Water play is an essential part of the Early Years curriculum.
Water play encourages children to develop:
- Their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination through actions like pouring, squirting, scrubbing, stirring and squeezing.
- Their imagination and creative thinking which play an important role in problem-solving.
- Their ability to concentrate on one activity when presented as a tranquil and repetitive activity (scooping, pouring and running their hands through the water).
- Mathematical language, such as Full, Empty, Half, Less.
