Description
Enhance your early years classroom with the Dry Sand Area 1-2yrs. This carefully curated area has been designed by Early Excellence curriculum specialists to support young children as they explore dry sand through open-ended, tactile experiences. The area creates an engaging, purposeful space where children can investigate, discover and enjoy purposeful learning at their own pace.
The sand resources are organised using accessible plastic trays, displayed on an extra-low shelving unit to create a complete solution for the classroom. The classroom furniture unit is designed at an appropriate height for very young learners, helping to create an inviting and engaging space for children to explore under appropriate adult supervision. Manufactured in the UK and delivered fully assembled, the classroom furniture is built to withstand the demands of busy early years environments and comes with a 10-year guarantee.
The tools are lightweight and easy to grasp to support young children to develop hand control. Children can scoop, pour, and release sand, using a range of buckets and scoops, observing how it moves, falls, and scatters. These repeated actions support early cause-and-effect understanding and simple problem-solving through trial and repetition.
This open-ended area supports early schematic play, including trajectory, transporting, containing, releasing and repeated actions. Familiar, everyday tools encourage shared attention as children watch sand move, fall and change.
Children will enjoy the imaginary play that the collection offers as they use the dinosaurs and construction vehicles to begin early imaginative play and storytelling, creating opportunities for practitioners to support the youngest learners' language development.
Children can extend their investigations by exploring other Early Excellence 1-2yrs Resources, such as the Complete Wet Sand Area 1-2yrs and the Complete Water Area 1-2yrs. Together, these resources offer a wider range of open-ended experiences and help children explore movement, texture and cause-and-effect in meaningful ways across the early years environment.
Learning Opportunities
- Exploring sensory experiences through pouring, scooping and releasing dry sand
- Developing hand control, coordination and strength through repeated movements and two-handed actions
- Encouraging early cause-and-effect understanding as children observe how sand moves and responds to actions
- Supporting schematic play through transporting, containing, releasing and repeating actions
This Complete Dry Sand Area 1–2yrs includes:
- Extra Low Level Closed Shelving Unit
- Dry Sand Resource Collection 1-2yrs
- Dry Sand Storage Collection 1-2yrs
- Suitable for 12 months and over, under appropriate adult supervision
Safety Information
For use with children from 1-2yrs: resources must ONLY be used with effective, close adult supervision. The competency and development of each child should be considered before introducing the resource into the environment. This must be regularly monitored and assessed as new children begin their learning journey within the environment.
For full safety information, please see Product Care & Safety Guidance Leaflet.
Variations
Many of our resources are produced in a variety of colours and styles and may vary slightly from those shown; however, we guarantee that you will always receive the same quality and value.
Secondary images are used for representation purposes only.
