Our friends couldn’t wait to get into the wet sandbox! They all started (and a few of them ended) their outside time there.

We are big fans of our sandbox, and not just because playing in the sand is fun!

Sand play can help children develop social skills like problem solving, sharing, and communicating. By working together in a common play space, children learn empathy and how to recognize and understand the perspectives of the other children while working together and sharing sand tools.

There are lots of ways in which mathematical concepts can be developed during sand play by providing children with containers in a variety of shapes and sizes. As the children play with these things in the sand, it helps to teach children about ideas such as: more than, less than, equal, many and few, empty and full, and heavy and light.

Sand play promotes physical development. Large muscle skills develop as children dig, pour, sift, and scoop. Hand-eye coordination and small muscle control improve as children learn to manipulate sand accessories.

Breakfast was Whole Grain Cheerios and oranges. Lunch consisted of whole wheat flat bread with cheese, strawberries, and corn. Afternoon snack was wheat crackers and cream cheese.

Link to photos: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AtTCDmdhjIulhpEQsyOhT-qfous5DQ

Have a great night!

Amanda