Learning Resources - Smart Snacks® Nesting Gummies
Basic skill building is never boring when it’s combined with play. Numerous studies show that play is an essential part of the learning process and crucial to healthy child development.
Welcome to the smarter way to play! Learning Resources®Smart Snacks® treat-themed toys and games combine imaginative play with learning early basics. With Smart Snacks®, kids will practice colors, shapes, numbers, and letter recognition, while also developing communication and fine motor skills.
Perfect for individual play or learning to share, these award-winning toys from Learning Resources give kids an early start on the path to success!
Bears and bears and bears, oh my! How many bears can Papa Bear hold? Open and see! Kid-approved Smart Snacks pack serious learning into delightful batches of irresistible play. This batch features 5 progressively sized, differently colored bears that children can take apart, snap back together, and nest into one. Baby, brother, sister, Mama, and Papa—the whole family is here to demonstrate sizes, colors, and big-time fine motor fun!
Includes:
• 5 Bears (red, orange, yellow, green, blue)
Largest bear (red) measures 6¼”H
Grades: Toddler+
Suggested Learning Activities:
Ordering or sequencing by size: Have your child put the bears in order from biggest to smallest and then smallest to biggest. If your child is having difficulty, try tracing the bottom of each bear on a piece of paper, and then have your child place the matching bear on top.
Fine motor skills: While opening and closing these bears may seem simple to adults, it’s actually a great way for children to build fine motor skills (by strengthening muscles in the fingers and hand that are later used for holding a pencil and other everyday tasks).
Vocabulary building: Discuss the color of the bears and use size words such as small, medium, large, short, tall, biggest, bigger, smallest and smaller.
Counting: Line up the bears by size and have your child tap each bear while counting 1-5.