Making old-fashioned ice cream floats.
Micah picks toppings as B. jots down the order.
B. and Micah discuss the business side of a banana split.
A pretend play ice cream parlor is a great way to teach little ones about the concept of economic scarcity and cost-benefit analysis.
For example, a limited number of cherries meant that Micah and B. needed to offer a special price for banana splits without cherries on top to incentivize customers to purchase the cherryless split (heaven forbid they should be forced to post a sign reading "Out of cherries!").
More ways to play around with ice cream
"Eighteen Flavors" by Shel Silverstein
"Ice Cream" by Eric Edwards (Woods Hole Museum)
"Ice Cream Cake" by Colette Hiller plus long vowels practice (BBC)
Ruff Ruffman's Ice Cream Shake (PBS)
Simple ice cream fun (Toddler Approved)
Ice cream in a baggie experiment (First Grade with Mrs. Snowden)
Paper towel roll popsicles craft (Ziggity Zoom)
Play ice cream addition (Education.com)
Ice cream sight word activity (Make Learning Fun)
The Scoop on Ice Cream Science Activity (Virginia Dept. of Education)
The Ice Cream Dream activities pack (Reader's Theatre)
