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Ice cream is always a hit with my kids, even if it is of the pretend kind! We love incorporating play and manipulatives into our learning as much as we can, and these ice cream counting mats were the perfect activity for working on counting scoops of “ice cream” to 12.

These ice cream themed counting mats are perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners to practice numbers and counting sets to 12.

Ice Cream Counting Mats

One of our favorite pretend activities is our ice cream shop, where my kids get to use these fun and colorful ice cream bowls and spoons that I got from Amazon. I figured we could definitely use them outside of that activity too, so I decided to add some numbered “bowls” to a math center for a counting activity.

I printed out the bowls and laminated them before cutting them apart. Then I placed the bowls on the table as well as some of the plastic ice cream bowls and spoons.

I also put pom poms inside the real bowls for pretend ice cream.

These ice cream themed counting mats are perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners to practice numbers and counting sets to 12.

I played first with a small group of students, and we each grabbed a paper bowl and read the number on it. Then, we used the spoon to scoop out that many pom poms.

Using the spoon as the tool to pick up the pom poms is a great fine motor activity for hand control and scooping.

We put the correct number of pom poms on the counting mat or “in the bowls” to serve the ice cream!

This activity was definitely a hit. I heard more than once “I would like 12 scoops of real ice cream, teacher!”

These ice cream themed counting mats are perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners to practice numbers and counting sets to 12.

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Alex is a Kindergarten teacher with a passion for making learning fun and engaging. She's earned a Bachelors degree in Elementary Education, and Masters Degrees in Special Education and Curriculum Design. Alex is a night owl, coffee lover, and she owns more than 2,000 children’s books. Alex lives with her husband and their big black Labrador, Tank.
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  1. Cara Johnson

    June 24, 2020 at 9:05 pm

    Thanks so much, great ideas 💕

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    • Michelle

      June 24, 2020 at 9:23 pm

      Cara,

      We are so happy that you are enjoying our activities and resources! Have a great day! 🙂

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