Grocery Shopping Is Always Fun with the Sorting Snacks Mini Fridge

Putting groceries away is not the most exciting task for adults, but it may just be the best way for kids to develop their counting and sorting skills.

The Sorting Snacks Mini Fridge from Learning Resources takes the chore of grocery shopping and turns it into a fun activity with many educational benefits.

Kids love mimicking their parents’ actions, even for basic tasks like shopping and storing groceries. Preschoolers can learn new skills with a bright blue mini fridge, 30 mini food counters, five sorting baskets, and 15 double-sided activity cards.  

The trip to the (pretend) supermarket begins after parents or guardians remove the plastic wrappings and slide the five shelves into the preassembled fridge. While these pieces are perfect for kids’ hands, playtime requires supervision if younger children are present, as small parts can lead to potential choking hazards. 

The counters for this colorful mini-market feature healthy food items, like vegetables, fruits, dairy products, beverages, and condiments. Little shoppers can grab their color-coded baskets to shop for foods that match their colors, such as purple grapes, green lettuce, and yellow bananas. 

If your kids are about to enter preschool, they can prepare for their lessons by engaging with the double-sided activity cards. The cards include many educational activities, including color sorting, shopping lists, color and pattern recognition questions, simple addition problems, and more. Parents can best suit their kids’ learning needs by using the cards or creating their own activities. 

Alongside the educational possibilities, this set is perfect for imaginative play since kids can shop with colorful baskets or make healthy meals by collecting ingredients from the fridge. Kids can also use the activity cards’ shopping lists to ensure they grab everything they need!

When playtime is over, kids ages 3 and up can store their snacks, baskets, and cards in the fridge, making it perfect for easy storage and on-the-go learning. 

The Sorting Snacks Mini Fridge takes an everyday task and turns it into kids’ new favorite learning tool. This battery-free, screen-free activity is a great way to teach kids valuable skills without having lessons (like groceries) feel like a chore.