Creative Minds

Kid’s Corner

{Week 3: Cooking}

Activity: Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich by Briana

Theme: Patriotic Days         Color: Blue

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Daily Opener:  

1. Prayer {Say a prayer with your child}
2. Calendar {Click on the link to learn how to use the calendar}.
3. ABC / 123 Song {Sing the ABC’s with your child & sing numbers 1-10 with your child}. 

Description:  Your child will learn how to make ice cream cookie sandwiches for a summer treat.

Materials:

·         Refrigerator Cookie Dough

·         Baking Sheet

·         Cooling Rack

·         Pot Holder

·         Ice Cream {Any flavor}

·         Ice Cream Scoop

·         Optional {Sprinkles}

·         Small Bowl {for sprinkles}

·         Tupperware {for freezing}

Directions:

1. Have your child help you break-apart the cookie dough.   
2. Demonstrate how to shape the cookie dough into round balls for baking. 
3. Help your child shape the cookie dough balls.
4. Have your child help place the cookie dough balls on the cookie sheet.  
5. Before you place the cookie dough into the oven, make this a Creative Minds learning opportunity by observing, asking questions, and applying skills:
1. How many cookie dough balls are there?
2. How many chocolate chips can you count on this cookie dough ball?
3. What colors do you see?
4. What do you think will happen when we bake the cookies in the oven?  Will they get bigger or smaller? 
5. What shape do you think they will have?
6. Place the cookies in the oven.  Bake as directed by the package directions.  {Oven times and temps will vary}.
7. After cookies have baked, let cool on racks for thirty minutes.
8. Lay half of the cookies up-side-down to display the flat surface. 
9. Scoop ¼ cup of ice cream on up-side-down cookies. 
10. Have your child top ice cream cookies with another cookie to create a sandwich.
11. Place sprinkles in a small bowl. 
12. Help your child roll the ice cream cookie sandwiches into the sprinkles to create a festive summer treat!
13. Place the ice cream cookie sandwiches into freezer friendly Tupperware.  Place sandwiches in the freezer and let set for thirty minutes.
14. When sandwiches are frozen, enjoy them for a summer treat! 

Learning Opportunity: 

1. Your child will practice their fine motor skills by shaping and rolling cookies.
2. Your child will practice counting and observing during the activity.
3. Your child will gain confidence while completing the activity. 

Read Aloud:  

Cookie {By Briana}

C – Cookies are my favorite treat,

O – Oh my they can’t be beat,

O – Once you have one you just can’t stop,

K – Keep them close by to chomp, chomp, chomp,

I – I love my cookies, I love every bite,

E – Especially on a cool summer night!

Daily Craft: Activity Jar {Click on the link to learn about using the activity jar}

*Stallone Tested and Approved:  This cooking lesson was a fun way to cool off from the summer heat.  Stallone really enjoyed making the ice cream cookie sandwiches.  He had a blast learning to shape the cookie dough.  He also loved watching the cookies rise in the oven and seeing how they were going to turn out.  We chose chocolate ice cream to fill our cookies, and Stallone really had fun making them.  He liked rolling the cookies into the sprinkles.  The best part of the lesson was being able to eat these ice cream sandwiches for a delicious summer treat!

Materials

Our cookie dough balls ready for the oven.

Ta-da...cookies are ready for some ice cream :)

Ice cream in place!