Learning Resources Smart Snacks Shape Sorting Cupcakes

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.

Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 3 inches