Learning Resources Smart Snacks Shape Sorting Cupcakes

Smart Snacks? Shape Sorting Cupcakes
Item # LER7347 | Ages 18 Mos+

DEVELOP FINE MOTOR SKILLS: Match the colorful cupcake tops to their bottoms
PLAY & LEARN: Improve color and shape identification
Set includes - plastic pan and eight 2-part cupcakes
Educational toy for ages 18 mos+

A delicious way to encourage shape and color identification and build fine motor skills! These two-part cupcakes pull apart to reveal a shape. Children must match up the shapes to put them back together. There is also a shape at the bottom of the pan to match as well. Shapes include circle, square, triangle, rectangle, diamond, hexagon, star and heart.

Educational Benefits
Learning Styles: Visual, Tactile
Skill Development
Basic Concepts - Supports school readiness with exploration and identification of colors. Students can learn primary colors- blue, red, yellow and secondary colors- orange, green, purple with the cupcakes.
Fine Motor- Hand-eye coordination is encouraged as students fit the cupcakes into the pan.
Math - Counting the number of sides to a shape and sorting cupcakes teaches the concept of attributes.
Common Core State Standards Alignment: 2-D Shapes, Measurement & Data
Includes:
8 Cupcakes
1 Muffin pan
Each cupcake measures 2" H x 1.5" D.