Here are all eight of the ice cream games for learning that I made:
Math Activities
Matching the number on the scoop to the correct cone required counting the dots on some of the cones. I love that my son self checked his answers to confirm that he was selecting the correct cone.
Button Count
Counting out the correct number of button to place on each scoop to match the number on the cone required number sense and eye had coordination. My son counted each set of buttons before placing them on the cone.
Addition Cones
We worked together to select the correct numbers for each addition sentence. My son put one scoop on a cone at a time. Then we added the correct number of buttons. Finally we worked out what number to add on top of the scoop by putting the bottom number in our heads and counting on with buttons.
Language Arts/ Reading
Letter Recognition
Matching the correct lowercase letter to the correct uppercase letter could have been tricky. I chose to focus on the beginning of the alphabet. Many of the letters at the beginning of the alphabet are confusing for kids. Letters like b, d, and g look similar to some children.
Building Sight Words
For this activity we had to read the word on the cone and search for the letters that we needed to build a word. Then we reread the sight words.
Sight Word Concentration
I selected four sight words and put them on two ice cream scoops. Then we turned them upside above the cones. My son had to search for the matches. Finding the matches wasn’t hard. There were only four words to look for. The hard part was reading the words. If a word couldn’t be read, it had to be put back and attempted again when it was selected.
Other Learning Activities
Color Words
For this game my son had to match the color word with its matching color scoop. I read the color words for my son and had him repeat them. I picked basic colors. It would be fun try some more unique colors.
Pattern Match
This final ice cream game for learning had my son matching the pattern on the cone with the same pattern on a scoop of ice cream. This was a wonderful activity for introducing vocabulary words like zig-zag, horizontal, vertical, and diagonal.
We had a wonderful time reviewing learning concepts with all 8 ice cream games for learning. My son really enjoyed them. I think I will be working on more with other themes.
Here are some more wonderful games for learning:
What are some other skills I could cover with file folder games?
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Great activities! They look fun and you covered a ton of skills with them.
I should try the letter activity with the twins. They are just learning their letters.
How fun! We have been using ice cream cones to work on numbers too. This gives me some great ideas.
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What a clever game idea! Thanks for sharing – my son will love this! 🙂
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Oh I love this ice cream activity! After her last therapy appointment, my daughters therapist and I discussed where she is and what we can do at home to help her develop…she’s not quite to this level yet, but I hope soon, cause I think she would really enjoy this one!
My son would love this game!
This is such an ingenious idea. Love it! Will definitely have to give it a go with my boys.
Sofia
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What a good idea – might leave me fancying some ice cream though 🙂 x
Delicious! i think my kids might freak out on me if I only gave them construction paper ice cream. They’re a bit spoiled in the frozen dessert department 😉
what great folder games!!!!!
you are an awesome mom and teacher…
How exciting that he’s going to kindergarten. My little neighbors start in a few weeks also and they’re just jumping up and down with anticipation…
WOW! I bet you cannot believe JDaniel is about to start kindergarten. What a BIG step, but it sounds like you have prepared him well.
Great post and so creative ~ great teaching skills too! thanks ^_^
These are wonderful activities! I bet he’s really looking forward to school.
Very clever. So much to do here!
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So, did he get an ice cream afterwards?
These are all awesome ideas. I especially love that pattern match one. I definitely want to make a file folder game like that for my toddler. Thanks for the idea!
Hard to believe he’ll be in kindergarten! Those are some wonderful ways to teach math and simple word recognition!
cute and creative! 🙂
Your sweet boy is going to be so successful at school with a mom who takes so much care in making sure he is learning new and exciting things each day. I love visiting you and reminiscing aobut my own children when they were small like JDaniel!
I love all the different ideas! I want to try the sight words one for spelling words!