Kayla began once a week swim lessons last April. The good news was we did the lessons at a sports club and they had a heated, covered pool. KK loves her swim lessons, and she loves Miss Suzie. There were a few weeks we had to miss due to illness or the instructor needing to cancel. The past two lessons KK has finally began to learn how to swim.
In the beginning KK resisted putting her face in the water. It took Miss Suzie some time to get KK comfortable with it. The best part is Miss Suzie was always playing games with her and always teaching her safety in the pool. KK is that kind of child you could never turn your back on. She thought she knew how to swim even last year. I had to let her sink just so she could learn that she didn't know how to do it alone yet. At her first lesson with Miss Suzie the same thing happened. She jumped right in. Not only was Miss Suzie quick to show her she couldn't swim alone, but she made sure every session to teach safety lessons to her as well.
Yesterday I took over 20 short clips of KK's swim lesson. I won't bore you with all of them but I will post a few. It was fun for me to watch them. At the beginning of the lesson she wasn't using her big arms very well. By the end of the lesson she was doing much better with her big arms and swimming a bit farther in distance!
Here she is doing a quick glide.
She is so happy to finally be learning to do it by herself!
Practicing big arms!
Here she is doing the back float by herself!
Here she was by the end of the lesson! We are so proud! We are squeezing in two more lessons before the baby comes! If I am up for it I may have her start again towards the end of July.
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