ISR Week 2
Another week of swimming improvements for the boys!
LJ is doing so well!! He is very happy to get in the water and show off his floats! Two days of the week he was a little hesitant/ whiney before getting in the water, but after just about a minute he was happy again. And one day he swallowed water and started crying in the middle of the lesson, but this was a good learning experience for him (and he got over it quickly).
Most exciting, this week he learned how to swim, then do a roll over to float/breath all by himself, then back to swim (rolly polly as Ms. Tiffany calls it). Below is a video of his first day doing this alone... Day 8!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Friday he did this more 'alone' or further away from Tiffany. After he masters this without needing any support, she will work on getting him to do this swimming away from her, and then all by himself every time he needs to breath (without a hand signal) until he gets to the side of the pool!
Evan is also showing great improvement. Unfortunately, this week he was not as excited to get in the water every day- and he often cried through out the majority of the ten minute lesson. But he always cheered up at the end, got excited for his stickers (prize for a good swim from Tiffany), and then told me how great he swam! And his big accomplishment of the week was learning to float on his back all by himself!! Yay Evan! Tiffany said this is often when kids who love to swim/ move start crying because 'stopping' to float/ hold still is not as fun for them! But as soon as he masters the float, he will be back to swimming (and hopefully a little happier again!). Here is a video of his float on Day 8:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Tiffany said it is also actually a great learning experience for them to be crying because it gives the a better understanding of their own buoyancy (or ability to float) when inhaling and exhaling (bigger breaths when crying). Also, chances are high if they fall in the pool or are ever in a situation that they really need to survive, they will not be happily floating along, but will be crying! So while it is not always fun to watch a crying child swim, it is helpful for the end goal/ safety :)
LJ is doing so well!! He is very happy to get in the water and show off his floats! Two days of the week he was a little hesitant/ whiney before getting in the water, but after just about a minute he was happy again. And one day he swallowed water and started crying in the middle of the lesson, but this was a good learning experience for him (and he got over it quickly).
Most exciting, this week he learned how to swim, then do a roll over to float/breath all by himself, then back to swim (rolly polly as Ms. Tiffany calls it). Below is a video of his first day doing this alone... Day 8!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Friday he did this more 'alone' or further away from Tiffany. After he masters this without needing any support, she will work on getting him to do this swimming away from her, and then all by himself every time he needs to breath (without a hand signal) until he gets to the side of the pool!
Evan is also showing great improvement. Unfortunately, this week he was not as excited to get in the water every day- and he often cried through out the majority of the ten minute lesson. But he always cheered up at the end, got excited for his stickers (prize for a good swim from Tiffany), and then told me how great he swam! And his big accomplishment of the week was learning to float on his back all by himself!! Yay Evan! Tiffany said this is often when kids who love to swim/ move start crying because 'stopping' to float/ hold still is not as fun for them! But as soon as he masters the float, he will be back to swimming (and hopefully a little happier again!). Here is a video of his float on Day 8:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Tiffany said it is also actually a great learning experience for them to be crying because it gives the a better understanding of their own buoyancy (or ability to float) when inhaling and exhaling (bigger breaths when crying). Also, chances are high if they fall in the pool or are ever in a situation that they really need to survive, they will not be happily floating along, but will be crying! So while it is not always fun to watch a crying child swim, it is helpful for the end goal/ safety :)
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