Robin Spencer

CDEC 2407
Lab #2 Planning a
Creative Food Activity
Ice Cream in a Bag
 Materials and Ingredients
• ½ cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• Ice cubes (enough to fill large Ziplock bag half full)
• 1/3 cup course salt or rock salt
• 2 small ziplock bags
• 1 large ziplock bag
• Ice cream toppings (fruit, chocolate, sprinkles, ect.)
• Bowl
• Spoon
REBUS
 Ice Cream in a Bag Lesson

• Start lesson with books about ice cream during whole group time and add books to reading and
writing centers.
• Discuss with children what all they think they would need to make ice cream and use this for a
modeled writing activity.
• Ask children about where you can buy ice cream and jobs related to the topic.
• Set up dramatic play area as ice cream shop or ice cream truck.
• Show children the actual list of ingredients and tools needed to make ice cream and have them
compare their list to the lesson list.
• Review Rebus chart for lesson, new vocabulary, and materials and tools.
• Ask children questions before, during, and after lesson
• Provide scaffolding as needed
• Main goals: Children follow rebus directions and work with partner or in small groups. Children
make guesses and predictions about what will happen.
 For books on lessons and other ideas to incorporate this theme into other areas of your
classroom check out the following link below. There are ideas for dramatic play area for
an ice cream shop or an ice cream truck. These books can be added to the reading and
writing center as well.

Wemberly’s Ice-Cream Star by Kevin Henkes

Just One More by Jennifer Hansen Rolli
Let’s Find Out About Ice Cream by Mary E. Reid
From Cow to Ice Cream by Bertram T. Knight
The Ice Cream King by Steve Metzger
Ice Cream Summer by Peter Sis
Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs by Eric Litwin

https://www.pre-kpages.com/books-about-ice-cream-for-presc
hoolers/
How does it work? When we add salt to ice
we lower the freezing point. This is the same
reason we ice sidewalks and roads in the
winter. The melting ice absorbs heat from the
bag of ice cream allowing us to quickly freeze
our delicious ice cream treat!
Why do you think the salt makes
the ice melt?
What would happen if we didn’t
add the salt to the ice?
How can we slow down the
melting process?
How can we speed up the
melting process?
🍦Explore with flavors! Add some
chocolate syrup, cut up berries
or sprinkles to the mix to switch
up the ice cream flavors!
 Resources and Websites

For this lesson or ideas on other ice cream in a bag lessons or other food science activities clink
the links below.

• https://livingmontessorinow.com/montessori-m
onday-montessori-inspired-natural-ice-cream-in
-a-bag/
• https://www.himama.com/
• https://www.himama.com/daycare-activities/ic
e-cream-in-a-bag

• https://www.pre-kpages.com/science-for-kids-i
ce-cream-in-a-bag/
• https://cliengage.org/public/tools/materials/
• https://www.pinterest.com/mdsciencecenter/f