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Make counting extra sweet with this fun and festive emergent reader! Your preschoolers will love counting adorable gingerbread cookies while building early reading skills.
What’s Included:
Full-color version
Black-and-white “coloring book” version
Two versions: one with Santa hands and one without for a more neutral option
Why You’ll Love It:
Skill Focus: Practice counting words from 1–10
Predictable Pattern: Repeating sentence structure builds confidence, with one small variation to keep readers engaged
Supports Independence: Picture clues help young readers decode successfully
Just-Right Length: Perfect for short preschool attention spans
Low-Prep: Just print, cut, and staple—ready to use in minutes!
Teaching Tips:
Print, cut, and staple on the side to create quick booklets (great for parent volunteers!)
Use in small groups, book bags, or as take-home reading practice
Encourage students to point to the dots under each word to build essential print concepts like one-to-one correspondence and left-to-right tracking
Use with your gingerbread or holiday unit as a math + literacy extension activity
Make counting extra sweet with this fun and festive emergent reader! Your preschoolers will love counting adorable gingerbread cookies while building early reading skills.
What’s Included:
Full-color version
Black-and-white “coloring book” version
Two versions: one with Santa hands and one without for a more neutral option
Why You’ll Love It:
Skill Focus: Practice counting words from 1–10
Predictable Pattern: Repeating sentence structure builds confidence, with one small variation to keep readers engaged
Supports Independence: Picture clues help young readers decode successfully
Just-Right Length: Perfect for short preschool attention spans
Low-Prep: Just print, cut, and staple—ready to use in minutes!
Teaching Tips:
Print, cut, and staple on the side to create quick booklets (great for parent volunteers!)
Use in small groups, book bags, or as take-home reading practice
Encourage students to point to the dots under each word to build essential print concepts like one-to-one correspondence and left-to-right tracking
Use with your gingerbread or holiday unit as a math + literacy extension activity
Make counting extra sweet with this fun and festive emergent reader! Your preschoolers will love counting adorable gingerbread cookies while building early reading skills.
What’s Included:
Full-color version
Black-and-white “coloring book” version
Two versions: one with Santa hands and one without for a more neutral option
Why You’ll Love It:
Skill Focus: Practice counting words from 1–10
Predictable Pattern: Repeating sentence structure builds confidence, with one small variation to keep readers engaged
Supports Independence: Picture clues help young readers decode successfully
Just-Right Length: Perfect for short preschool attention spans
Low-Prep: Just print, cut, and staple—ready to use in minutes!
Teaching Tips:
Print, cut, and staple on the side to create quick booklets (great for parent volunteers!)
Use in small groups, book bags, or as take-home reading practice
Encourage students to point to the dots under each word to build essential print concepts like one-to-one correspondence and left-to-right tracking
Use with your gingerbread or holiday unit as a math + literacy extension activity