From the author: I share my personal experience as a mother. After reading Zinkevich-Evstigneeva’s book “Workshop on Sand Therapy,” I got the idea to make something like a therapeutic sandbox at home for playing with my child. To implement the idea you need a box and sand. There was neither a large box nor suitable sand at hand. Then I found a box that was more or less the right size and poured semolina into it. And then she invited her son to play. And he liked it. Games in the sandbox have taken root with us. Sometimes the son plays on his own, but more often with his mother. Mom has a richer imagination, but all my liberties are nipped in the bud. And we play strictly according to the plot approved by our son. This is how the car should go, this is how it should hum, this is the slide, you can’t sing. And many other rules that change from game to game. It is clear that they are not written or even voiced, so I constantly make mistakes, either I go to the wrong place, or I sing a song in the wrong place, which infuriates my son. He and I even fight sometimes in this sandbox. Sometimes I’m already afraid to do anything and just pour sand in the corner. This activity has a very beneficial effect on me. We mainly play racing cars, construction cars, dinosaurs, or kinders. Now we are at the stage of construction machines: we pour sand into dump trucks, pour it into a concrete mixer, and then into a pile. Sometimes racing cars join the working fraternity, and fun begins. The racers cut through the sandbox, and the sand just keeps falling over the edges. My emotions are running high, the race is heading towards victory, my son is running the show, and my mother is sighing in her hearts that she will have to sweep everything away again. These sand games are very interesting and useful. Probably, there is no need to talk about the fact that sand (in our case, semolina) contributes to the development of fine motor skills. Today every mother knows about this. Secondly, these games develop fantasy, imagination, and creativity. As I already said, Seryoga comes up with stories himself, although in other games for some reason he follows me. Role-playing games help teach communication, but it's not just in the sand. Sprinkling sand, painting with your fingers, digging holes and pouring mounds has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, by the way, mother’s too. If your child is overexcited, you can play in the sand with him to calm him down. Of course, not in emotional games, like our racing games, but in pouring sand with our hands. In general, in my opinion, a very attractive activity. But do not try to repeat this if you are not prepared for the fact that sand (semolina) will be within a meter radius of the sandbox. I don't recommend playing on carpets. And in general it’s better to put oilcloth on it. And so, while it’s winter and the evenings are long, you can remember summer fun and implement them in a small home sandbox. In the photo is our sandbox Nina Liventsova, child psychologist