Ice Cream: Flannel Board Fun

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Ice Cream Cones Story

Five ice cream cones at the ice cream shop
But no one wanted to buy them with vanilla on top.
One little ice cream took some time to think.
He mixed in some bubblegum and turned himself to pink.
Little Suzie (student) came along And took that yummy ice cream home.

Four ice-cream cones at the ice cream shop
But no one wanted to buy them with vanilla on top.
Then one little ice-cream knew what he should do.
He mixed in some blueberries and turned his flavor to blue
Little __________ came along and took that yummy ice-cream home.

Three little ice creams at the ice cream shop.
But no one wanted to buy them with vanilla on top.
One little ice cream was a smart little fellow.
He mixed in some lemonade and turned himself to yellow.
Little ___________ came along and took that yummy ice cream home.

Two Little Ice Cream cones at the ice-cream shop.
But no one wanted to buy them with vanilla on top.
One little ice-cream got an idea in his head.
He mixed in some raspberries and turned his color to red.
Little ____________came along and took that yummy ice-cream home.

One little ice-cream at the ice-cream shop.
But no one wanted to buy it with vanilla on top.
Alone and sad, he really wanted to go,
So he mixed in all the colors and made his shade rainbow!

 

Ice Cream Color Match

I used to use this little story in my class and all the kids loved it:)
For ease, I copied a white picture of an ice-cream cone, then painted it with watercolors
 to suit the story. You will need 5 cones separate from scoops, 5 white scoops (vanilla)
 and one yellow, one red, one pink, one blue and one with a stripe of yellow, red,
 blue and pink to make rainbow. As you call the names, let your students
 come to the flannel board and take the ice cream back to their seat.
 Great reinforcement of color recognition also.

 

We Love Ice Cream

First we need a cone,
(brown triangular felt ice cream cone shape)
Nice and crunchy.
Then we need some ice cream,
Sweet and yummy,
Scoop 'em on; stack 'em on'
Up to the sky.
We love ice cream; my, oh my!

First comes vanilla,
Cold and sweet. (white felt ice cream scoop)
Then comes chocolate (brown scoop)
A delicious treat.
Here's some strawberry; (red/pink scoop)
Orange sherbet, too, (orange scoop)
A super-duper scooper cone
Just for you!

One scoop, two scoops,
Three scoops, four.
We love ice cream
Let's have some more!

Also have available a blue scoop (blueberry), yellow scoop (lemon sherbet),
 etc....and change the words of the poem.

 

Ice Cream Flavors

Make alot of large circles of different colors (they are ice cream scoops) and a brown
 cone to fit the circles. Tell the story about a child (make up a name, make one in your care,
 they like to hear their name in a story) who got to go to the mall with their mom
 (you can adlib and ask if anyone gets to go to the mall etc.) While they were shopping
 mom said when we are all done we will go to the ice cream store (adlib some more to
 see if they get to go to the ice cream store) When they get to the ice cream store there
 are sooo many flavors to choose from. Let them choose flavors for the colors you have.
 Gee, I think I want bubblegum (pink), so the store lady puts on a pink circle, now I want
 banana, (yellow.) Keep going until the cone is huge and stacked with circles.( make a bowl
 out of flannel too and a spoon). They are very happy with her great big ice cream but oh no it
 starts to slide of the cone so mom and whoever decide to put it in a bowl and eat it with a spoon.

 

Number Cones

Cut 5 cone shapes out of brown felt.  Number the cones from 1 - 5 using dots.
  Cut five ice cream scoop shapes out of white or pink felt. Number the scoops from
 1 to 5 using numbers.  Place the cones on a flannel board.  Let your children take turns
 counting the dots on the cones and placing scoops with the corresponding numbers on them.

 

Magnetic Board Fun

(Or get them big cookie sheets.)

Okay, next you get a picture of ice cream and then draw tons of scoops.
 Label each scoop with an alphabet lower case and the scoop cone with the upper case.
You can get them popsicle sticks twin pops picture and xerox all colors as many as you can.
 You can let them match them to the color. For the math match you can do ice cream sandwiches. Just do numbers on the ice cones and them put on the scoops dots.
 You must laminate them and put magnetic backing on them.

 

Ice Cream Colors

We have ice cream, the best in town,
Let us begin with chocolate brown.

Now, let us scoop us some bubble-gum pink,
It is sweet and yummy, the best, some think.

Here is ice cream minty and green,
It is the creamiest I have ever seen.

Yellow ice cream is lemony and tart,
We like its taste from the very start.

Scoops of blueberry would make my day,
Look at all this ice cream, hip, hip hurray!

Red ice cream is a strawberry delight,
All these scoops are a heavenly sight.

Vanilla white is a popular flavor,
It tastes very good to an ice-cream craver.

Purple ice cream really gives me a kick,
Good and yummy till the very last lick.

Ice cream, ice cream, what a cool sensation,
We love ice cream in any combination!

 

 

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