I found this amazing site online by a guy from England who chronicled his daughter's swimming lesson journey from 6 weeks old! He was very detailed about the different exercises that they did with the babies - even to the point of creating diagrams. So, I wrote up a swimming curriculum for Ariella that will take her at least through 2 swimming seasons. She's already done 4 "lessons" with us now, and she seems to enjoy it. And, actually the morning after the 2nd lesson (where Tyree noticed she had tried rolling when she was on her back), that was the morning she started to be able to roll over from her stomach to her back for the first time. He thinks it's helping her physical development outside of swimming, too.
She's done quite a few underwater swims and is learning how to swim on her front and back. It's so cute how she kicks her little legs in the water. And, she's definitely getting more exercise doing the variety of moves rather than just having me hold her in the water, moving around. Plus, I feel more purposeful with her. And, it keeps her from getting bored. So, I'm very excited with this for her.
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That's really neat! Would you mind sharing the site??
ReplyDeleteSure! Here you go:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bringemup.com/sections/Infant-Swimming
She has so much fun! We take her 1-3 times a week, and she's really getting good at the underwater swims. We've even done a few swims where we let go of her for a few seconds. I want to take video of one of her lessons.