Perhaps it is a tow truck. Elements of Movement Challenge the children to ride in straight, curving, and zigzag pathways. Set up an obstacle course with these three pathways. Sand First and foremost, sand, with digging and pouring materials, is great for constructive play. It also lends itself to science experiments.
Sand is also effective for fantasy play.
Ask the children to pretend to be digging for buried treasure at the beach or in the desert, chefs or bakers mixing a famous recipe, scientists working on an experiment, gophers burrowing, or dogs burying bones. Climbing Structures Suggestions for exploring climbing structures using imagery and elements of movement follow. Imagery Children can pretend they are ivy growing and spreading, snakes slithering and wrapping themselves around tree limbs, clothes hanging on a line and drying in the breeze, Tarzan, mountain climbers, squirrels, firefighters at work, birds perched on branches, lookouts in a watchtower, and chimps and gorillas. Climb up quickly and down slowly. Balance Beams Balancing is not the only function of a balance beam.