“Ice Cream” explained in 4 pictures

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Help young children understand that ice cream is a cold, sweet food, what it is made from, that it hardens when cooled, and that it melts easily

Ice cream is a cold food.
When you put it in your mouth, it feels cool.
Many kinds have a sweet taste.

💬 What is ice cream?

Ice cream is a cold food. When you put it in your mouth, it feels cool. Many kinds have a sweet taste.

🤔 When you eat ice cream, what does it feel like inside your mouth?

Ice cream is often made using milk.
When sugar is added, it becomes sweet.
There are also strawberry and chocolate flavors.

💬 What is it made from?

Ice cream is often made using milk. When sugar is added, it becomes sweet. There are also strawberry and chocolate flavors.

🤔 What flavors of ice cream have you seen?

Ice cream hardens in a very cold place.
If you keep it in the freezer, it stays hard.
If you leave it in a warm place, it melts little by little.

💬 It hardens when it gets cold

Ice cream hardens in a very cold place. If you keep it in the freezer, it stays hard. If you leave it in a warm place, it melts little by little.

🤔 When ice cream melts, what happens to its shape?

Ice cream is eaten in a cone or a cup.
Sometimes we scoop it with a spoon to eat it.
It is cold, so let's eat it little by little.

💬 How do we eat it?

Ice cream is eaten in a cone or a cup. Sometimes we scoop it with a spoon to eat it. It is cold, so let's eat it little by little.

🤔 Which would you like to try eating from, a cone or a cup?