Build a Sandcastle

Wellbeing / HauoraNature Play
Written By Kim Manunui

If you are lucky enough to live near a beach, get out in nature and make a sandcastle! 

If you don’t have a beach nearby, you might have a sandpit to do this activity in. Experiment with sand and water.  Let really wet sand drip through your fingers to make little towers.  Use cups and buckets to mould damp sand into castles. Sprinkle dry sand on it to decorate it, or to colour certain areas. Decorate your sandcastles with sticks, shells, feathers and other natural objects.  You could add roads, rivers, moats, bridges and tunnels.  Playing in sand is a fantastic sensory activity.  It is a way of learning about solids and liquids, and so much more.

We’d love to see photos of your creative castles! 

This video has some great hints to help you make a really strong sandcastle:

If you have shells, listen to the ocean sound that you can hear inside it.  If older children would like to know what makes that sound, here’s a fantastic video that explains it.

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Kim Manunui

Hi, I’m Kim and I work with a great team to help individuals, as well as small and not so small businesses get their message, product and services to the world using digital media and creating wonderful websites that don’t cost the earth.

I was born in Canada, and grew up around Vancouver and the mountains of British Columbia. My love of pristine environments led me to New Zealand and eventually to the mountains, lakes and rivers of the central North Island which is home. My family’s heritage is here, and it’s from here that Korio traverses the planet.

The digital world is never static and neither are we.

And I say ‘we’ because I work with an awesome group of talented people who I gather together as required to complete a project.  Whatever your business, not-for-profit or individual needs are we gather the best team to get the job done.

Collaboratively we are creative, share sustainable values and work hard for great outcomes because that’s the buzz of satisfaction that drives us.

If you have an audience and market to reach, we can make that happen. Creative design, words that work and smart behind the scenes stuff that cuts through the online noise. We’ll design your website and then build it. We’ll manage the content as well as all your hosting needs. We can handle your online advertising so you get noticed,
and we’ll manage your social media presence so you get the clicks, likes and engagement to grow your business. All within the budget you set, because none of this needs to cost the earth.  And the job doesn’t stop when your website goes live. We are your virtual business partner.

https://www.korio.co.nz
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