Tidal Wave Races

Supplies:

• Plastic cups or small buckets (one per team)

• Large buckets filled with water (start and finish points)

• Cones to mark lanes

• Optional: sponges or ladles instead of cups for variation

Steps:

1. Divide the children into teams and line them up behind their starting bucket.

2. Place another empty bucket at the other end of the play area — this is the team’s “ocean.”

3. On “Go!”, the first player fills their cup (or sponge) with water from the starting bucket and runs carefully to pour it into the ocean bucket.

4. They then run back and pass the cup or sponge to the next teammate.

5. Continue until time runs out or one team fills their ocean bucket to a marked line.

6. The team with the most water transferred (or who fills their ocean first) wins!