My boys always amaze me. Yesterday they were digging holes and filling them with water. Then they would sometimes make channels and watch the water flow out. S made the comment that he needed to load up rocks and dirt and gravel to haul it away in his little dump truck. I thought his vocabulary for a describing soil was remarkable. The National Wildlife Federation encourages children's play in dirt and even have written a report on the benefits of dirt! So this play is good for physical, mental and academic development. This play is perfect preparation for the fifth grade Land and Water Unit I taught when I taught fifth grade. If only so all my students had had so much time exploring dirt- the models that we made in the classroom would have had even more meaning.
This play is also great preparation for being a farmer and understanding whether your soil is going to be ready for planting.
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