Easter snap cube mats are a hands-on way to build fine motor skills this spring! With the Fine Motor Mats for Easter | Snap Cubes, preschool and kindergarten children grab and connect snap cubes to build Easter pictures like a basket, an egg, a chick and a bunny.

Fine motor skills help children learn to control the hand, fingers and thumb. Activities like these help children develop the skills they need not only to hold a crayon and write with a pencil but to handle everyday tasks. Snap cubes are small plastic cubes that click together. On each mat, children build the picture with matching colors using one-to-one correspondence (one cube for each space), trace letters and read a simple sentence.

With these Easter snap cube mats, you get

• Easter pictures to build, such as a basket, an egg, a chick and a bunny
• Color matching and one-to-one correspondence on every mat
• Letter tracing for pre-writing practice
• A simple sentence to read on each mat
• Beginning sound practice

Print, laminate and set out the snap cubes for an easy Easter center.

What's Included

• Easter snap cube mats with pictures such as a basket, an egg, a chick, a butterfly and a bunny
• A picture to build with matching colors on each mat
• Spaces for counting the cubes of each color
• Uppercase and lowercase letters to trace, such as Ee for egg, Bb for basket and Cc for chick
• A simple sentence to read on each mat

Why Teachers Love It

• Builds hand strength: Grabbing and connecting snap cubes strengthens the index finger and thumb.
• Literacy built in: Letter tracing, beginning sounds and a simple sentence sit right beside the fine motor work.
• Math built in, too: Children match colors and place one cube in each space as they build.
• Seasonal and fun: Easter pictures keep children excited to finish each build.
• Flexible: Use the mats for morning work, fine motor activities, literacy centers or rainy day activities.

Skills Students Practice

Primary Academic Skills

• Fine motor strength: Grabbing and connecting snap cubes builds the pincer grasp and pre-writing skills.
• Color matching: Children match each cube to the color shown on the mat.
• One-to-one correspondence: Children place one cube in each space to build the picture.
• Counting: Children count how many cubes of each color they used.
• Letter recognition and beginning sounds: Children trace letters such as Ee and Bb and connect them to the first sound in each Easter picture.
• Early reading: Children read a simple sentence on each mat.

Secondary Life & Learning Skills

• Following directions
• Maintaining attention
• Working independently
• Using mathematical language
• Building confidence during group participation

How to Use It

Step 1: Print the Easter snap cube mats and laminate them so they can be used again and again.

Step 2: Set out snap cubes in the colors children need. Model how to match each cube to its space and connect the cubes.

Step 3: Children build the Easter picture, count the cubes, trace the letters and read the sentence.

Materials You'll Need

• Snap cubes

Easy Differentiation

Children come to fine motor centers with different hand strength and letter knowledge. These mats are easy to adjust for each of them.

For Children Who Need More Support

• Set out only the cube colors needed for one picture
• Hand children one cube at a time to place
• Trace the letters together with a finger before using a marker
• Read the sentence aloud together

For On-Level Practice

• Build each picture independently with matching colors
• Count the cubes of each color
• Trace the letters and say the beginning sound
• Read the sentence on each mat

For an Extra Challenge

• Build the picture beside the mat without building on top of it
• Tell which color used the most cubes and which used the fewest
• Name another word that starts with the same sound
• Invite children to build their own Easter picture and tell about it

For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support

• Use the mats in OT sessions for grasp and hand strength practice
• Practice color words with a frame such as "I need a ___ cube."
• Practice Easter vocabulary such as basket, egg, chick and bunny
• Practice target sounds with the beginning letters on each mat
• Give extra processing time and model each step

Perfect For

• Spring and Easter fine motor centers
• Morning work
• Literacy centers
• Small groups
• OT sessions
• Special education classrooms
• Homeschool learning
• Rainy day activities

Standards

These Easter snap cube mats support the 2022 Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines and Virginia's Early Learning and Development Standards (2021), and they build toward kindergarten skills in Common Core, the TEKS (ELAR, adopted 2017) and the Virginia SOL (Math 2023, English 2024):

Common Core State Standards

• CCSS K.CC.B.4.a: Say number names in order while pairing each cube with one number.
• CCSS RF.K.1.d: Recognize and name uppercase and lowercase letters.
• CCSS RF.K.2.d: Isolate and say the first sound in simple spoken words, such as the names of Easter pictures.

Texas Prekindergarten Guidelines

• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.IX.B.1: Show control in tasks that take small-muscle strength, such as pressing snap cubes together.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.IX.B.2: Show growing control in tasks that need eye-hand coordination while placing each cube in its space.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.V.A.2: Count up to 10 objects with one-to-one correspondence.
• Texas Pre-K Guidelines PK4.III.C.1: Recognize and name letters while tracing them on each mat.

Texas TEKS

• TEKS ELAR K.2.D.v: Identify uppercase and lowercase letters.

Virginia Early Learning and Development Standards

• Virginia ELDS HPD3.1: Use eyes and hands together, matching each cube to its place on the mat.
• Virginia ELDS HPD3.2: Develop small muscle control while picking up and connecting small cubes.
• Virginia ELDS CLLD2.4: Learn how letters work by tracing uppercase and lowercase letters.

Virginia SOL

• VA SOL Math K.NS.1.a: Use one-to-one correspondence to find how many are in a set.
• VA SOL English K.FFR.3.A: Identify capital and lowercase letters of the alphabet.
• VA SOL English K.FFR.3.B: Identify common letter-sound correspondences.

Kids will love learning with the Easter Fine Motor Snap Cube Mats while they build literacy skills, fine motor skills and have a LOT of fun! Add them to your cart today and have your Easter centers ready in minutes.

The Easter Fine Motor Snap Cube Mats are also included in the Fine Motor Mega Pack.

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