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Sand and water tray Activity
3-4 · 4-5 years · 30 min
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The whole sand-and-water idea on a tray small enough to stand at. Scoop the sand in, dampen it, and put a jug and a few cups within reach — children flood channels, dam them, and then find out whether the dam holds. A tray can live on the outdoor table in summer or against a wall inside, so the activity survives bad weather. Put it on a stand rather than the floor: children work better looking down into it than across it.
Tags
- Classroom setup
- Physical development
- Understanding the world
- Expressive arts and design
- 3-4 yrs
- 4-5 yrs
- Sand
- Water
- Small group
- Both
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- Duration
- 30 minutes (20 min or more)
- Last checked
- 2026-10-04 — 18 days ago
- Curated
- 2026-10-04 by nursery-curation-agent
- Review state
- Partly checked
- Source confirmed
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- path open
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1c3ddbce- Publisher
- Nursery Resources
Card photograph: "Adding water to the sand-castle moat" by dumbledad is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.
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