Splish, splash, splosh! Playing with water is one of the most delightful experiences for young children. It is a fun, soothing, sensory activity that can keep them engaged for long durations. In addition to this, playing with water has many learning and developmental benefits for children.

What is Water Play?
Simply put, water play is an opportunity for children to play with water using toys, buckets, containers, or tools such as waterwheels and pumps. It can be either indoors or outdoors. Playing along with friends makes it even more enjoyable as they scoop, splash and pour together.

Benefits of Water Play
Water play is a classic example of learning through play. Just like sand, water is a natural resource that isn’t just fun but also great for purposeful play. Some of the many benefits of water play include:

  1. Develop motor skills
    Water play involves lots of scooping, pouring and filling. Such actions help in refining their fine motor skills as well as strengthening their hand-eye coordination.

    When playing outdoors, in a pool, or at the beach, children lift their arms, throw things and hustle back and forth, giving their large muscles a great workout, thus improving their gross motor skills.

  2. Social Emotional Growth
    Water play is a great opportunity for children to interact, and develop social skills such as sharing and learning to take turns. When toddlers engage in simple tasks such as helping each other fill containers, they learn about teamwork and cooperation which ultimately form friendships too.

  3. Math and Science skills
    Water play isn’t just fun for toddlers, but it lays a foundation for future math and science exploration. Preschoolers can learn about concepts such as full or empty, and sink or float. Parents can also teach their kids about volume by showing which container holds "more" water and which container holds "less" water.

  4. Problem-solving
    By incorporating challenging activities in water play, parents can foster curiosity and problem-solving skills in their children. Parents and educators can ask and discuss questions such as how to build a ramp so that toys can slide down in a paddling pool. By adding unusual things such as cardboard or paper to water, parents can stimulate their children’s investigative skills to work out what might happen to the objects.

  5. Sensory learning
    Sensory activities are crucial for brain development. When toddlers feel the water and manipulate it in different ways, it encourages them to explore the world around them further. Playing with water and pouring it from one container to another can also have a calming effect on toddlers.

Incorporating water play into your child’s routine
Water-related activities can be done both indoors and outdoors. However, to get the most out of water play, it is best done outdoors. Under adult supervision, toddlers and young children can play with and explore water freely in the garden.

This summer, turn your backyard into a water park with Quadro Pool and construction kits.


When the pool is combined with the Quadro universal kit and slide, children will develop motor skills, learn to play with each other, and stay away from phones and tablets. All this while having lots of fun and staying entertained for hours.