Today I’m sharing an updated version of one of my first printables! It’s a free file folder game for preschoolers.
To give my youngest son (age three) some practice with one-to-one correspondence and number recognition, I created an updated version of my ice cream game.
It’s nice to be able to keep an activity in a file folder for easy storage and reference!
When you click the link, you will find two pages of colorful ice cream cones decorated with round sprinkles. To play, just print all three pages and cut apart the numbers on the last page. If you’d like, laminate the boards and numbers and attach with clear Velcro dots.
My Three could count all the dots accurately until he got to the ice cream cones with 9 and 10 dots. For those he needed some help.
Just a few months ago he could only have gotten to three dots, so it’s exciting to see his math ability grow!
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Melinda@LookWhatMomFound...andDadtoo
this is a great activity. I would love if you shared this with our #kidinthekitchen linky.
http://lookwhatmomfound.com/2013/03/kidsinthekitchen-using-colored-rice-as-art.html
annageig
Thanks for visiting, Melinda! I shared it with your linky.
Teacher Help For Parents
Another great post. This one is going on Pinterest too.
Jessica @ Play Trains!
My son would really enjoy this one…thanks! Pinning to my Preschool Math board.
Diane H.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas. I would love to use this for my 3 yr old but I am having trouble downloading. I click on the link & nothing appears. Any troubleshooting ideas?
Thank you!
Anna Geiger
Hi, Diane! I’m sorry you had trouble. I uploaded it differently. Let me know if you can access it now. Thanks!
Diane H.
Worked perfect! Thank you so much for your time and creativeness!
Danielle
I really appreciate how you give the ages of your children and their abilities. Some of the activities are above my just turned 2 year old’s ability. I love hearing about your 2 year old and where he is at.
Anna Geiger
I’m glad that including my kids’ ages helpful for you, Danielle! I always appreciate that when I’m reading a teaching blog, too. The funny thing is that since my kids’ ages keep changing (obviously), it can be hard to track which one I’m writing about. This particular two-year-old is almost 5! 🙂
Jocelyne Bridle
My son loves ice cream cones, so I think he’ll like this one! I’m looking forward to using it with him! I’m so grateful and amazed that you’re providing this very resourceful website! It’s so thorough and has so much variety! How on earth do you find the time to do this, with 5 kids?! I admire you and am so appreciative of how you use your knowledge and skills to enhance other children’s learning. I’ll keep using your materials, that’s for sure. Until next time, Jocelyne
Anna Geiger
Thank you, Jocelyne! I very much enjoy doing this, so I make time for it whenever I can. It’s my sanity saver. 🙂 I love using everything I learned in college, grad school, and my years of teaching. It helps me enjoy motherhood even more, so long as I can find the proper balance between working and mothering… always a tricky thing!
idahosnow
HI,
Do you have a version for 10-20??
Anna Geiger
No, I don’t – but I do have other printables that teach counting up to 20. You can find them on my Free Printables page: https://www.themeasuredmom.com/print-2/
Kendra Buich
I LOVE this activity, but was hoping to do it as a Make it – Take it activity at my preschool. Is there any chance you have a black and white copy of the ice cream cones so i could have the kiddos color the ice cream cones as part of the activity?
THANK YOU!
Anna Geiger
Hi Kendra!
Sometimes I am able to accomodate special requests for alterations to my printables – but right now we’re enjoying a newborn and I don’t have any extra time. 🙂
Kendra Buich
Thank you for the quick response at least. I’ll try making something similar on my own! Enjoy your new baby! You can’t beat that! 😉
marelag
Thank you very much for this resource. My kids will love matching this cones to the correct number.
Elena
Anna Geiger
You’re very welcome, Elena!
NOVIE
THANKS FOR SHARING FREE ICE CREAM FILE FOLDER GAME. HIGHLY APPRECIATED. THE KIDS WILL GONNA ENJOY THIS
Anna Geiger
You’re very welcome, Novie!
Irni
My daughter was finished this printable, she is like it so much, thank you
Anna G
I’m glad you can use it! 🙂
MELISSA
NEW SUBSCRIBE, LOVE YOU’RE PAGE AND ALL ITS CONTENT. HOWEVER I AM HAVING SOME TROUBLE DOWNLOADING THIS ICE CREAM COUNTING PRINTABLE. I’VE ALREADY SUBSCRIBED AS IT SAYS ONCE YOUR CLICK THE LARGE GREEN ICON SO NOT SURE WHAT I AM DOING WRONG. WOULD LOVE SOME HELP
Kate Dowling
Hi Melissa!
This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. You’re not doing anything wrong! 🙂 Go ahead and enter the same email address you already use with this website. You’ll either be taken to the file, or you’ll receive it in your inbox. Either way, you will receive the file for free right away. Enjoy!
Cass
Hi Anna
Thank you so much for sharing your printable, it definitely helps me to be more creative. In addition my little toddler, he enjoys it tremendously and always want to do more. So keep it coming and continue the great work. God Bless
sara
I pressed the green free download and submit my email but still don’t get anything in the mail. I checked the Junk folder and don’t see anything .
Kate Dowling
Hi Sara!
This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. I just tested the link with a gmail address and it worked. I suggest trying again with the address you already tried, and if that doesn’t work, try it with a gmail address if you have one. If you’re not using Google Chrome for your browser, you can try that. Anna’s site works best with Google Chrome. Thanks for trying these tips!
Lauren
It is not working for me either, I’m on google chrome and using gmail.
Anna G
I’m sorry, we don’t have additional solutions. If you have already disabled your ad blocker, signed up for the email and can’t find it in your inbox, spam, or promotions folder, we don’t know what to say.