WATER/SAND EXPERIENCES (Media/Sensory Table)

Water, Sand and Sensory Tables are particulary popular with toddlers.

Goals/Skills:

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• Concept and language development (empty/full, warm/cold, wet/dry…)
• Small motor development and control
• Tension release/relaxation – appropriate outlet for anger
• Math Concepts (more/less, spatial concepts, measuring, comparing, properties, volume, mass, cause and effect, texture, etc.)

Supervision:

• Children must wear smocks (limit smocks to number allowed at table)
• Children assist with clean-up of spills (to encourage independence and responsibility) with child-sized brooms, wisk-brooms, sponges or mops.
• Sand (or whatever media) needs to stay in the Sensory Table.
• Remain close by for appropriate supervision, encouraging conversation.
• Children need to wash their hands before and after participating in this activity.

Suggested Toys and Materials:

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