A gingerbread celebration at Hammond Elementary

Jaime Rebhan
Dec 24, 2011
Kindergartender Frederick Schomburg took a bite out of the gingerbread cookie he decorated during the Gingerbread Celebration. He then had to note on a chart on the wall which part of the cookie he ate first. (He went for the arm!) BY JAIME REBHAN

What better way to kick off Christmas vacation than with a Gingerbread Celebration?

Kindergartners in Sherri Williams' class at the Ethel E. Hammond Elementary School practiced their counting skills with gingerbread counting games, learned about symmetry while decorating a construction paper gingerbread, and even got to eat their own gingerbread cookie on Friday, December 22.

Though every activity was gingerbread-themed, not everything was edible! The children could cut and decorate a realistic-smelling gingerbread "cookie" out of modeling clay, but it was important not to mix that up with the REAL gingerbread cookie station.

"You can eat the other ones over there!" Sadee Maurice explained to a fellow kindergartener who liked the sweet smell of the clay.

See more of the Gingerbread Celebration below!

Kindergartender Frederick Schomburg took a bite out of the gingerbread cookie he decorated during the Gingerbread Celebration. He then had to note on a chart on the wall which part of the cookie he ate first. (He went for the arm!) BY JAIME REBHAN
Sadee Maurice and her mom, Cathi, cut a gingerbread cookie out of modeling clay. BY JAIME REBHAN
Richelle Zine, dad Richie, and mom Sharon made a gingerbread person out of construction paper. The children practiced their symmetry skills by making sure each side of the gingerbread matched! BY JAIME REBHAN
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