Sand and water play are one of the best activities for children (source: Aunt Bean*). It provides a varied sensory experience and promotes imaginative play. Sand play is even used as a form of therapy for adults and children!
Violeta was recently given a Step 2 Sand and Water table by her Uncles Z and N and absolutely loves it. She will play on her own for 30 minutes, longer if someone is playing with her. One game she loves is burying small toys and then digging them up. We bury her magnetic alphabet letters and as she uncovers each one she says what it is (or I tell her if she doesn’t know). I would recommend this table to anyone, it is tall enough to last until your child is older and very sturdy. It does not have any little pieces that can break. We did have some leaking round one leg of the water side but that is easily fixed with some caulking or liquid silicone (I used a surfboard repair kit!).
If you can’t afford or don’t have room for a sand table or a sand box here are some affordable or free ways you can expose your niño to sand play:
-Local parks
-A sand tray/bucket.
-Find a used sand table or box on craigslist
Don’t want the mess of sand, or is your niño's skin irritated by it? Try one of these instead:
-Oatmeal
-Rice
-Beans
-Cornmeal
-Pasta
-Fish Rocks
*Aunt Bean has a master in early childhood education and work at fancy government job regulating daycares and what not. She is my go to for ideas and my mom’s excuse to buy Miss V new toys that she “needs for her development”.
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