Sand and water play
sand and water playArranging and equipping the sand and water area
Mary Hohmann and David Weikart
From infancy to adulthood, people enjoy sand and water. Young children like to play with sand and water and find such play satisfying. They enjoy mixing, stirring, heaping, dumping, digging, filling, emptying, pouring, patting, sifting, molding, and splashing, as well as making pretend cakes, houses, roads, and lakes for floating boats. Children in the sand and water area play by themselves, next to others, with friend, or in a play group.
water playMaking the most of water play
Sandra Crosser, Ph.D.
Puddles, spray bottles, garden sprinklers, and backyard wading pools bring back gleeful memories of childhood. Even now, driving home after a rain, I secretly anticipate splashing down the little township lane that the children and I have nicknamed the “puddle road.” It is simply fun to play in water.
water and bucketPlaying in the gutters: Enhancing children's cognitive and social play
Sue A. Dinwiddie
Traditionally the sand area has provided opportunities for manipulation, construction, and discovery as children experiment with pouring, digging, and mixing sand with water. Last year we enriched our sand area with the introduction of plastic rain gutters.
playing in the sandPlaying in the sand — naturally
Ron King, M.Arch
The beauty of sand is one of the few manipulatives that truly allows children to explore their imaginations, it’s a material found almost everywhere on earth, and children love playing in it.
Activities
oobleckCreate an Oobleck Day

Sit down with your group of children and read the famous book of Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr Seuss. Then wheel in a sand and water tray...

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