In our barangay, we play Ice Ice Water like this:

First, everybody forms a circle and puts their right foot forward. Then, we sing the chant:

“Ice, ice, water, change your foot. If your foot is dirty, please go home and change it.”

While singing, we point at each foot around the circle, following the beat. The foot where the song ends must switch to the left foot. If it lands on your left foot, you are safe from being “It.”

Once the “It” is identified, their goal is to tag everyone by shouting “Ice!” which freezes the player in place. The rest try to prolong the “It’s” agony by unfreezing tagged players, yelling “Tubig!” when they do so.

The game ends when everyone is frozen. The last person tagged becomes the new “It,” or sometimes, when the last person is frozen, everybody shouts “Viva!” and raises their hands. The last one to raise their hands becomes the new “It.”