The Sandbox Tucson

When families trust us with the people they love most, it means everything. For the second year in a row, The Sandbox was voted Best Child Care Agency in Tucson, based on Google Reviews from local families. To every parent who took the time to share your experience—thank you! Your kind words reflect the dedication and hard work of our incredible educators. This recognition belongs to them! We’re grateful to continue serving Tucson’s children and families.

Reminder to our families: The Sandbox will be closed for summer vacation Monday, 6/29- Friday, 7/3, and we will return Monday, 7/6/2026. We hope everyone enjoys their summer break! 🎆🎇

What does dedication look like?

It looks like teachers spending their lunch breaks studying together. It looks like late evenings completing assignments. It looks like supporting one another through challenging coursework while continuing to show up every day for children and families.

This weekend, we celebrated an incredible group of educators who completed participation in the Professional Career Pathway Project (PCPP), a scholarship program that incorporates apprenticeships and shared learning to support educators with completing their educational goals. Throughout the program, they attended classes together, completed internship hours, leaned on mentors, and worked tirelessly toward their goal.

Their success is a testament to their perseverance, commitment, and belief that learning never stops.

We couldn’t be prouder. Congratulations, graduates! 🎓✨

Just a friendly reminder that the Sandbox will be closed Friday, June 19th. Tap post to see this week’s art in honor of Juneteenth.

Children were challenged to transfer balls from a water-filled container to a bucket using only their feet. While it looked like pure fun, they were also building core strength, balance, coordination, and important brain-body connections. Play is powerful—and sometimes the biggest learning happens when children are having fun!

While children splash and stay cool this summer, they’re also building important skills. Water play encourages children to negotiate space and materials, engage their senses, ask questions, solve problems, explore cause and effect, learn new vocabulary, measure, predict, strengthen their muscles, and develop executive functioning skills.

Preschool Graduation was such a beautiful reminder of the love and care our teachers pour into children and families every day. 💛 Ms. Brenda wore a dress signed and decorated by her graduating students. Ms. Kamila brought special snacks and a gift for her one graduate—then proudly watched him sing his little heart out during the performance. Ms. Margaret celebrated with families by taking family portraits of the graduates after the performance. We are so proud of our graduates, families, and teachers! 🎓✨