12 Ice Cream Printables for Preschoolers (Love to Learn Linky #45)

I asked my kids what their favorite thing about summer is and they said ice cream! So I thought it would be fun to round up all the free ice cream learning printables for preschoolers and have them in one place for handy reference!

Practice spelling your name, one scoop at a time!

Match capital and lowercase letters with this ice cream busy bag printable.

Practice numbers and one-to-one correspondence with this math ice cream cone game.

Match pictures on the ice cream by their beginning letter sounds.

This popsicle matching activity is a perfect way to practice rhyming!

Create a yummy sight word sundae with this printable!

This ice cream file folder math game is perfect for practicing numbers 1 through 10!

And now for the packs...

Practice letter recognition, letter tracing and more in this Ice Cream ABC Pack! 

Dot markers make learning fun. Use them with these Ice Cream Do-a-Dot Printables.

This ice cream game pack has several math and letter games.

This ice cream Pre-K unit has tons of different learning activities.

Here is another ice cream preschool pack that looks great.

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18 Road Trip Printables for Traveling with Kids (Love to Learn Linky #44)

Summer is almost here and I am sure many of you are planning vacations and road trips with the kids. I don't know about your kids but I have one who is pretty content sitting for long periods of time and I have another who absolutely hates being stuck in the car, even just to run a few errands. I have put together a collection of 18+ Free car themed road-trip games and printables that will hopefully make your traveling with kids easier.

Printable Games to Play in the Car by In the Playroom
20+ Reusable Car Games by 123 Homeschool 4 Me
Road Trip Alphabet Pictionary by Lalymom
Printable Travel Sheets for Mini Do a Dot by Moms & Crafters
Restaurant I-Spy by 3 Boys and a Dog
License Plate I-Spy by 3 Boys and a Dog
Road Trip Drawing Prompts by Picklebums
Road Trip Bingo by This Reading Mama
Road Trip Bingo by Housing a Forest
Road Trip Activities and Games by Learn with Play at Home
Road Trip Activity Pack by Playdough to Plato
Travel Scavenger Hunt by Jellybean Junkyard
License Plate Search + Other Games by Poofy Cheeks
Road Trip Journal Pages by Peace but Not Quiet
Road Trip Travel Printables by Mum in the Madhouse
More Road Trip Travel Printables by Mum in the Madhouse
The License Plate Game by Makeovers & Motherhood
Travel Notebook for Preschoolers by Cornerstone Confessions


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Ice Cream Name Recognition with Free Printable

I'm very happy to welcome Mihaela from Best Toys 4 Toddlers! Her blog features tons of awesome activities to keep toddlers busy, learning, creating and playing. Check out her Tot Hacks series for very helpful parenting advice, as well as these free printable learning activities: Little Bo Peep Color Match, Mary Quite Contrary Roll & Build a Flower and Hickory Dickory Dock Number and Color Matching.

Ice Cream My Name

Today we are going with a Summer theme! After all, Summer is almost here! Not sure about your kids but my kids are totally crazy about ice cream! Anything related to ice cream is a total hit in our house. This is why I decided to make this printable name recognition game and give it a very cool name: Ice Cream My Name!

You will need to print out our printable ice cream. It’s only one sheet printable and it includes 6 scoops of ice cream and one cone. In case your child’s name has more than 6 letters, just print an additional sheet of the same printable. We laminated our ice cream because in this way we can use it more than once and expand the game to other words, maybe family members or sight words after our toddler learns to spell her own name.

After you have printed it out, write on a cone the complete name using a dry-erase marker. Inside the circles on the ice cream scoops write a single letter from the name. Your toddler’s task is to build her/his name using ice cream scoops to match the name written on the cone.

As I mentioned, you can use the same set to teach your toddler names of other members of your family, sight words or any other word you would like. You will simply use a paper handkerchief to wipe the dry-erase marker and write other words on the cone and letters on ice cream scoops.

Simple and effective! If you add a real ice cream into the game and treat them for a job well done, they will love it!

Click here to download your Free Ice Cream Name Printable!

Meet Mihaela:

Mihaela runs Best Toys 4 Toddlers blog and loves to come up with new ideas how to use old toys her 2 daughters keep leaving on the floor to slip over. Right now she’s thinking how to get her 7 year old to make toys for 2 year old as an idea to bring them closer together. In mean time, you can find her on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest sharing playful learning ideas for toddlers and preschoolers.

Colored Sand Art Activity

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Looking for a fun and easy art project this summer? Try this colored sand art activity. All you need is colored sand, liquid glue and a DIY coloring page. Let me show you how it works!

 

 

 

Step 1: Make the coloring page

 

With a black sharpie, I drew a simple picture on a sheet of heavyweight art paper. (If you don't have heavyweight paper, you can just draw on a regular piece of paper and back it up with something like a thin cardboard. This is because regular paper won't hold up the weight of the sand.)

Keep the picture as simple as possible. For kids under 3, I would stick with a few shapes or maybe a letter.

 

Step 2: Your child uses a paintbrush to "paint" each shape with glue, then sprinkle sand over it.

 

 

Important - only paint one shape at a time! Then, help your child sprinkle sand over it. Once the sand covers the glue, pick up the paper and pour the rest of the sand back into its container. Repeat this for all shapes. (see progress pics below)

 

Tips to minimize messes:

-Start with only a small amount of sand for each color. You don't need a lot.

-If it's a beautiful day and you have outdoor space, consider doing this activity outdoors!

-If indoors, try this activity on a large table, with something to cover the table to catch the sand.

-If all else fails, don't worry, this is what vacuums are for!

 

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30+ Activities for 4th of July + $1500 Cash Giveaway!

I am very excited to bring you today's post! It will be huge, but I have it broken down into 3 parts:

1 - First, I have collected over 30 ideas for 4th of July activities to do with your kids, including very creative arts & crafts, Montessori activities, Free Printables, Sensory Activities, and Book Lists with the best patriotic books to read with your kids.

2 - After you look at all these activities and you scroll down, you will have a chance to enter the Kid Blogger Mega Cash Giveaway! I have teamed up with a group of amazing kid bloggers to bring you 3 prizes of $500 each. This means we are giving away $1500 cash! Wow! To enter the giveaway, you will have the option to follow each participating blogger via facebook, pinterest & twitter, and the more bloggers you follow the more chances you have to win the prize!

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3 - After you enter the giveaway, all the way to the bottom you will see a Link-Up of all the participating bloggers' round-up posts (like this one!) on a huge variety of different topics. This will be a great resource for you, so please check out as many as you can!

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Arts & Crafts

Kids Fireworks Craft Using a Dish Brush by Sassy Dealz

Toilet Paper Roll Fireworks Craft by Sassy Dealz

Fireworks in a Bottle by No Twiddle Twaddle

Simple Patriotic Craft for Toddlers & Preschoolers by Mamas Like Me
 

4th of July Crafts for Baby by House of Burke
 

Super Easy 4th of July Wreath by No Time for Flash Cards
 

Letter of the Week (Flag F) by No Time for Flash Cards

Flameless 4th of July Mason Jar Luminaries by To the Moon and Back
 

4th of July Craft by Loving My Nest

Firework Painting by Juggling with Kids
 

Easy Jar Candle Craft by Fantastic Fun and Learning

Color Rice American Flag Exploring by Powerful Mothering

Salt and Glue Fireworks by School Time Snippets

Patriotic Hand Print Craft by B-Inspired Mama

Fourth of July Crepe Paper Flag Craft by Meaningful Mama

 

American Flag Collage by Meaningful Mama

 

4th of July Sparkling Fireworks by One Perfect Day

 

Montessori Activities

4th of July Montessori Activities by Gift of Curiosity

 

Patriotic Practical Life and Math Activity by Living Montessori Now

 

Red, White and Blue Tot Trays by Fantastic Fun and Learning

 

Free Printables

Free American Flag Playdough Mat by Totschooling

Free Patriotic Do a Dot Printables by Totschooling

 

4th of July I Spy Game by The Pleasantest Thing

 

Free 4th of July Pack by 3 Dinosaurs

 

Sensory Activities

4th of July Activity: Make Slime by The Pleasantest Thing

 

Shaving Cream & Paint Fireworks by No Time for Flash Cards

 

4th of July Patriotic Rice Sensory Box by Pink and Green Mama

 

In 1776 and American Revolution Sensory Bin by 3 Dinosaurs

 

4th of July Fun with Water Beads by I Can Teach my Child

Fireworks Play Dough by Fantastic Fun and Learning

 

Books Lists

 4th of July Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers by Love, Play, Learn

 

 Best Fourth of July Picture Books by Ready-Set-Read!

Patriotic Picture Books for 4th of July by No Time for Flash Cards

 

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Free Summer Printable Pack for Toddlers - PreK

 

Summer is finally here but the learning doesn't stop! This printable pack is great for toddlers & preschoolers on long car trips, airplane rides, rainy days or simply for every day learning to practice those essential skills like counting, number & alphabet recognition, letter sounds, letter cases, size, colors, shapes, patterns, visual discrimination, prewriting, scissor skills and more!

 

This is my biggest printable pack so far, featuring 37 summer themed activities, and I am making it available for Free to all email subscribers. Here is what's included:

 

Literacy Activities:

-Cut & Paste the Missing Letter

-Letter Sound Matching

-Circle all things that begin with the letter S

-Match the upper and lower case letters

-Sight Word Matching

-Tracing words

-Tracing Letters & Pictures

 

Pre-Writing:

-Trace the Circles

-Horizontal Lines

-Vertical Lines

-Maze

 

Math Activities:

-Numbers 1-10 Puzzle

-Color by Number

-Counting

-Cut & Paste the Correct Number

-Patterns

-Cut & Paste in Order from Smallest to Biggest

-Sorting by Size

-Sorting by Color

-Match the other half of the Shapes

 

Visual Discrimination:

-Matching kids at the pool/beach

-Matching ice cream cones

-I Spy BBQ

-I Spy Beach

-Circle the one that is Different

-Matching Flip Flop pairs

 

Scissor Skills:

-Cutting straight lines

-Cutting zig zag lines

-Cutting page in 4 sections

 

Puzzles:

-Cut & Paste Puzzle

-Numbers 1-10 Puzzle

-Summer Word Puzzle

 

 

Below is a Sneak Peek:

 

 

This Summer themed Printable Pack is FREE for all Totschooling email subscribers.

What can I expect as a Subscriber?:

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