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Patti Van Brederode posted a reply on Re: Sensory Tables - Kinetic Sand?
Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Said: Hi!We sometimes use kinetic sand in our sensory bins, but it is hard on our plumbing system, which is not great to start with. Our PlayLab where it is used is right across the hall from our bathrooms, and folx often wash up there fi...
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Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Rachael Gary posted a reply on Re: Sensory Tables - Kinetic Sand?
Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Said: Hello!We had a kinetic sand table out for a while and it did much better than I expected. Of course, there was spillage, but we found it very manageable. It even stood up to large field trips as well. I believe we just ordered from ...
Melissa Sierra posted a reply on Re: Sensory Tables - Kinetic Sand?
Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Said: We have a kinetic sand table and I can speak to the following. 1) Sand everywhere, our table is on the main floor and we regularly find sand throughout the museum. 2) We are on our third vendor for sand, Lakeshore, we ...
Jeremy Evans posted a reply on Re: Sensory Tables - Kinetic Sand?
Tuesday, Jan 20, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Said: Yeah I read it. Sounds like it runs out of gas.
-Jeremy
Jeremy Evans
Director of Advancement
Koch Family Children's Museum of Evansville (cMoe)
22 S.E. 5th Street; Evansville, IN 47708
812.643.2663 ext 225
www.cMoeKids.org
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