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Ice Cream Day Activities for the End of the Year

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An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!
An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

As the school year winds down and students eagerly anticipate summer break, it’s the perfect time to plan a special event to celebrate all of their hard work! And what better way to do that than with an ice cream day at school?! An end of the year party with ice cream day activities and centers is a fun and festive way to mark the end of the year countdown! Not only is it a delicious treat that everyone can enjoy, it’s also a great way to keep your students learning when the summer itch sets in!

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

Ice Cream Day Escape Room

Celebrate the end of the year, as you review math and literacy skills from the year, with “The Ice Cream Shop Mystery” end of the year escape room!

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

Set the stage with a note from the ice cream shop attendant:

I have a special treat.

Yes, it is true.

But first I need,

Some help from you!

The supplies are lost,

As you can see.

Who has them?

It’s a mystery!

Solve each challenge,

Along the way.

So we can build,

A big sundae!

Once you have set the stage, the students will create their case files. These can be made with file folders, or by folding a large sheet of construction paper in half.

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

As the students are coloring the cover, staple the “Suspect Elimination” sheet inside the folder. Then, they can glue the covers to the outside of the folder.

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

Just like a real detective, these case files will hold all of their completed Ice Cream Day activities!

Ice Cream Day Center Set Up

Setting up the Ice Cream Day activities is easy! Just prep your centers with the ice cream challenges.

Either place each activity inside a tub… or to make it seem a little more authentic, place them inside manila envelopes.

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

To solve the mystery, the students will need to complete six or eight different ice cream themed math and literacy centers.

After the students complete each challenge, they will receive a clue from the culprit. A suspect will be eliminated after each challenge.

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

Once all of the centers have been completed, they will have eliminated all but one suspect!

Don’t want to use the challenges as centers for an escape room?

No problem! Simply use them as regular math and literacy activities without the mystery component!

Ice Cream Day Activities for Literacy

Here’s a quick look at the literacy activities, all ice cream themed!

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

At the “Cone Challenge,” the students will build ice cream cones by matching the pictures that rhyme.

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

To solve the “Milkshake Challenge,” they will sort pictures by beginning digraph.

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

As they complete the “Scoop Challenge,” the students will count the number of syllables in each word.

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

They will be “melting” for middle sounds, as they sort CVC pictures by medial short vowel sounds.

Ice Cream Day Activities for Math

Of course, we can’t forget about my favorite subject! Here’s a peek at the math activities!

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

The students will practice subitizing and 1:1 counting, at this “Stacking Scoops” center.

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

At the “Sprinkles Challenge,” they will remove the correct number of sprinkles to find the difference.

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

To practice addition, they will model each problem by using the correct number of ice cream scoops to build a sundae.

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

And, last, but certainly not least, they will extend each popsicle pattern.

Ice Cream Day Escape Room

Grab The Ice Cream Shop Mystery, including all eight math and literacy centers, here!

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

Similar to “The Ice Cream Shop Mystery,” this digital ice cream themed escape includes eight math and literacy challenges. After the students complete each challenge, they will move further along the path. A hidden sundae supply will be uncovered after each challenge.

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

Once all eight ice cream day activities have been completed, they will have collected all of the supplies for a big sundae!

More End of the Year Theme Days

Your students might also enjoy these Beach Day activities!

Looking for a fun way to countdown to the last day of school? A classroom beach day is a great way to celebrate the end of the school year while reviewing math skills and literacy skills. These beach day activities include a beach day escape room, beach math activities and literacy centers. Work on CVC words, beginning blends and rhyming words. You can also work on counting and place value. This is a great end of year classroom theme day!

Don’t forget to check out our Bubble Day!

Bubble Day is always a class favorite in our balloon pop end of the year countdown! On this end of the year theme day, the students mix a homemade bubble solution recipe for bouncing bubbles on their hand, determine the best bubble blower, compare the anatomy of a bubble to an Oreo and make a bubble wand. These end of the year Bubble Day activities for kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade are sure to pique their interest, especially during the anticipation of the end of the school year!

Read about our Marshmallow Day here!

Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

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An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom! An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

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