Sand play promotes physical development. Large muscle skills develop as children dig, pour, sift, scoop, and clean up spills with brush and dustpan. Eye-hand coordination and small muscle control improve as children learn to manipulate sand accessories. Sand play also promotes social skills. There are many benefits that students in PreK through Kindergarten students derive from playing in the sand. Below is a list of some known benefits.
Kids get to experience open play and a chance to be creative
Using their imagination
Helps children learn how the world works
Experience joy in freedom of play
Promotes physical development as kids scoop, pour, rake, dig, sift
Develops hand-eye coordination
If other kids are there too, sand play promotes social skills as they learn to share, compromise and negotiate
Math measuring skills can be developed by providing different sized measuring cups and spoons
Can help develop counting skills, how many scoops of sand does it take to fill a bucket
Kids can learn to/practice writing their name in the sand
Helps children develop science concepts (for example, what happens when water is added to sand)
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