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Sand Play |
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- Is enjoyed by children of all ages
- Stimulates the children's senses - touching, tasting seeing sand flowing through the fingers
- Develops gross motor skills - pushing, using spades, rakes, diggers...
- Develops fine motor skills - grasping, letting sand flow through the fingers
- Supports and extends other areas of play - the sand area is a great area for children to explore simple principles of science, weighing and measuring, creativity and role play
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Play-sand 550 is a graded, naturally formed sand ideal for use in sand pits at home and in supervised care settings. |
Play-sand 550 meets the requirements for sand as described in the Supervised Early Childhood Facilities - Playground Equipment and Surfacing Handbook (New Zealand standard SNZ HB 5828.2.20061). |
The recommended depth for play sand is between 45 to 60cm. |
With hydraulic concuctivity of 500mm/hr, this sand drains well during heavy rainfall events or after water play (adequate drainage beneath pit should be installed to remove water from the sandpit area). |
The very small proportion of fine and ultrafine sand reduces the degree of wind borne sand particles. This minimises the irritation caused to children, and adults supervising them, from sand being blown into their face. |
Sand Pit Design (click for larger image) |
Play-sand 550 is free of stones, gravel, pumice and organic material and is able to be moulded when water is added. |
| Technical Specifications |
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Play 550 |
Hydraulic conductivity (mm/hr) |
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500 |
Particle distribution |
Sieve Size (mm) |
Play 550 |
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% Composition |
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Coarse gravel |
4-8 |
0.0% |
| Fine gravel |
2-4 |
0.0% |
| V. coarse sand |
1-2 |
1.8% |
| Coarse sand |
0.5-1 |
17.0% |
| Medium sand |
0.25-0.5 |
53.7% |
| Fine sand |
0.125-0.25 |
26.4% |
| Very fine sand |
0.063-0.125 |
1.0% |
| Silt + clay |
<0.063 |
0.1% |
Test results from 01/09/09 |
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Play-sand 550 is not recommended as an impact attenuation surface. |
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The product is available in large or small volumes. In the wider Auckland Region, Coand now in the Bay of Plenty. |
For further information or a free quotation call free on
0800 733 7625 |
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Ideas for Sand Play |
- Build a volcano - Get the children to build the volcanic cone then let them squirt vinegar and food colouring onto baking soda (placed on top of the cone in a milk bottle cap) to make it erupt.
- Provide plastic down pipe and guttering cut offs for building tunnels and rivers/moats
- Make a simple set of scales to explore weight and volume.
- Hide treasure/fossils and let your child dig for them (don't forget where you buried them). Make a map for them to follow. Help your child work out systems to make sure they aren't redigging areas.
- Let your child add water to their sand play to make sand pies, sand castles, sand soup and draw globby pictures or sculptures with dribbly sand.
- Introduce sandproof/waterproof toys such as cars and animals for imaginative play. Use water proof material to make into moats, rivers, lakes and seas.
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Foot Note
- Standard SNZ HB 5828.2.2006 is protected under Copyright by Standards New Zealand.
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