Unit 5 Games

Materials Needed:

• 2 Baskets

• Small blue balls for each child

Instructions:

To reinforce the importance of drinking water and watering the plants, the children play the “Plant Splash Relay” game:

• The children are split into two teams and line up as far as possible from two baskets set up for each team to run to.  The baskets represent a pretend flower.

• Each child is given a blue ball, which represents a “water droplet.”

• The teacher says “Go” and the first child in each line runs down to the basket and places her/his “water droplet” or ball inside the “flower” or basket and then runs back to his/her line.

• Once the first child returns, the second child runs down to the flower and deposits her/his water droplet before returning to the line.

• While each child is relaying back and forth between baskets, the children waiting for a turn jump up and down with their arms in the air cheering for each classmate.

• This continues until everyone has had a turn. Repeat the relay several times if time permits and have the children hop, skip, and/or run for each additional turn.

• For additional physical activity, redistribute the blue balls for each relay by having the children run to the basket to retrieve a ball and run back to get into line.