Oasis Sand House with Desk and Crane

Theme

Cognitive: suggests a theme and supports dramatic play, which stimulates languages and communication skills.

Slope

Physical: inclined crawling or walking up or down develops the sense of balance and cross coordination.

Social-emotional: the inclination makes climbing feel secure, especially for younger children.

Window

Social-emotional: invites interaction between sides and cooperative play.

Side desk

Social-emotional: fine meeting place and a space creator. Sharing and cooperation from both sides create a social scenario that supports communication and cooperation.

Sand wheel

Cognitive: the turning sand wheel stimulates cause and effect understanding.

Sand desk with funnel

Social-emotional: children can gather and store materials, cooperate and take a break together.

Cognitive: sand can be shifted through the funnel, for understanding of cause and effect and object permanence: that materials don’t vanish but run through at the other end.

Sand crane

Physical: hoisting the basket up and down trains arm muscles and dexterity.

Social-emotional: cooperating with others e.g. receiving the bucket trains cooperation skills.

Cognitive: understanding the mechanism of the chains hoisting buckets up and down supports logical thinking skills.

Creative: working with moveable play items that can leave a mark supports the child’s creativity.