When it comes to playtime, I often look for toys that are both educational and fun for the girls. Why not, right? Every experience is a learning experience. Well, today I’m going to share with you a toy that is very inexpensive, yet worth five times over in educational value.
These Counting Bears with Cups are just under $9 on Amazon. In my opinion, they are a steal! It comes with 50 bears and 5 cups, and can be used to help develop a variety of skills.
Why I love the Counting Bears with Cups
- The girls love it! Eleanor and Isabel ask often to play with their counting bears.
- Color Sorting: The girls work on their matching skills by sorting bears into the coordinating cup.
- Counting: After the girls are done sorting their bears, I ask them to choose one color, line their bears up and count how many they have.
- Fine Motor Skills: The simple act of picking up bears and placing them upright in a line helps with their fine motor skills.
- Patterns: When they are done counting, they work on forming patterns with two colors.
- Subtraction and Addition: When the girls get older, these counting bears would be great to use as a visual for addition and subtraction.
- Language Skills: You can even use these bears to help with language! I teach the girls words, such as “on top of”, “inside of”, “empty”, “more”, “less”, etc. using these bears. While some concepts may be too advanced for them, it’s still a great introduction.
Please note that the bears are very small and are a choking hazard. While I allow Isabel (2-years-old) to play with them, she only does so under my supervision.
Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this review. I simply like this product and wanted to share. Opinions here are solely my own.
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I love it! I am thinking i must try this
so cute! i want some for the kiddos.
Those are awesome! I may pick some up when it’s time to teach babe #2. Jayden gets the gist of counting and sorting so he would just have those pieces everywhere trying to cook them in his kitchen and building trails on the floor. I think they’re great for the younger kids though.
Those are so cute! My toddler is really into colors right now so those would be perfect for him.
These have been on my Amazon wishlist for a while! I think I’ll finally order them as part of our back-to-homeschool supplies. So many great ways to learn & play with them!
I had something like this for mine. They loved it. Great idea!
What a cute idea!
These are perfect!
These are great, ,my daughter would love something like this.