Ice Cream Game: Idea #288

Any game that has to do with ice cream is a game kids will like! Try playing the Ice Cream Word Family Game you can find here. This is how you play:

1. PREPARATION: Print off the game template and pieces found here. It is best to print it off on cardstock or have it all laminated.

2. Give each player: one chocolate rainbow sprinkle ice cream cone, one score card, and a pencil.

3. Put these out on the table: dictionary, Word Family Dice, container of ice cream scoops, and timer.

4. TO PLAY: Each player rolls the dice and then has 10-30 seconds to write down a real word in that particular word family. For example, if they rolled the word family ate, the student might write late.

5. If the student chose a real word, they can get a scoop of ice cream and put it on their cone. If the student wrote the word jate another student can say "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream." If this happens, the student is being challenged and must look up the word in the dictionary. If the word is not found in the dictionary, the student does not get a scoop of ice cream. If the word is found in the dictionary, the student gets to take a scoop off of the challenger's cone. If the challenger does not have two scoops, they cannot challenge other players.

6. The first player to get to 5 scoops of ice cream wins the game.

Have fun!