18/07/2025
SUMMER PLAY!
Sand and water play are great fun for your toddler and provide lots of great benefits for them.
Sand play provides a therapeutic tool for expressing thoughts, feelings, and constructive language. As toddlers explore wet and dry sand, make structures, and transfer it from one container to another, they learn about stability, texture, and quality. Sand play also encourages social relationships with other children as they play alongside them.
Water offers a wide range of learning opportunities for toddlers. Pouring water from one vessel to another develops hand-eye coordination and upper arm muscle strength (a litre of water weighs a kilo). To enrich vocabulary, use the words ‘full’ ‘empty’ and ‘liquid’. When water is poured into different vessels, the toddler will see the levels change, which increases their awareness of volume and capacity.