Gingerbread Centers for Preschool | Morning Tubs / Bins

Bring playful learning to your early years classroom with these Gingerbread Centers for Preschool. This festive collection includes 21 hands on games and activities designed for morning tubs, small groups, and center time in Preschool, Pre K, TK, and Kindergarten. With literacy, math, and fine motor practice all included, your students will stay engaged while building important early learning skills.

🍪 What’s Included in the Gingerbread Centers for Preschool

Fine Motor Centers

1. Gingerbread play dough mats (5). Children use play dough to decorate a gingerbread cookie.
2. Gingerbread house pre writing practice. Children trace lines and curves to strengthen pencil control.

Gingerbread Literacy Centers for Preschool

1. Upper and lower case letter tracing pages.
2. Upper and lower case letter matching trays.
3. Gingerbread house beginning sounds matching.
4. Gingerbread syllables with peg cards.
5. Gingerbread house rhyming picture matching.
6. Gingerbread man CVC word building with candy letters.
7. Gingerbread man and house sight word matching.

Gingerbread Math Centers for Preschool

1. Gingerbread cookie shadow matching.
2. Which picture is different cards.
3. What Does Not Belong cards.
4. Cookie sorting with and without icing.
5. Making and decorating cookies four part sequencing cards.
6. Gingerbread boy color matching with pom poms.
7. Cookie pattern cards (AB patterns).
8. Number tracing pages.
9. Gingerbread cookie number sense (1 to 10).
10. Cookie counting mats.
11. Cookie size sorting (small, medium, large).
12. Cookie shape sorting.

✏️ How to Use the

These Gingerbread Centers for Preschool are perfect for morning tubs, center rotations, small group instruction, early finishers, or playful holiday themed learning days. Simply print your chosen activities, prepare the matching pieces, and store everything in tubs, task boxes, or zip lock bags for quick and easy access throughout December.

🎯 Educational Benefits

• Builds fine motor strength through tracing, pinching, sorting, and play dough molding.
• Develops key literacy skills such as letter recognition, beginning sounds, CVC words, rhyming, and sight word fluency.
• Strengthens early math understanding including counting, number sense, patterns, sorting, shapes, sizes, sequencing, and visual discrimination.
• Promotes independence and problem solving during center time.

🖍️ Classroom Tips for Using the Gingerbread Centers for Preschool

• Laminate activity pieces for long lasting use across multiple holiday seasons.
• Store each center in a labeled task box or zip lock bag for easy rotation.
• Add festive manipulatives such as mini erasers or pom poms to make the activities even more engaging.
• Use the sequencing and sorting centers to spark simple oral language discussions during small groups.

Keep December learning fun, meaningful, and easy to prep with these Gingerbread Centers for Preschool.

Happy Teaching! 😊