☀️🍦 Celebrate the end of summer with a fun, hands-on cooking activity that builds communication, participation, and language skills! End of Summer Ice Cream Sandwiches Core Word Recipe is an adapted cooking activity designed for AAC users, beginning communicators, preschool learners, and students in special education classrooms. Students follow simple visual directions to create a frozen graham cracker treat while practicing core vocabulary, following directions, sequencing steps, and sharing opinions about their finished snack. Throughout the activity, students are encouraged to use and hear important core words such as go, stop, can, and I while participating in meaningful, motivating communication opportunities. The recipe concludes with discussion pages that encourage students to comment, describe, and express preferences about their experience. What's Included: ✅ Visual ingredients page
✅ Step-by-step adapted recipe with photographs
✅ Repeated core word practice throughout the activity
✅ Discussion and commenting pages
✅ Printable AAC communication board with core and fringe vocabulary
✅ Partner modeling tips for AAC implementation
✅ Summer and Back-to-School themed activity Skills Targeted:
AAC modeling and language stimulation
Core vocabulary development
Following directions
Sequencing and task completion
Requesting and commenting
Describing and expressing opinions
Turn-taking and participation
Functional literacy
Fine motor skills
Cooking and life skills
Perfect For:
Special Education Classrooms
AAC Users
Preschool and Kindergarten
Life Skills Programs
Speech Therapy Sessions
Extended School Year (ESY)
Summer and Back-to-School Activities
Functional Academic Instruction
Small Groups and Whole Group Lessons This engaging recipe combines cooking, communication, literacy, and social interaction in a meaningful activity students will love.
