Materials
Assorted blocks
Tagboard or thick paper
Markers
Clear contact paper or laminate
Empty cereal box
Instructions
1. Instead of adding water and sand to the water and sand table, try adding
some of the following fun things:
* Birdseed
* Corks
* Cornmeal
* Dirt
* Ice cubes
* Popcorn (un-popped)
* Shaving cream
* Styrofoam packing pieces
* Wet sand
2. Depending on your current theme, you can turn the sand and water table
into an ocean, a pond, a baby doll bath tub, an arctic zone, a dinosaur
landscape, and so on. Just use your imagination, or ask the children for their
ideas.
3. Following are some other ways to extend sand and water play:
Water:
* Add bubbles to the water.
* Add a drop of food coloring.
* Bring out doll babies and sponges.
* Wash dishes.
* Add different sizes of plastic boats.
* Add fish and other sea life, shells, and sand.
* Add pond life, such as plastic frogs, lily pads, fishnets, and so on.
Sand and other ingredients:
* Add scooping cups and containers.
* Add cars and trucks.
* Add plastic wild and farm animals.
