Chain Tag

What You Need:

• 2 floating pool ropes
• As many friends as you can get
• Pool

What You Do:

Safety Reminder: Adult supervision required at all times. All participants should be strong, experienced swimmers.

1. Have your child and their friends section off a portion of the shallow end of the pool using the floating pool ropes. Make sure everyone's feet can touch the bottom. (If you don't have access to a pool, you can also play this game on the grass or other soft surface.)
2. Then, have the children decide who will be “it.”
3. The child that is “it” must tread water in the center of the sectioned off portion of the pool.
4. Next, have the remaining children line themselves around the perimeter of the sectioned off portion of the pool.
5. When you call go, the child that is “it” must swim around, trying to tag as many people as possible.
6. Every person that the child who's “it” tags must link arms with them and form a chain.
7. The “it” chain must then work together to tag other players.
8. The last person to be tagged is the winner of the game.
9. For the next round, the child that was first tagged to become part of the “it” chain must start off as  the player who's “it.”
10. Have fun playing chain tag!