Sand and Water Play

What’s learned?

Children have a practical math lesson in fractions when they pour one cup full of sand/water into a two-cup container.

It explains the concept faster and more clearly than a detailed discussion or drawing.

As anyone who has sat on a beach knows, sand and water play is soothing. It encourages children to explore and learn about cause and effect. (For example, what happens if I put a sponge in water? What happens if I then squeeze the sponge?)

There is no right or wrong way to play with sand and water (except to throw it about), so children experience success.