Vintage July 4th Yankee Doodle Fingerplays, Rhymes, Poems, Songs and FREE Printable Pack

Welcome to our Vintage July 4th Yankee Doodle Movies, Cartoons and records featuring our AKGVH exclusive vintage FREEBIE printable pack, Part 2!

If you missed Part 1 of our Vintage July 4th Yankee Doodle Movies, Cartoons and Records post, click on the link below:

Vintage July 4th Yankee Doodle Movies, Cartoons and Records

Continuing on with our Vintage July 4th Yankee Doodle Movies, Cartoons and records post, learn, recite & sing our FAV fun July 4th fingerplays, rhymes, poems and songs with your babes: 

A Flag for Me and You
Sing to: Three Blind Mice

Red, white and blue,
Red, white and blue,
A flag for me, A flag for you.
It is the flag of our great nation,
It's honored by each generation.
Join me now in a celebration,
Red, white and blue.

A Nation Free 

Today is a time for fireworks and fun,
But we shouldn’t forget its reason.
This is one of the most important days,
Of the entire summer season.
Today’s the day our nation became free,
And the date of the country’s birth.
For so many years we have grown to be,
One of the best countries on earth.

American Flag
Sing to: Frere Jacques

What is red? What is white?
What is blue? What is striped?
What has many stars? What has many stars?
Can you guess, how many there are?
(All shout 50.)

Beat a Drum

Sing to: Clementine

Beat a drum, march along,
Give a cheer, "Hip, hip, hooray!"
Wave a flag, sing a song.
Happy Independence Day!
See the fireworks in the sky,
Give a sheer, "Hip, hip, hooray!"
Happy Birthday to America.
How we love the USA!" 

Day of Independence

Sing to: Sing a Song o' Sixpence

Sing a Song o' Sixpence,

Eat Buckwheat and Rye.

Save the wheat for Soldiers,

Plenty for July!

Day of Independence,

See the boys pass by.

Loyally we'll hail them,

This Fourth of July!

Old Glory floats above us,

High over land and sea,

Freedom, love and justice,

Are ours and liberty!

Down at the Flagpole
Sing to: Down By the Station


Down at the Flagpole

Down at the flagpole,
Early in the morning.
We will raise our flag,
The red, white, and blue.
We stand at attention,
It's something that we do.
We salute the colors,
The red, white, and blue.

Flag Song
Sing to: Mary Had a Little Lamb

Our flag is red, white, & blue,
Red, white & blue.
Red, white & blue
Our flag is red, white, & blue
In the U.S.A.
Our flag it has 50 stars,
50 stars, 50 stars,
Our flag it has 50 stars,
In the U.S.A.
Our flag it has 13 stripes,
13 stripes, 13 stripes,
Our flag it has 13 stripes,
In the U.S.A.




4th Of July 

Sing to: Frere Jacques
4th of July! 4th of July!
Independence Day! Independence Day!
Hear the bands playing.
See our flag waving.
4th of July! 4th of July!

Fourth of July Treat Flannel Board

We need a special treat for Independence Day.

Would something cool and sweet be okay?

Let's start with a munchy, crunchy cone,

Though it's not very special when it's all alone.

Red raspberry ice cream will add some zest,

Because it's so refreshing, some like it the best.

Vanilla white is what I would pick,

But we have to wait to take a lick.

Top it off with bright blueberry

For a treat that's colorful and merry.

So here it is--red, white, and blue;

A holiday treat for me and you.

I'm Proud of Our Flag
Sing to: Hickory, Dickory, Dock

Our flag is red, white and blue,
There are stars and stripes on it, too.
I'm proud of our flag, the United States flag,
And you can be proud of it, too!
On the Fourth of July
Sing to: London Bridge
It is our country's birthday,
Birthday, birthday.
It is our country's birthday,
On the Fourth of July!


Our Flag
Sing to: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Stripes and stripes and little stars,
Oh, how beautiful you all are.
Red and white and blue, that's true,
Waving proud for me and you.
Stripes and stripes and little stars,
Oh, how beautiful all you are!



See Our Flag
Sing to: Mary Had a Little Lamb

See our flag, it's waving high,
Waving high, waving high.
See our flag, it's waving high,
It is red and white and blue.



The Red, White and Blue
Sing to: Oh, When the Saints Come Marching In

Oh, when the flag comes marching in,
Oh, when the flag comes marching in,
How I love to see its three colors,
The red, white, and blue.



Way up in the Sky
Sing to: Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Wave, wave, wave the flag,
Hold it very high.
Watch the colors gently wave,
Way up in the sky.
Wave, wave, wave the flag,
As we march around.
Hold it high to show our pride,
It must not touch the ground.
March, march, march around,
Hold the flag up high.
Wave, wave, wave the flag,
Way up in the sky.
Wave, wave, wave the flag,
Dear red, white and blue.
Stars and stripes forever bright,
America to you!



WE HONOR YOU
Sing to: Happy Birthday

Oh, red, white and blue, We honor you.
You have red and white stripes, And fifty stars, too.

Whose Birthday Is It?

Some birthdays come in winter,
Some birthdays come in spring.
On birthdays there are games to play
And lots of songs to sing.
My favorite birthday is in July,
And it doesn't belong to me!
It's the birthday that lights up the sky
For all the world to see!
Rockets glare, trumpets blare,
And bands begin to play.
Happy Birthday America,
It's Independence Day!

You can get the above rhymes & songs and 3 exclusive AKGVH vintage sheets in printable form here: 

Vintage Patriotic Rhymes, Poems and Songs  

Well, that just about wraps it up for our Yankee Doodle post! If you missed Part 1 of our Vintage July 4th Yankee Doodle Movies, Cartoons and records, click on the link below:


Vintage July 4th Yankee Doodle Movies, Cartoons and Records

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Run, Gingerbread Man, Run! Part 1: Songs, Stories, Rhymes, Cartoons and FREEBIE!

Welcome to our Run, Gingerbread Man, Run blog post featuring songs, stories, rhymes, classic vintage cartoons and a FREEBIE printable!!! 

As you can imagine, we at AKGVH have performed quite a few Gingerbread Man activities over the decades and are stoked you cruised on over to run with us this Christmas Season!

Let’s get running together with our FAV Gingerbread Man cartoons from American years gone by:

Tarts and Flowers starring the mischievous Little Audrey is one of our FAV as the Gingerbread Man is taking the Angel Cake for his wife. Run, run, run as fast as you can if you want to go with the Gingerbread Man to the Garden of Eatin’ to get his bride as it’s a gay holiday:

Now run with us to the Cookie Carnival Parade from Silly Symphonies. All your FAV goodies are there and the judges are taking notes.  Let’s all hail the Cookie Queen cuz she’s the SWEETEST one of ALL!!! 

                               

Next let’s run with the Gingerbread Boy on a full hour adventure to Candy Land and visit the Candy Castle:

Next we listen and run while reading the story to our FAV Gingerbread Man book and record.Every time the record plays "Run, run, run", my wee babes get up from their seats and run around the table, then sit down again when the song is done. Your wee babes will have so much fun with this story record as well:

Be sure to get this exact story record from Peter Pan Records so your wee ones can play the game. You can select your own copy from eBay:




Gingerbread Man Peter Pan Book and Record
 (AKGVH  (A Kinders Garten Vintage Homeschool) is a participant in the eBay Partner Network, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to eBay.)

As well, you can make our Gingerbread Man headbands for your wee ones so they can run along as the Gingerbread Man! Just follow the link to our AKGVH Teacher's Dojo Store so come along and run with us! 

Vintage Movable Gingerbread Man Puppet Headband

  

WHEW!!! That was a lot of work running with the Gingerbread Man so next, we usually take a break and perform some of our FAV Gingerbread Man songs and poems:

A Gingered January
by Joyce Carol Thomas

Outside, ice covers the roof,
Snow quilts the ground
Inside the kitchen, Grandma says,
"This oven's right warm."
And we mix us up a gingerbread man.

A bowl of molasses, a dipper of milk
A dash of butter, and flour like silk
Ginger and the hen's fattest egg
Vanilla extract, sprinkled nutmeg

At last I taste a bite or two
"He looks just like you,"
Grandma says, nodding her head
And I eat up all the gingered bread.

Stir a bowl of gingerbread,
Smooth and spicy brown.
Roll it with a rolling pin,
Up and up and down.
With a cookie cutter,
Make some little men.
Put them in the oven
Till half past ten!

Sugar and spice and everything nice -
That's what gingerbread is made of.
We're yummy to eat - a "lip-smacking" treat.
And that's just what we are afraid of!

So we'll lay on the plate and we'll patiently wait,
For the first hungry, unwary guest.
Then we'll jump up and run,
This part is such fun,
It's what we love doing the best!

To the door we will race - wish we could see each face.
The adults won't believe their own eyes.
But the girls and the boys will just think that we're toys,
And we're only a party "surprise"!

There's a lesson in this, if you're made out of dough.
You're not just around for your looks, don't you know?
Sooner or later you're bound to get hurt.
You were made to be eaten! (You're someone's dessert!)

 

ABC Gingerbread Man

A-B-C-D-E
A Gingerbread Man is looking at me!
F-G-H-I-J
I think he has something to say!
K-L-M-N-O
"I want to run away, you know."
P-Q-R-S-T
"Will you run away and play with me?"
U-V-W-X-Y
"If you don't I will surely cry!"
Z-Z-Z-Z-Z
The Gingerbread Man will stay and play with me! 

Eat, Eat, Your Gingerbread Boy
Sing to: Row, Row, Row, Your Boat

 
Eat, eat, your Gingerbread Boy,
Before he runs away.
Faster, faster, faster please,
Don't let him get away!

Catch, catch the Gingerbread Boy,
Catch him, yes, today.
Faster, faster, faster still,
For he has run away.

Say bye-bye to the
Gingerbread Boy.
Say good-bye today.
Say so long for he is gone.
The fox ate him today.

Gingerbread
Sing to: Frere Jacques

Gingerbread, Gingerbread,
Yum, Yum, Yum,
Yum, Yum, Yum.
I like gingerbread,
I like gingerbread.
In my tum, in my tum!

Gingerbread Boy

Sing to: The Muffin Man

Oh, will you make a gingerbread boy,
A gingerbread boy,
A gingerbread boy,
Oh, will you make a gingerbread boy
Then put him in the oven.

Oh, will you eat the gingerbread boy,
The gingerbread boy,
The gingerbread boy,
Oh, will you eat the gingerbread boy,
Then take him out right now.

Another Version:

Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man, the Gingerbread Man, the Gingerbread Man?
Oh, do you know the Gingerbread Man, who ran and ran and ran?
He said, “Catch me if you can. If you can, if you can.”
He said, “Catch me if you can,” then ran and ran and ran.

I can run like the Gingerbread Man, the Gingerbread Man, the Gingerbread Man.
I can run like the Gingerbread Man, now catch me if you can!

Gingerbread Children

By  ILo Orleans

Gingerbread children
Stand in a row--
Very good children
Always, you know.
They never will jump
Or kick or leap,
Or start to cry when
It's time to sleep!

 
They never run off,
Or look around.
And no one has heard,
Them make a sound.

Gingerbread children
Are fine to meet;
But, much better still,
They're good to eat.

Gingerbread Clap

(Lead the children in clapping a steady four-count beat)

Run, run as fast as you can! (4 claps)

You can't catch me (2)

I'm the Gingerbread Man. (2)

 You can run in the morning (2)

You can run in the night (2)

But you can't catch me (2)

Un huh, that's right (2)

You can't catch me (2)

Un huh! (clap) (2)

That's right! (yell - 2)

Gingerbread House Song

Sing to: Miss Polly Had a Dolly

Oh I really, really want to build a gingerbread house!
(make a pointed roof with both hands)
It could be a lovely home for a little mouse!
(make curly whiskers with fingers at cheeks)
We must stick it together with some sugar glue,
(mime sticking action with clenched fists on top of one another)
And decorate with jelly beans that we can eat too!
(pretend to eat the jelly beans and rub tummy)

Gingerbread Parade

Roll out the dough.
Cut out the shapes.
Gingerbread people
Are fun to make.

Add raisin eyes
And chocolate chip smiles
Slide them into the oven
To bake for a while.

When the timer says,"Ding!"
And the cookies are done,
They'll march from the oven,
One by one.

Gingerbread Man Rhyme

Once there was a gingerbread man,
Baking in a gingerbread pan.
Raisin eyes and a cherry nose,
Trimmed right down to his fingers and toes.
A gingerbread man in a gingerbread pan!
Here's the old woman who made him so sweet,
A treat for her and her husband to eat.

She made him with flour and sugar and eggs,
She gave him a face and two arms and two legs.
A gingerbread man in a gingerbread pan!

Now open the oven to see if he's done,
This gingerbread man, he know how to run.
Out of the oven and onto the floor,
Now run away out the kitchen door.
The gingerbread man, he's out of the pan!

Now chase him old woman, now chase him old man
Chase him, yes chase him as fast as you can!
Through the garden and out the gate,
Catch him right now, before it's too late.
The gingerbread man, he's out of the pan!

Along came a cow who wanted a treat,
And the gingerbread man, he looked good to eat!
"Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!
I'm the gingerbread man and I'm out of the pan!"

Along came a horse who wanted a snack,
But the gingerbread man, he never looked back!
"Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!
I'm the gingerbread man and I'm out of the pan!"

Along came a farmer who wanted a treat,
And the gingerbread man, he looked good to eat!
"Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!
I'm the gingerbread man and I'm out of the pan!"

Along came a dog who wanted a snack,
But the gingerbread man, he never looked back!
"Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!
I'm the gingerbread man and I'm out of the pan!"

Along came a hog who wanted a treat,
And the gingerbread man, he looked good to eat!
"Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!
I'm the gingerbread man and I'm out of the pan!"

Along came a fox who wanted a treat,
And this gingerbread man, he looked good to eat.
"Jump on my back, my gingerbread pet,
And we'll cross the river, so you won't get wet!
Mr. Gingerbread man, who's out of the pan!"

There was no place to go, there was no place to run,
And a ride on the river could be lots of fun!
So off with the fox did Gingerbread go,
And what happened next, you already know!
To the gingerbread man, who's out of the pan!

That sly old fox had a de-lic-ious treat,
And the old man and woman had nothing to eat.
Not a bite was left for the cow or the dog,
The horse or the farmer or hungry old hog
There's no gingerbread man in or out of the pan!

So let us go home and get out the pan!
And we'll make ourselves a new gingerbread man!
And when he is eaten, we'll make us some more,
But this time we'll be certain to lock the back door!
A new gingerbread man, in a gingerbread pan! 

Homemade Gingerbread

Stir a bowl of gingerbread,
Smooth and spicy and brown
Roll it with a rolling pin
Up and up and down.
With a cookie cutter,
Make some little men.
Put them in the oven.
Till half past ten.

My Gingerbread Man

By B. Sarah Froehlich
Sing to: Beautiful Dreamer

My gingerbread man,
Where have you gone?
Out of the oven before you were done.
With two little legs you ran and you ran.
Please come back to me little gingerbread man.

Six Little Gingerbreads
Naked as can be,
Let's decorate them
I'll take three.

Mine will be Gingergirls
You take the others,
I'll make mine pretty
And you can fix their brothers.

Three little Gingermaids
All sugared and spiced
Looking even nicer,
With their faces sweetly iced.

Smarty buttons down their frocks
Of nut-brown gingerbread.
Icing cuffs around their wrists,
Their little arms outspread.

You'll make the Gingerboys
Look really very smart!
In their Ginger uniforms,
They can't be told apart.

Let's march them all in
To the table for tea.
There'll be lots of lovely gingerbread
For my friends and me.

Ten Little Gingerbread Men

Ten little gingerbread men,
Baking brown in the oven;
One hopped up and out the door,
Ran down the lane and was seen no more.

Nine little gingerbread men,
Baking brown in the oven;
One hopped up and out the door,
Ran down the lane and was seen no more.

Eight little gingerbread men,
Baking brown in the oven;
One hopped up and out the door,
Ran down the lane and was seen no more.

Seven little gingerbread men,
Baking brown in the oven;
One hopped up and out the door,
Ran down the lane and was seen no more.

Six little gingerbread men,
Baking brown in the oven;
One hopped up and out the door,
Ran down the lane and was seen no more.

Five little gingerbread men,
Baking brown in the oven;
One hopped up and out the door,
Ran down the lane and was seen no more.

Four little gingerbread men,
Baking brown in the oven;
One hopped up and out the door,
Ran down the lane and was seen no more.

Three little gingerbread men,
Baking brown in the oven;
One hopped up and out the door,
Ran down the lane and was seen no more.

Two little gingerbread men,
Baking brown in the oven;
One hopped up and out the door,
Ran down the lane and was seen no more.

One little gingerbread man,
Baking brown in the oven;
One hopped up and out the door,
Ran down the lane and was seen no more.

The little old woman peeked inside,
And cried out "Eek!" for, to her surprise,
There were no little gingerbread men,
Baking brown in the oven.

Ten Little Gingerkids

Sing to: Ten Little Indians

One little, two little, three little
Gingerkids,
Four little, five little, six little
Gingerkids,
Seven little, eight little,  nine little
Gingerkids,
Ten little Gingerbread Kids

The Gingerbread Man
  Sing to: The Wheels on the Bus")
 
The gingerbread man ran through the town,
through the town, through the town.
The gingerbread man ran through the town,
singing, "Catch me if you can!"

* He ran away from a  c-o-w
a  c-o-w, a  c-o-w
He ran away from a COW,
singing, "Catch me if you can!"

*repeat replacing the cow with a horse, dog, etc.

Then he came to a f-o-x,
f-o-x, f-o-x,
The fox sat on a box and said...
"You can trust me"
Then he ate him up
YES SIR-EE!

Where Are You Goin’ Gingerbread Man?

Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me,
I'm the Gingerbread man.

 
You can run in the morning,
You can run in the night,
But you can't catch me,
Uh huh, that's right,
You can't catch me,
Uh huh, that's right!

Gingerbread man, where ya goin' so fast?
Better come back 'fore you run out of gas.
Gingerbread man, where ya goin'?
Gingerbread man, where ya goin'?

It's cold out there
With the snow on the ground,
And where you're goin'
You may never be found.
Gingerbread man, where ya goin'?
Gingerbread man, where ya goin'? I said

Run, run, as fast as you can!
You can't catch me,
I'm the Gingerbread man.

 
You can run in the morning,
You can run in the night,
But you can't catch me,
Uh huh, that's right.
You can't catch me,
Uh huh - THAT'S RIGHT!

Where is my Gingerbread Man?
Sing to: Oh,  Where has My Little Dog Gone?

Oh where, oh where is my Gingerbread Man?
Oh where, oh where can he be?
He popped out of the oven and ran out the door.
Oh where, oh where can he be?

Another Version:

Where, oh where is my Gingerbread Baby?
Oh where, oh where can he be?
He ran from the oven before he was done
Oh where, oh where can he be?

We hope you enjoyed running along with our Gingerbread Man Stories, Songs, Rhymes Vintage Cartoons and got your FREEBIE! Be sure to catch our Run, Gingerbread Man, Run Part 2: Games and Crafts post!

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