Activity for ages 5 to 7.
Nothing says summer fun quite like ice cream! These playful write and wipe counting cards are a motivating way to practice counting on from a given number and beginning addition.
For more motivating counting on practice, be sure to hop over and grab our counting card pack too!
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Getting Ready
To prep, I printed the write and wipe cards (below) on cardstock to give them extra durability. I cut along the lines to separate them and then laminated the cards to make them reusable.
I grabbed a couple dry erase markers and invited Middle Brother (age 4.5) to join me. Easy peasy!
Write and Wipe Addition Cards
Middle Brother likes an element of surprise so he mixed up the cards and then picked one randomly from the pile.
“Six” he read from the bottom of the ice cream cup. “But there are only three candies,” he said with confusion.
I explained that he was going to practice adding on. Since he already had three candies, he could put that number in his head and count on.
“Four… five… six” he counted out loud as he drew the extra candies he needed to make the number match.
To help reinforce the addition problem he created, I followed up by reminding him that the three candies he had at first plus the three candies he drew, equalled six candies all together.
Already feeling like an addition champ, Middle Brother eagerly grabbed a new card and started solving it.
When he completed the entire stack of cards, we grabbed a baby wipe and cleaned them off so that Big Brother (age 6.5) could solve them later.
Grab Your Download
Click the blue button below to grab your free write and wipe addition cards and then check out even more ice cream inspiration below…
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:
Ice Cream Skip Counting Puzzles // The STEM Laboratory
Ice Cream Bean Bag Tutorial // Sugar Aunts
Ice Cream Felt Busy Box // Teach Me Mommy
ABC Ice Cream Matching Busy Bag // Coffee Cups and Crayons
Ice Cream Sundae Money Addition // Liz’s Early Learning Spot
Write and Wipe Addition Cards // Playdough to Plato
Ice Cream Counting Playdough Mats // Modern Preschool
Ice Cream Ten Frame Number Match // The Kindergarten Connection
Ice Cream Cup and Ball Game // Adventures of Adam
Ice Cream Pattern Cards // Simply Learning
Ice Cream Money Matching Game // The Simplified Classroom
Build an Ice Cream Sundae | Money Math Practice for Kids // Science Kiddo
Ice Cream Digraph Sort // The Letters of Literacy
Ice Cream Scoop and Balance Game // Play & Learn Everyday
Ice Cream Number Matching Puzzles // Fairy Poppins
the download link is going to the ice cream skip counting printable
Thank you for letting me know about the problem, Tanishe! Just fixed the link so you can access the write and wipe cards now. 🙂
Do not see the link? Or the blue button?
Hi Molly,
So sorry about that.
You want to scroll all the way to the bottom of the post.
You’ll see the blue download button just above the image for the 15 different Ice Cream Activities.
If you can’t download it, please email me at hello@playdoughtoplato.com
Warmly,
Ashley // Happiness Ambassador
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You are very welcome!
Warmly,
Ashley // Happiness Ambassador