Juliette Jars are for children ages 3+ Jars are filled with our non-toxic, homemade play sand and paired with small resin manipulatives—made to encourage hands-on learning, counting, sorting, and imaginative play without screens.
Adult supervision required for younger ages to guide and teach basic math skills.
🦄Juliette Jar Activities Listed Below🦄
Juliette Jars
Juju Sand is perfect for kids who thrive with sensory learning, love making a mess, and genuinely enjoy messy play. Pro tip: pour it onto a paper plate to help contain as much sand as possible. The color may transfer to little hands during play, but it washes off easily with soap and water.
🦄Juliette Jar Activities🦄
Count & Bury (1–10 Counting)
Hide all 10 manipulatives in the sand.
Your child digs and pulls them out one at a time, counting out loud: 1…2…3…
Line them up in a row as they’re found.
When all 10 are out, count them again together (touch-and-count).
Mix them back into the sand and repeat—try counting backward from 10 as a challenge.
“How Many Did You Find?” (Number Recognition + Counting Sets)
Parent secretly hides a small number of manipulatives (start with 1–5, then 1–10).
Child digs until they think they found them all.
Child counts what they found out loud and says the total: “I found 6!”
Parent confirms by counting together.
Repeat and ask: “Can you find one more than last time?” or “Can you find one less?”
Addition Scoops (Hands-On Adding)
Put the 10 manipulatives in the jar.
Parent says an addition problem within 10 (ex: 3 + 2).
Child digs out 3 manipulatives and places them on the table.
Then digs out 2 more and adds them to the group.
Child counts the total to solve: “3 + 2 = 5.”
Repeat with different combinations (2+4, 5+1, 6+3, etc.).
Subtraction “Take Away” (Hands-On Subtracting)
Start with all 10 manipulatives visible on the table (or pulled from the sand). Count to 10 together.
Parent says a subtraction problem (ex: 10 − 4).
Child “takes away” 4 manipulatives and drops them back into the sand.
Child counts what’s left on the table to find the answer.
Repeat with different numbers (9−2, 8−3, 7−5).
Compare & Solve (More / Less + Add/Sub Thinking)
Parent makes two hidden groups in the sand (ex: hide 3 manipulatives on the left side of the jar and 5 on the right).
Child digs out the left group, counts it, and sets it down. Then digs out the right group and counts it.
Ask: “Which is more? Which is less?”
Then ask one math question:“How many more does 5 have than 3?” (difference) “How many altogether?” (sum)
Child uses the manipulatives to count and answer.
Make 10 (Number Bonds + Early Addition)
Hide all 10 manipulatives in the sand.
Child digs out a random handful and counts them (ex: 6).
Ask: “How many more do we need to make 10?”
Child digs out the missing amount (ex: 4) and checks by counting to 10.
Say the equation together: “6 + 4 = 10.”
Repeat with new handfuls to practice different pairs.