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Ice Cream Dough

Lesson Plan:

​Activity:
Ice Cream Dough
Lesson plan developed by Ms. Erika Geelhoed, BA Ed
Age Group:
Toddlers
* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with preschoolers.
Objectives:  
Children will:
  • increase sensory motor skills.
  • develop their sense of touch by exploring new textures​.
Ice Cream Dough
Ice Cream Dough
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CDA Competency Standard:   
II.4.3a
  • Activities and materials encourage children to develop their senses
    • a) Sight, sound, smell, taste and touch experiences are encouraged through a variety of developmentally appropriate materials and activities
Materials: 
  • baking soda
  • hair conditioner
  • Kool-Aid
  • large bin
  • ice cream cones
  • sprinkles
  • spoons
  • cups
Procedure: 
  • Mix 3 cups baking soda with 3 teaspoons conditioner.
  • Add in a Kool-Aid package of your choice.
  • Place the dough in a large bin along with ice cream cones, sprinkles, spoons and cups.
  • Place bin in an appropriate area for children to explore and invite them to play.
  • This is a great time to practice the names of colors with the children using the items in the bin.
Assessment: 
  • Record any conversations the children have during play about the dough. How are their fine motor skills developing? Did they scoop the dough into the cones with their hands or did they use a spoon? What was their reaction to the texture of the dough? 
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Note: Please provide appropriate supervision to the children in your care when completing all activities. You will need to decide what types of activities are safe for the children in your care. Appropriate and reasonable caution should be used when providing art and sensory experiences for children. Toddlers require special caution, only use non-toxic materials, and do not allow toddlers to put things in their mouths that are a choking hazard. ​​​
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Exploring Play-dough with Infants and Toddlers

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Children of all ages can have fun playing with Play-dough! It’s pliable, roll-able, sculpt-able, and mold-able. You can put things in it, under it, and on it. You can mix it with other colors and other materials to make it shiny or add texture. When you are done with all that, you can dry it and paint it for a more permanent sculpture.  Infants and young toddlers learn through their senses. They need to see it, taste it, feel it, hear it, smell it and sometimes move with it. Their learning is focused on experimentation. When using play-dough with this age group constant supervision is important. Use materials that will not be harmful if a child tries to explore the play-dough by tasting it.
​While exploring play-dough with infants and toddlers they will interact with you directly. They will be looking for support, encouragement and direction. Talk with them about what they are doing, and how they are doing it. This builds language, attachment and teaching children the safe way to use the material to be successful. Connecting new words to the actions the child is doing strengthens comprehension and scaffolds knowledge.

Infants and young toddlers will be particularly interested in the sensory experience. Encouraging them to roll a snake for instance will make no sense to them. Talk to them about what they are doing, seeing, smelling, tasting and hearing. Infants and young toddlers will squish or pinch a piece of play-dough and give you a big smile about their new discovery. They will figure out how to get that sticky piece of play-dough off their fingers. It’s all science.
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