Astronaut Sand

Children amaze me. They are creative and imaginative and help me think outside of the box. I've had moon sand in the sensory table and rolled it outside today to dump it in our sandbox. There was an eruption of excitement when I did this. Who knew that moon sand being dumped in with regular sand could be so thrilling? It's the little things. Then, four little guys got to work...they were digging fervently and furiously, on a mission. Out of the blue they discover hidden "treasure" - several sand shovels and a small cup that had been buried deep in the sand, and they discovered it. And they were pumped! 

The conversation going on in the middle of their digging was really cool!