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Write in Sand and Learn

May 19, 2013 by Kate 6 Comments

LETS WRITE IN SAND!!!! 
Here is a great list of ways your child can have fun and learn by using sand at the beach. 
Developing skills in letter and number formation, building on thinking and creativity skills and sensory awareness is just some of the learning that can be achieved. 
 
There is just so much I love about children writing in sand. It’s so wonderful that I find myself writing my own little ‘Kate was here’ message for passers by to read. The blank canvas of the sand is so tempting and best of all it requires no setting up! 
 
MATHS
Using sand to develop Mathematical skills is easy. 
You might like to instruct your child to do the following little activities. 
 
 
Number
1. Select a number and they continue on, checking as they go. 
2. Skip counting e.g. 10, 20, 30, 40 or 46, 49, 52
3. Writing as many number ‘4’s and circling the one that they feel was written the best
4. Close their eyes and write a number
5. Write mathematical problems in the sand and solve them
6. Write numbers counting backwards and checking as they go
7. Select a number and they write as many problems as they can to answer that number
 
Shape
 8. Draw a shape and count the number of sides and corners
9. Draw a ‘formal’ and ‘informal’ shape and describe how they are similar and/or different
10. Draw shape patterns in the sand
 
Measurement
11. Write their name in the sand. How many hand-spans cover it?
12. How many steps from the entrance to the waters edge? Write that number 
 
 
 
I love that when a child makes a correction they are able to simply 
use their fingers to cover the error. 
 
 
LITERACY
Using sand to develop literacy skills is easy too! 
You might like to instruct your child to do the following little activities.
 
1. Write their name in the sand and any family members with you
2. Write and circle a single word before they think of as many rhyming words as they can
3. Write the letters of the alphabet
4. Close their eyes and write the name of their favourite colour
5. Write a story as big/small as they can!
6. Write spelling words
7. Pick an animal and write words to describe it
8. Write their name backwards in the sand
9. Have a go at writing the name of the beach using sound that they hear in the name
10. Write the days of the week or the months of the year
 
My little girl Possum (16 months) just loves the beach and we are fortunate enough to be able to visit a rather secluded one quite regularly. I love that it’s a huge sensory learning experience for her. She loves pinching and squeezing wet sand.
 
 
Simple writing tools found at the beach. Gorgeous.
 
I hope your little one enjoys spending time at the beach and learning at the same time. 
Learning should be fun! 
 
Kate x
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