RK's that is. First, thanks to dancer mom who did all the research and got RK's friend 'Mountain Boy' (MB from now on) enrolled in swimming. I followed suit thanks to her follow up! Second, this post is only about RK and is an attempt to capture for him the story of his first ribbon and I do not mean to be insensitive to the other kids in class. Every child is different and I mean that!
Every week one evening RK and me go to swimming class. The one swimming class that me and dancer mom could not make it the fathers went and boy was it hilarious! But that is a different post. (Reminder to self - record that before you forget!)RK has always loved swimming (swimmie, as he calls it) class. He has been good about following the instructions, holding on to me/wall when asked etc. Yes he does howl if the pool toys are taken away from him. He is learning to float as well. Started with him resting his head on my shoulder and floating (with me holding on) to now floating with me holding him away from me. Through all this floating I have to constantly engage him with stories of lets go see Nemo, lets go see rainbow fish etc. That works since the pool has all those fishes hanging from the ceiling. From the last 2 classes he has been comfortable going under the water for a couple of seconds. With shouts of 'Ready Down' he can go under and then I bring him up on his side and into a back float. He loves the game of jumping off the wall to 'Humpty Dumpty had a great fall'. He likes kicking to the 'Motorboat motorboat' chant.
Also kudos to the instructors there. We have Mike and Mike both of whom have been amazing with the kids. They know when to indulge them, push them, be a disciplinarian etc. And the staff is friendly and warm. The pool and the facilities are clean. I must that that is a very important factor. And I can say that cause RK has not (ward off evil eye, touch wood) fallen any more sick than other times after he started swimming. So folks in the east bay area, American Swim Academy @ Newark is a good try. Bottom line it forces me to spend 30 quality mins with RK helping him learn with no distractions of housework etc. And that I realize is so important in our crazy busy lives today!
Every week one evening RK and me go to swimming class. The one swimming class that me and dancer mom could not make it the fathers went and boy was it hilarious! But that is a different post. (Reminder to self - record that before you forget!)RK has always loved swimming (swimmie, as he calls it) class. He has been good about following the instructions, holding on to me/wall when asked etc. Yes he does howl if the pool toys are taken away from him. He is learning to float as well. Started with him resting his head on my shoulder and floating (with me holding on) to now floating with me holding him away from me. Through all this floating I have to constantly engage him with stories of lets go see Nemo, lets go see rainbow fish etc. That works since the pool has all those fishes hanging from the ceiling. From the last 2 classes he has been comfortable going under the water for a couple of seconds. With shouts of 'Ready Down' he can go under and then I bring him up on his side and into a back float. He loves the game of jumping off the wall to 'Humpty Dumpty had a great fall'. He likes kicking to the 'Motorboat motorboat' chant.
Also kudos to the instructors there. We have Mike and Mike both of whom have been amazing with the kids. They know when to indulge them, push them, be a disciplinarian etc. And the staff is friendly and warm. The pool and the facilities are clean. I must that that is a very important factor. And I can say that cause RK has not (ward off evil eye, touch wood) fallen any more sick than other times after he started swimming. So folks in the east bay area, American Swim Academy @ Newark is a good try. Bottom line it forces me to spend 30 quality mins with RK helping him learn with no distractions of housework etc. And that I realize is so important in our crazy busy lives today!
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Congratulations RK!!! Good job!
I hope you remain this obedient and sweet always and one day you will break Michael Phelps' records!
To all the moms who plan to enroll their babies to swim class...do it before they are turning 2...else they will be difficult to handle...younger the better!
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