WHAT YOU NEED:

• Clean water jugs
• Non-breakable cups or play teacups and saucers
• Natural materials (sticks or leaves)
• Mint (see: another time)
• Lemon slices (see: another time)
• Watermelon (see: another time)
• Water

WHAT TO DO:

• In an outdoor area where it does not matter if children spill water, set up a tray or water trolley for water play.
• Add water in jugs for pouring and cups for sharing the water. Adults can talk to children about what can be added to water. Children can pretend to make a drink using water jugs and use outdoor natural materials like sticks or leaves to add to the water to pretend to flavour it.
• Children can play with pouring cups and have a pretend party. Adults tell children that this water is not for drinking only for playing. Toys can be set up outside on a rug to have a pretend party.
• Adults can talk to children about the value in drinking water and that they never share cups or drinking bottles.
• Remind children that plants also need water to remain healthy and that any excess water from the pretend party can be used to water the plants.