Scoop by Scoop Ice Cream Practice Activity

Here's your SWEET activity for May, dripping with ice cream fun.

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Meet SCOOP BY SCOOP - the activity where kids build an ice cream tower as they complete practice spots or tasks. After each spot is done, they'll add another scoop to their mega ice cream cone.

This is an incredible visual to keep learners engaged and focused on seeing their progress. The basic materials you'll need are a printer, clothesline clips, and cardboard.

Use this with:

• Chores
• Musical instrument practice
• Homework
• Sports skills training
• And more!

Quick Video Tutorial to Make SCOOP BY SCOOP

What you’ll need:

1. Free Scoop by Scoop printed pages (get these when you are signed-up to our Practice Pax Club newsletter). It will be in your inbox in minutes!
2. Sign-up on https://practicepax.com
3. 13 clothespins (the spring-operated type)
4. Glue gun and glue gun sticks
5. Cardboard
6. Scissors
7. Wrapping paper
8. White cardstock paper
9. Glue stick & clear tape

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Print P.1 Ice Cream Scoops using a color printer and white cardstock (thicker) paper. If your printer does not print on cardstock, print on regular paper and then glue it to cardstock paper so the scoops are durable. Keep the size of the print as “default” or “actual size” to get slightly bigger scoops. Also print P.2 practice spots on regular printer paper.

2. Cut out the ice cream scoops and cone.

3. Cut out 2 strips of cardboard about 20" x 2 ¼”. If the cardboard is just slightly bigger than the width of the top of the cone, it’s a good size.

4. Wrap each of the 2 strips of cardboard in a fun wrapping paper. Then tape the short ends together at the top so it stands up like a tower. To better stabilize it, you can add another small strip of cardboard to the front leg. You can also tape a ribbon to the inside bottom leg of each side to prevent the tower from slipping open. Next, glue the cone to the bottom of the front leg of the tower.

5. With a glue gun, glue each of 7 ice cream scoops to a left-facing clothesline clip. Then glue each of the final 6 scoops to a rightward facing clip. This will balance the clip weight so thetower will remain stable. Before glueing, test where to put the scoop on the clip to be sure itwill be centered on the ice cream cone once you clip it to the tower. 

6. Scoop away a sweet practice!

Video Demonstration of Scoop by Scoop in action!

Happy May practicing!

-The Practice Pax Team