With one player, use a timer to make the "race" more challenging with two players, have them start on the same line and race each other. Repeat until all the scoops are on top of a cone! If a scoop falls off while running, the kids have to pick it up, run to the farthest line, and replace the scoop before continuing the race. Then, they have to race to the other line, choose a scoop, and yell out the flavor as they stack it on top of the first scoop. When you say, "On your mark, get set, stack!" have kids choose a scoop and yell out the flavor as they stack it on their cone. ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, STACK! Place four ice cream scoops in a line on the floor, and the other four in a line about 10 feet away. Have young ice cream servers use and reuse cones and cups to fill as many orders as they can before the timer goes off! Set a timer for 60 seconds and start calling out orders. After kids make and name their creations, have them draw pictures of them with the names and a price underneath so they can run them as "specials" in their ice cream shop!ĭON'T LET IT MELT It's a hot summer day and the ice cream is starting to melt! Luckily, folks are starting to line up at the ice cream counter. NAME THAT CONE Have kids create delicious combinations and then come up with creative names for the creamy concoctions - Chip Chip Hooray, Choco-licious-ness, Sweet Sarah's Delight. For instance, can they get a single scoop cone, a double-scoop cup, and a triple-scoop cone? What about two scoops with a topping and three scoops with a topping? As counting and math skills develop, ask kids to figure out if they have enough money to pay for different orders.
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Place an order ("A two-scoop cone with sprinkles, please!") and have kids count out the number of bills needed to buy it. Which group has the most scoops and which has the least?ĬOLD CASH There are six dollar bills included with the play set.
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28-PIECE KIDS ICE CREAM STATION: This 28-piece wooden ice cream play set features a scooper that fits into a hole on top of the scoops to lift, stack, and release the scoops. ALL-INCLUSIVE ICE CREAM PLAY SET: The Melissa & Doug Wooden Scoop & Serve Ice Cream Counter includes wooden ice cream counter, eight ice cream scoops, six toppings, two cones, cup, scooper, tongs, wooden spoon, and six pretend dollar 1 bills. Have kids count the number of scoops in each group as they stack them on top of each other. Make sure this fits by entering your model number. If it's a formal affair, help the child dress up in a fancy outfit and decorate the play space.SORT & STACK Have kids sort the ice cream scoops according to details you give, such as those with chips and without, vanilla ice cream, chocolate ice cream, and "other," or flavors they like and those they don't. Optional: Help kids make invitations and place cards with the names of the tea party guests. Discuss what other items are sometimes offered at tea parties (finger sandwiches, scones). Then place your order on the menu card and ask them to serve your selection. Have them set a fancy table for a tea party on the removable placemat. Ask them which other familiar flavors might taste good as a tea!Įncourage kids to imagine owning a tea shop.
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Ask them to look at the remaining tea bags and figure out which is missing.Īsk kids if they have ever tasted any of the flavors in the tea set in a food (for example: gingerbread cookies or mint ice cream). As they close their eyes, hide one or more of the tea bags. Line up all six tea bags and ask kids to study them. Place the tea bags in incorrect spots in the tea chest, and have kids put them back into the correct spots as quickly as possible. Turn the tea chest over again and see if they were right! Turn the tea chest upside down, then hand kids one (or more) tea bag and ask them to remember its name. Play memory: Say each tea's name and color to kids. Help kids identify what each item in the tea set is and what colors appear on it.