Video Report: Gingerbread Man mystery helps Linton-Stockton students learn

By Timberly Ferree READING: Linton-Stockton Elementary School kindergarten teacher Amber Siscoe reads to her class Friday morning.

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

One local kindergarten class is on the lookout for two missing gingerbread cookies. And they are asking for your help.

Some of Amber Siscoe's Linton-Stockton kindergarten students explained the mystery further.

By Timberly Ferree A MYSTERY: Students in Amber Siscoe's Linton-Stockton Elementary School kindergarten class have used a gingerbread man mystery to help them learn math, language arts, graphing and other skills. Laney Walton and Jacob Pittman (above) show off the gingerbread house the class constructed.

"The gingerbread men ran away right after we baked them. When we counted them the next day there were two missing," explained Brooklyn Franklin.

That was about two weeks ago and since then the class has received a few community tips on the whereabouts of the missing gingerbread cookies.

Kindergartner Janessa Lanham explained that the police called in a tip saying they were spotted at the city park.

And Assistant Elementary Principal Nathan Moore has also received a tip.

"Mr. Moore had a report on his walkie-talkie," Becky Stone, aide to the class added.

Footprints were even spotted in the snow out on the playground, Stone said.

The gingerbread cookies have even snuck back into the classroom.

"They visited over the weekend," Siscoe explained. "We were not here but they left a letter."

But students have some good ideas as to where the missing cookies might be.

Some say the White River, while others say Walmart or Angell's.

But a tipster has also reported a possible injury to one of the gingerbread persons.

"A report from the hospital said one gingerbread man had a broken arm from the cold weather," Siscoe explained.

After his arm was mended, he ran off again.

This week, the class decided it was time to contact the newspaper to help out.

"They (students) thought it would be a great idea if the newspaper could come and help advertise. The more people that knew about it the more chances we would have to find them," Siscoe explained.

But the case of the missing gingerbread cookies hasn't been all play. The students have worked hard.

Click on the arrow below to see a video from the class (video by Timberly Ferree)

"We have done math, language arts, graphing, wrote letters, composed stories, made wanted signs and missing posters," Siscoe explained.

Although it's not clear where the missing cookies are it is clear what will happen to them when they are found.

"We'll eat them," several kindergartners agreed.

Until then, if you have a tip on the missing gingerbread persons please contact the school at 847-6039.