Your kids will LOVE all these Letter I Activities with an Ice Cream theme including a printable letter I craft, ice cream math, sensory play, and more!
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Today I’m sharing our I is for Ice Cream theme, which is a perfect way to teach the Letter I. In addition, you get access to my FREE Letter I Printable! The 8-page printable includes sight words, a craft, math activities and everything you need for Ice Cream Shop Pretend Play. Perfect for preschoolers and early elementary. So many ways to engage with Ice Cream!
More activities that goes hand-in-hand (or scoop and scoop) with this Ice Cream Theme is:
- Our favorite Ice Cream Play Dough Recipe that is taste safe and smells just like ice cream
- Make Ice Cream in a Bag for a tasty treat
- Ice Cream Handprint
Letter I Sight Words
Ideas for printable (Available to download for FREE at the end of this post):
- Place word and matching picture out when doing an activity that matches the word
- Color the cards
- Read the word together and match the word with the picture
- Point and name the letters on the card
- Write the letter of the week on each card
- Write the word on each card
I is for Ice Cream Craft
Objectives: Letter I recognition, creativity
Age Group: Preschool
Supplies:
- Paper
- Markers/paint
- Glue
Directions:
1. Cut out the rectangles and glue together to form an I.
2. Decorate the ice cream cone (we painted ours with water colors) then glue it to the top of the letter I.
Ice Cream Shop Sensory Play
Objectives: Creativity, Fine motor skills, Learn through play
Age Group: Preschool/Tot School
Supplies:
- Play dough
- Ice cream cones
- Puff balls
- Play dough tools (Plastic knives, spoons, rolling pins, cookie cutters…)
If you need a play dough, here is our awesome Ice Cream Play Dough Recipe that smells just like ice cream and only needs 2 ingredients.
We used the small side of plastic Easter eggs as ice cream molds. They made the perfect dome shaped play dough ice cream ball.
Directions:
1. Set supplies out and let kids play! 🙂
As they played we talked about color, size, shape, and texture. The point was to have fun.
Ice Cream Shop Play & Learn Printable
Objectives: Counting, Patterns, Sorting, Following directions, Creativity
Age Group: Preschool
- Supplies:
- Free I is for Ice Cream Activity Printable
- Numbers
- Optional: Tray and Velcro
- Crayons or Markers to make the ice cream different colors
Directions:
To Prep the Activity: Print the ice cream scoops on colored paper, print the ice cream cones on brown paper, print the toppers on white paper and then you can color them as desired. I suggest laminating your pieces to keep them good for multiple uses.
Sorting the Scoops
1. Place an ice cream scoop onto 1-3 cones, then ask child to find the matching scoops and place them on the ice cream.
Copy the Recipe
1. Create a one-of-a-kind ice cream treat, and ask child to make the same one. To help with the ability to observe and copy.
Counting the scoops
1. Place a number in front of the child and ask them to make it. We counted the number of ice cream scoops together and then she placed them on her ice cream cone. By seeing the number and the amount of scoops, this activity helps with quantity concepts.
She loved the ones with lots of scoops which was great because that meant more counting!
Free Play (Great for toddlers too)
1. Get creative and pretend to be at an ice cream shop. Make your own menu items and play. My son really enjoyed this part. If I would have been thinking, I would have pulled out our cash register to add to the scene.
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