It is so hot outside! Nothing cools me down like ice cream does.  

Our family LOVES ice cream, whether it's non dairy, sorbet, or something else to meet the dietary needs of the family. One could say we're quite passionate about it. Don't even get me started on the toppings.

It's no secret that we love turning passions into Montessori-inspired unit studies. And so it is with ice cream.

If you're looking for hands on Montessori-inspired ice cream activities for kids, be sure to check out these fabulous ideas!

It's one thing to have fabulous printables related to ice cream (which we have HERE) and yet another to provide kids with hands on activities that encourage practical life sensorial, and science skills to round everything out.

Here I'm sharing my absolute favorite ice cream activities that work extremely well in a Montessori preschool classroom. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Montessori-inspired Ice Cream Activities for Kids 

How to Make Ice Cream in a Bag from KTeacherTiff

If you're looking for practical life or science activities, making homemade ice cream is perfect! What I love about this project is that everyone can get involved.

Cotton Ball Ice Cream Craft from Toddler at Play

What a fabulous way to incorporate droppers and practical life skills into an ice cream themed art activity. Kids will have so much fun creating color scoops of ice cream! You could also use an ice cream shaped popper as well. 

Color, Cut & Create Ice Cream from Krokotak

In my experience, one can never have too many cutting activities on the shelves. My kids always seem to need more practice. This craft is fabulous for encouraging cutting skills. I love that the template is not too complicated to cut out and includes straight lines and curves.

Ice Cream and Sprinkles Alphabet Writing Practice

I absolutely LOVE this writing tray! We use writing trays so much. It's always fun to vary up the contents to match different topics we're studying.  What I love most is the change in texture from sand to something else!

5 Senses: Ice Cream Taste Test from No Time for Flash Cards

It's always fun to find new ways to incorporate sensorial activities into unit studies. What better way to incorporate the senses than to have an ice cream taste test? My kids would LOVE this!

Ice Cream Volcano Experiment for Kids from Kindergarten Worksheets and Games

I haven't met a child who doesn't love science experiments. In the Montessori classroom they are such a great way to introduce measurement, pouring and so much more! The ice cream theme is just so adorable!

If you love these activities but are looking for printables in the main subject areas to incorporate in a unit study, you definitely want to consider the resources below!

Montessori-inspired Ice Cream: Colors Printable Pack

This is the perfect printable pack for teaching little ones colors. It's sure to be a hit when you combine colors with ice cream flavors.

Whether your little ones are just learning to identify colors, read them, right them, or distinguish between them, there's something for everyone included in this pack.

Montessori-inspired Ice Cream: Letters Printable Pack

Learning to identify uppercase and lowercase letters in print and cursive along with writing letters is so much fun when ice cream is involved!

This printable pack includes everything you need to help your child learn their letters.

Montessori-inspired Ice Cream: Numbers Printable Pack

This printable pack is fantastic at helping students learn numbers and counting concepts in a variety of ways.

It includes both number and word options for activities, as well as an option of print or cursive in writing activities.

Kids will have a blast with these ice cream themed activities. The true-to-life images are so colorful. You may want to have ice cream on hand to eat as a snack when students are done working. Lol.

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