The most famous gingerbread story is "The Gingerbread Man," and there are countless versions and variations of the story. Find a few of them to read to your students and discuss how they are similar or different. Then have the students write and illustrate their own Gingerbread Man stories (you write down the words for them as they tell you the story). Once they know the story well, have them act it out during group time.
Using a set of blank index cards, create several matching pairs of gingerbread men with each pair being slightly or completely different from the other. You can then use these cards for simple sorting and matching or to play a game like Memory. To play Memory, arrange the cards face up in rows. Once everyone has had a chance to look at the cards, turn the cards face down. Players then take turns trying to remember where the matching cards are. If a player finds a match, she gets to go again. If not, the turn goes to the next player.
This is an activity to do if you have adult helpers, so it's a good idea to invite parents to come in and help out. The main ingredients you need for your gingerbread house are empty pint of milk containers, paper plates, graham crackers and white frosting. The frosting serves as the glue and the pint container acts as a form to build your house around. the paper plate is what you glue your house to. Have the students bring in whatever small candies they want that will be used as decorations. Small candy canes, peppermints, skittles, gum drops and licorice all make good decorations. Once the children build their houses, let them add candies however they wish.
Bring in enough blank gingerbread people so that each child has one. Also bring in frosting and small candies for decoration, and anything else you can think of that would look good on a gingerbread man. Show them how to use the frosting to glue on the pieces of candy and then let them design and create their own gingerbread people.