These topic plans will give you plenty of ideas and inspiration for getting your children immersed in the Gingerbread Man outdoors! Your children will have the opportunity to use the story to provide context for new learning enquiries based on ideas from the plot, using the 7 main principles of play and outdoor activities!
Get your children engaging with your outdoor provision by exploring water through floating and bridge building, and creating characters from the story. Each of these themed play ideas also offer adult-led learning opportunities to deepen children’s learning through hands-on exploration.
These outdoor activities give your children the opportunity to investigate the way the Gingerbread Man travels in the story and explore further how they can adapt and change this using your outdoor space. All paper resources included to make bringing these activities to life quick and easy!
Use this guidance document alongside our planning to ensure you are able to use them in a way that works for your setting and get the most from the plans.