Beach play – without the beach

We’ve been doing water play once a week, with different activities each week (ice, car wash, squirt toys, etc.), this week it was wet sand.  I knew that all of the boys would love the opportunity to make a giant mess, but to be honest I was shocked by how much all of my students loved this experience.  It took me a while to realize that they loved playing in the wet sand because it was just like being at the beach, and in these last few weeks of summer, I’d be happy to have a beach day too!

In addition to the sand table that we always have available, and the tubs of wet sand that the children wanted to climb in, there were also trays with wet sand, natural seed starter pots, bright tiles, and twigs. This was definitely my favorite activity to observe.  Every single one of my students used these materials differently, I wish I had gotten more pictures!