On our most recent visit to Rochester Museum and Science Center we, as always, spent quite a bit of time at the sand and water table. And, as always, the boys used the trowels and shovels to move the sand around, thus creating new paths for the water to flow. However, this time Cutie Pie wanted to make a wall straight across the entire sand and water table to see what would happen and he requested my help!
It’s always fun to play in the sand, but mixing in a whole bunch of water is even more fun! We dug and shoveled and finally Cutie Pie realized there was no way our wall would work unless we had a small tunnel for some of the water to be released. Sand just isn’t as heavy as dirt and won’t hold deep water! Finally Cutie Pie’s vision was complete and we had a pond forming. I asked him what would happen when it was done and he replied, “Well, I guess we’ll just see what happens!”
Once the water built up the wall started to fall into the pond and Cutie Pie admitted his hypothesis was correct! I just wish he had shared that with me before we started, because then I would have known I was part of an experiment and the whole experience would have been neater for me!
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Your little guy is pretty sharp Tricia!! I miss those days of just little boy fun play!!! I envy you for all the great places that you have in Rochester! We love the Strong Museum and wish we could get there more often – hopefully we will make the trip soon!!!
Becky
We played with sand and water not so long ago, even though it wasn't my idea. As soon as we got to the sandpit it started to rain, but we stayed anyway… It was great fun, no doubt about it, but so messy. Still trying to clean all the sand out of the pram.
Your museum sounds fantastic, unfortunately there is nothing like that near us.