Ice Cream Shoppe

We decided to switch gears,

And open up our own ice cream shoppe!

I chose this theme because that's all she's wanted to play lately,

So I decided to put a new spin on it,

And add some learning components as well.

I made some play dough:

If you want to make it colorful add 4 drops of food coloring.

I doubled it and put it on med. heat.

I stirred it until it was not gooey anymore.

And let it cool.

And we squished it together.

It was perfect!

I left our any color, because I wanted her to add her own color.

I let her use our ice cream scoop.

Then she used the markers to add some color.

Use markers you don't really care about,

because it dries them out.

Then I pulled out the piece de resistance:

An Ice Cream Cone!

(A real one.)

She loved stacking on the scoops,

And trying to eat the cone.

In the end I let her fill a different cone with marshmallows.

Even Baby H. liked playing with markers and play dough.

For our unit we also made ice cream,
And watched how Sub-Zero makes ice cream with nitrogen.

Here are the books we are reading this week:

Ice Cream Cones for Sale!

How Did that Get to my Table?

Ice Cream

Milk to Ice Cream

Curious George Goes to the Ice Cream Shop

Should I Share My Ice Cream?

What fun things have you done to learn about Ice Cream?