Ice Cream Letter Search Activity

Make learning “sweet” this summer with this free printable Ice Cream Letter Search Activity.

With summer literacy activities like this one, your kids will work on letter recognition as they search and find the letters on the ice cream scoop.

It’s a fun way for them to work on recognizing letters by their shapes and matching capital and lowercase letters.

Letter recognition is an important building block for learning to read. And what better way to learn about letters than through hands-on activities?

When kids can see and touch objects, they are better able to understand the concepts being taught.

In addition, hands-on activities help to keep them engaged and interested in learning.

Letter recognition is an important skill for children to learn and using hands-on activities can help them practice identifying and naming the letters of the alphabet.

What You'll Find On This Page

Getting Ready to Use the Ice Cream Letter Search Activity:

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What’s Included:

2 Ice Cream Lowercase Letter Search Worksheets
1 Ice Cream Lowercase Letter Search Mat
26 Kids Eating Ice CreamCapital Letter Cards

What Else Is Needed:

For a reproducible activity:

White Copy Paper
Scissors
Crayons
Dot Markers

For a reusable activity:

White Card Stock
Scissors
Laminator
Laminating Pouches
Small Manipulatives

To get this letter recognition activity ready for your kids to use, fill out the form at the bottom of this page.

After getting the email with the printables, download and print the worksheet or mat that you want to use on copy paper or card stock.

Next, print the letter cards on card stock. Then, cut them apart.

You may also want to laminate the mat and cards if your children are going to reuse this activity.

How to Use the Ice Cream Letter Recognition Activity:

For this letter search activity, your preschoolers and kindergarteners will pick a card and identify the capital letter on it.

Next, they will look for the matching lowercase letter on the worksheet and color it with crayons or mark it with a dot marker.

If your kids are using the colored worksheet or mat, they can mark the letters by covering them with mini erasers, pom poms, or buttons.

They will then continue to select cards and search for the letters on the worksheet or mat until they have found them all.

This Ice Cream Letter Search Activity is a fun way for your preschoolers and kindergarteners to practice identifying capital and lowercase letters this summer.