 
One jumped up and ran away. 
Shouting "Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can ... 
I run really fast, I'm a gingerbread man!" 

One little gingerbread man lying on a tray, 
He jumped up and ran away. 
Shouting "Catch me, catch me, catch me if you can ... 
I run really fast, I'm a gingerbread man!" 

No more gingerbread men lying on a tray, 
They all jumped up and ran away. 
Oh, how I wish they had stayed with me to play. 
Next time I'll eat them before they run away. 

(Die linke Hand ist das "tray", die fünf Finger der echten Hand sind die gingerbreadmen. Diese liegen auf dem "tray" und laufen nach und nach davon.
 
 

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Links

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