Sand writing

About the video

In the video letters, numbers and shapes are written in damp sand. At home your child writes the letter a with a finger, a stick and a shell, then writes 1 to 5, draws a circle, a square and a triangle, and writes their name. Damp sand has a little water between the grains that holds them together, so the lines stay, while dry sand rolls back. Most letters and numbers start at the top, and the hand makes the same moves in sand as on paper.

What your child learns

• Write letters and numbers with the right starting point
• Draw a circle, a square and a triangle
• Compare thin and thick lines from different tools

What's on the worksheet

1. 1Predict first
2. 2Try each tool
3. 3How it works
4. 4True or false
5. 5Match the shapes
6. 6Missing numbers
7. 7Count the sides
8. 8Draw it