ANIMAL SWIM RINGS	
 Give each child an inflated animal swim ring to wear around his or her 
 waist.  Have the children pretend to be the animals represented by 
 their rings.  Encourage them to move like their animals.  Adapt the 
 song below to fit the animal rings your children have and sing a verse 
 for each child.
 
 Sung to : "Frere Jacques"
 
 I'm a duck, I'm a duck,
 Watch me waddle, watch me waddle.
 Hear me when I talk,
 Hear me when I talk.
 Quack, quack, quack; quack, quack, quack.
 
 
 SENSORY POOL
  Blow up an inflatable wading pool.  Fill it partway with crumpled-up 
 pieces of newsprint.  Let one or two children at atime climb in the 
 pool and play with the newsprint.  Can they bury their hands under the 
 newsprint?  What sounds does it make?
 
 Variation:  Instead of newsprint, use small plastic balls, packing 
 styrofoam, etc.  Just be sure that the children are old enough to know 
 not to put things in their mouth.
 
 
 	WATER POOL
 Blow up an inflatable wading pool outside and fill it partway with 
 water.  Place plastic cups and funnels, small plastic boats and other 
 water toys in the pool.  If desired, add a few plastic containers with 
 holes punched in the bottoms to use as "rain makers."  Let the 
 children sit around the outside of the pool and experiment with the 
 water and the toys in it.
 
 
 	INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
 
 Blow up an innertube and plce it on the floor.  Give the children 
 instructions such as "Find a block and place it inside the innertube.  
 Find a toy car and place it outside the Innertube."
 
 Variations:   Have the children take turns sitting inside and outside 
 of the innertube.
 
 BEACH BALL ROLLING
 
 Have the children sit in a circle with their legs apart and their feet 
 touching.  Put several inflated beach balls inside the circle.  Have 
 the children roll the balls back and forth to one another.
 
 BEACH BALL KICK
 
 Take the children to a large open area and give each one an inflated 
 beach ball.  Let the children practice kicking the balls all around:  
 on the ground, in the air, forward, backward and any other way they 
 can think of.
 
 INNERTUBE TOSS
 
 Blow up an innertube and hang it from a clothesline at the children's 
 level.  Set out several beanbags or small balls.  Let the children 
 take turns trying to toss the beanbags or balls through the innertube.
 
 	INNERTUBE STACKING
 
 Inflate several innertubes.  (Use ones in different sizes, if 
 possible.)  Let the children use the innertubes for stacking and 
 building.  How many can they stack by placing one on top of the other?  
 Can they build a wall with the innertubes?