| | | | | three cups with Yellow paint, three cups with Red paint |
| Sand and Water Tablesare widely praised for their | | | | , and three cups with Blue paint. Place all 9 cups of the |
| educational value amongst small children. There are | | | | primary colors into the freezer for the following day. |
| however other people who people whom would | | | | When the class or individual child you are caring for |
| benefit greatly from a Sand and Water Table | | | | arrives, have a color chart on display and briefly |
| experience, these are children with special needs. | | | | explain to them about primary and secondary colors. |
| Studies have clearly shown that children with autism | | | | Even if these terms are hard for them to grasp, your |
| retain information better while their sense of touch is | | | | brief talk will lay the foundation for the Sand and |
| being stimulated. Sand and Water Tables are a | | | | Water Table Color Magic Experiment where the real |
| perfect catalyst for this form off education. Sand and | | | | learning will take place. Fill the tub with about one inch |
| Water Tables promote growth in motor skills, social | | | | of hot water. Then place two different primary colors |
| skills, spatial relations, natural science, and can offer | | | | in the tub. As the ice melts watch the secondary color |
| people with special needs a small world that they feel | | | | immerge. Throughout the project ask questions and |
| in control of. A Sand and Water Table can offer a | | | | keep them evolved. Repeat the process for all |
| sample of the outdoors experience for Children whom | | | | secondary colors. After each color is formed, give |
| can never go there. | | | | them a piece of paper to dip into the water. Save |
| When using your Sand and Water Table, be creative, | | | | these colored papers for a future color project to |
| as experiencing different things is what it is all about. | | | | strengthen their understanding of color theory. |
| When choosing a project for the child, always keep in | | | | Great Outdoors! Try taking the Sand and Water Table |
| mind their strengths and weaknesses. Some special | | | | outside for another unique experience. Have your |
| needs children might become over stimulated if too | | | | children with special needs look around and find |
| many objects are placed in the tub and some may | | | | different objects in nature. Then place them into the |
| feel the more things to play with the better. Here are | | | | water in your Sand and Water Table. They will learn |
| some fun ideas. | | | | about the world around them as they watch acorns |
| What is that? Is a really fun stimulating and educational | | | | float and rock sink and ant that seem to walk on the |
| game. There are several ways to set up play . First | | | | top. This is a time to let them play and get interested in |
| try taking noodles, warm or cold, hard or soft, and | | | | things on their own, to let them feel in control of their |
| place them into the Tub. Then burry an object in there | | | | little world. When the time is up, they may even want |
| and have them try to guess what it is. For a higher | | | | to keep the acorn or rock etc. And if they are not in |
| learning more task specific exercise, you can place | | | | danger of swallowing or hurting someone else with |
| 3-dimensional letters or numbers in there. This works | | | | their object, letting them keep it is good. It will reinforce |
| especially well when trying to teach them how to spell | | | | the memory of their experience. |
| their name, as the physical stimulation and the | | | | A Sand and Water Table is perfect for a child with |
| excitement of a new game will help them to retain | | | | special educational needs. There are truly an unlimited |
| what they learn. Try finding objects through the leaves | | | | amount on fun learning projects you can come up with |
| of lettuce in water or pine cones or sand, making it like | | | | using a Sand and Water Table. They are truly |
| a treasure hunt! The possibilities are endless! | | | | important educational tools for sensory development, |
| Color Magic! This is an exceptionally fun game! This | | | | encouraging motor skills, and a supporting a curiosity of |
| Sand and Water Table project works best in with a | | | | the world. You know your loved ones and which |
| clear tub. It will take you about one day in preparation, | | | | projects will best educate and entertain them. For |
| but it is worth the wait to see how this innovative color | | | | more Sand and Water Table ideas or to purchase |
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| mixed create other colors. First Take 9 Plastic cups | | | | |
| and fill them all with water. In each cup mix in paint. Mix | | | | . |