Letter of the Week A-Z Series: I is for Ice Cream

You might also want to make a batch of our 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, and make an adorable Ice Cream Handprint craft. 

Letter I Sight Words
Free Printable: Letter I Sight Words 

Ideas for printable:

• 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

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Free Printable: I is for Ice Cream Craft

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.

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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.

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. 

 Eventually all this talk of ice cream resulted in us eating some ice cream :). The perfect way to end our I is for Ice Cream day.

More Ice Cream Activities

Ice Cream Play Dough Recipe

Ice Cream in a Bag

Ice Cream Handprint

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Have a great day! 

Love, Katie & the Kiddos