Thursday 7 March 2013

Indoor sand tray exploration.

So often we wait to use sand outdoors in the summer! Understandably sand plus young children does equal mess!

However, if you have an area in your home where sand play can happen during the colder months, the children will certainly enjoy and gain great development from it!

Sand is great for exploring and discovery as well as providing many opportunities for fine motor skill development!

This great idea has come from the blog www.playathomemom3.blogspot.ca


Use an enclosed tray or shallow bin and add stickers to the bottom. Could be letters, numbers, colours, dinosaurs etc.



Cover with a shallow amount of sand.



Provide the children with various brushes and encourage them to gently brush the sand away to discover the stickers beneath!

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