Swim Lessons

The kids completed 2 sessions (4 weeks) of swim lessons this summer and made some major improvements in the water because of it. Austin was in the LionFish class and worked hard on his glides, freestyle, backstroke, switching strokes, and sit dive. He learned everything so quickly and checked everything off on the list except retrieving toys from the bottom of the pool and his back glide.

So for the next 2 weeks we practiced those things on our own and then took another session of swim lessons. Austin was so excited when he got his card this time. He came over to me and said "Mom, I got a check on everything!!" He was real proud of himself. He has really become quite a good little swimmer and next time with be in the Dolphin class.

This was Kayla's first time to do swim lessons. She was in the PreSchool class and for the first 3 days of she wouldn't let go of the teacher to stand on the water table in the middle of the pool. Finally she got brave enough and made big improvements the next week of swim lessons. She learned how to slide into the water, blowing bubbles, bobbing up and down, kicking with straight legss, reaching for the wall, stretching out, and jumping in. Although she was a little timid about getting her eyes wet she still passed the preschool class.

So we spent a couple weeks encouraging Kayla to get all of her face in the water and then she started swim lessons in the Starfish class. She worked on bobs and bubbles, jumping in, front/back floats, and kicking with straight legs. She still was nervous about putting her whole face in the water. Whenever her teacher asked her to do that she would put her face in and out of the water as fast as she could. Kayla did a great job going to her swim class and was excited everyday about it!!