Speeltoren dubbel met zandspel

Sand hoist

Physical: pulling the chain trains hand and arm muscles as well as the coordination of movements.

Social-emotional: cooperation and turn-taking skills are supported when cooperating from platform to ground level on filling and hoisting sand up and down.

Cognitive: logical thinking skills are trained when understanding that pulling down makes the sand shovel go up.

Creative: working with moveable play items that can leave a mark supports the child’s creativity.

Fireman's pole

Physical: coordination is supported when going down, as well as arm and core muscles. Landing strengthens bone density, which is built for life in early childhood.

Social-emotional: turn-taking and risk-taking.

Cognitive: young children develop their understanding of space, speed and distances when gliding down fast.

Window

Social-emotional: invites interaction between sides and cooperative play.

Curved slide

Physical: sliding develops spatial awareness and a sense of balance. Furthermore, the core muscles are trained when sitting upright going down.

Social-emotional: empathy stimulated by turn-taking.

Cognitive: young children develop their understanding of space, speed and distances when sliding down quickly.

Desk

Social-emotional: fine meeting place and a space creator. Sharing and cooperation from both sides create a social scenario that supports communication and cooperation.

Climbing net

Physical: children develop cross-body coordination and muscle strength when climbing. The big meshes allow for climbing and crawling through, supporting proprioception and spatial awareness.

Social-emotional: the big meshes allow for more children to sit together and talk.

Funnel

Social-emotional: trains cooperation and turn-taking as children put materials into the funnel.

Cognitive: the passing of materials through funnels supports the children’s logical thinking and for younger children the understanding of object permanence: that materials don’t vanish but run through at the other end.

Sand scoops

Physical: hand eye coordination and push-pull movements.

Social-emotional: invites cooperation due to the two-sidedness and provides for parallel play.

Cognitive: logical thinking: cause and effect understanding when running scoops in grooves or shifting materials from scoop to scoop.

Creative: shifting scoops, creating new scoop positions.