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For years, settings have set up sand and water play, and in this time, children have enjoyed scooping sand into buckets and pouring water in and out of bottles.
With the new Education Inspection Framework (EIF), which came into force this month, the question that all practitioners should be asking is whether or not their sand and water provision is sufficiently challenging and providing children with varied learning opportunities (see below).
WHY CHILDREN PLAY WITH SAND AND WATER
It is useful to understand why sand and water hold such fascination for children and adults alike.
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