It doesn’t matter how old the preschoolers are, they all seem to equally enjoy digging up dinosaurs…
For one of our activity boxes this week, we set out a container of sand with dinosaurs, spoons, cups, shells, and magnifying glasses. The goal was to try and create a dinosaur landscape for the children to explore through sand play…
This activity was never just sitting at a table being ignored. There was always someone who wanted to play in the dinosaur sandbox…
We have a large sand table open just across the room for the children to play in too but just by putting the sand and dinosaurs in a different container and on the table rather than in the sensory table – the children had new interest in digging in…
I won’t kid you though – we also had sand all over the floor all day long! It was a constant process of play and sweep:)
But a little extra sweeping was worth the value of watching the children remain engaged in their play…
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