| Summary: | This study examines if the indoor sandbox is a possible arena for early explorations and discoveries regarding physics amongst preschool toddlers. This thesis draws upon a phenomenological perspective, where Merleau-Ponty’s theories of the lifeworld and the phenomenology of perception are central to the study. A critical moments methodology is used in this study when observing preschool children playing in an indoor sandbox. Themes such as which toys are used and if there are physics phenomena present in the sandbox are investigated. Semi-structural interviews, done with the pedagogues from the wards where the observations where done, are used as a complement to the observations. The interviews focus on the pedagogues’ experiences of the potential of the sandbox as a place of learning and exploring in relation to physics. The study shows that there is a relation between the toys, the quality of the sand and physical aspects of the sandbox. One of the main results is that elements as toys and the quality of the sand have a positive effect upon the presence of physics phenomena in the sandbox.
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