Indoor Sand and Water Provision

An effective ‘ Sand and Water Area’ would include many features. This should be:

• Positioned in a place which takes into account Health and Safety aspects
• Attractive, inviting and suitably resourced
• Contain a range of continuous provision which is well-labelled and easily accessible for all children
• Offer space near it for the children to have room to expand and explore
• Be enhanced with provision such as small world objects, images around themes and sand and water books
• Be linked to investigations, where appropriate
• Different outdoors to indoors. Outdoors presents opportunities to work at a larger scale and make more mess
• Regularly enhanced according to interests, possible themes and on-going observations .

Indoor Sand Provision North County Primary School, Gainsborough	A Hanging Storage Idea Bramble Hall Day Nursery, Sutterton

Exploring Sand with Toddlers and Babies See-Saw Day Nursery, Boston