Shape Sorting Cupcakes

Students match shapes to put eight colorful, 2-part cupcakes back together. 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. Includes 8 cupcakes and 1 muffin pan. Each cupcake measures 2”H x 1.5”D. Common Core State Standards Alignment: 2-D Shapes, Measurement & Data. Learning Styles: Visual, Tactile. Ages: 2 +.

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.