Speeltoren 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.

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 bucket on tube

Physical: filling and emptying the sand bucket trains fine motor skills as well as hand strength.

Social-emotional: cooperating with others on the ground on filling and emptying the bucket supports negotiation and turn-taking skills.

Cognitive: helps to develop cause-and-effect understanding of younger children when buckets are transported on tubes, filled and emptied.

Sand shovel

Physical: develops dexterity and upper body muscles.

Cognitive: understanding of object permanence, emptying and filling scoop.

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.