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ICE CREAM PICTURES
On the art table or at the easel, set out paints in ice cream
colors. Add drops of appropriate food flavoring extract, such
as peppermint to green paint, chocolate to brown paint, cherry
to pink paint, and vanilla to white paint. Invite your children
to use the paints to create any kind of ice cream pictures they
wish.
FLANNELBOARD
SUNDAES
Cut three sundae dish shapes out of felt. Cut nine circles
out of white felt for ice-cream scoops. Place the sundae
dish shapes on a flannelboard. Let your children take
turns placing three scoops of “ice cream” in each dish
as everyone signs the following song.
Tune: “Ten Little Indians”
One little, two little, three little scoops,
Four little, five little, six little scoops.
Seven little, eight little, nine little scoops
In three ice cream sundaes.
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ICE CREAM
CONE PATTERNS
For each of your children, use a brown marker to draw
several rows of empty ice cream cones, about ¾-inch
tall, across a piece of white paper. Let your children
use two or three colors of markers to draw scoops of ice
cream at the top of the cones. As the children work, encourage
them to create patterns with the ice cream colors: pink,
green, pink, green; yellow, brown, brown, yellow, yellow,
brown, brown, yellow; and so forth. When they have finished,
invite them to name their colors and flavors of ice cream
cones.
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ICE
CREAM FLAVORS CHART
Make a chart by drawing two columns down a large piece
of paper. At the top of the columns, print the names of
two ice cream flavors, such as Vanilla and Chocolate.
Go around your group, asking each child to tell which
of the two flavors he or she prefers, and print the child’s
name in the appropriate column. When the chart is complete,
count together the number of names in each column. Ask
the children to tell which flavor is most popular with
the group and which flavor is least popular. If desired,
make more charts for showing preferences of other ice
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ICE CREAM CONE STORY
Cut a triangular ice cream cone shape out of brown felt and
circles of other colors of felt to represent scoops of ice cream.
Place the circles in a bag and have your children sit with you
in a circle. Start a story about a very tall ice cream cone
as you place the cone shape at the bottom of a flannelboard.
Then pass the bag around the circle and let the children take
turns removing the ice cream circles, naming the colors, and
placing them one above the other on top of the cone. As they
do so, incorporate their ice cream scoops into your story. When
the towering ice cream cone is complete, bring your story to
an end.
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LONG
I WORDS
Introduce your children to the long I sound. Point out that
the word ice cream has the long I sound at the beginning. Let
your children help you make a list of other words that start
with the long I sound. Your list could include words such as
icicles, ice cubes, iceberg, ice skate, iris, and island.
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MORE ICE CREAM FUN
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Celebrate National Ice Cream Day, which falls on the
third Sunday in July. Or observe the Ice Cream Cone’s
birthday on September 22. |
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Let your children make pretend scoops of ice cream
by rolling pastel colors of playdough into balls. |
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Teach your children this popular rhyme: “I scream,
you scream, we all scream for ice cream!” |
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Encourage the children to use their imaginations to
invent new ice cream flavors. What colors might their
new flavors be? |
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WE
ARE ICE CREAM CONES
Have your children stand in an open area and circle their
arms above their heads, pretending to be ice cream cones.
Then sing the song below and have them slowly sink to the
floor as they “melt” in the hot sun.
Tune: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
We are ice cream cones
On a summer’s day,
Melting, melting, melting, melting,
Melting all away.
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LET’S CLAP OUR HANDS FOR ICE CREAM
Tune: “Did You Ever See a Lassie?”
Oh, let’s clap our hands for ice cream,
For ice cream, for ice cream.
Oh, let’s clap our hands for ice cream,
’Cause we love it so.
It’s cold and it’s sweet
And it’s our favorite treat.
Oh, let’s clap our hands for ice cream,
’Cause we love it so.
More verses: “Oh, let’s stomp our feet, Oh, let’s nod our heads,”
and so forth.
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ICE
CREAM SNACKS
Try one or both of the ideas below for snacktime.
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Freezer Peach Ice Cream: In a blender container, whirl until
smooth 2 cups frozen sliced peaches, 1 cup Half & Half,
and 3 tablespoons honey (or to taste). Pour into a shallow pan
and place in the freezer until set. |
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Ice Cream Sundaes: Give each of your children a scoop of
ice cream in a small bowl. Invite them to make sundaes by adding
such toppings as chocolate sauce, fruit jam, chopped nuts, and
whipped cream. |
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