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HOW OFTEN SHOULD LESSONS
BE SCHEDULED?:
Resistant or fearful students should (at first) attend as many lessons
per week as possible. Attending once per week can work, but there
will be accelerated success and improvement in attitude and skill,
if the student can attend at least two or three days per week, (up
to seven days per week). When they begin to enjoy the water and
the process of learning, scheduling once or twice per week is acceptable.
WHAT'S BETTER FOR CHILDREN UNDER AGE
3:
Private or Parent Participation Groups?
There are too many factors to be considered in order to answer that
question. Generally, children transition into the structure of learning
more easily by being involved in Parent Participation groups. There
is less separation anxiety. Progress is generally slower, but the
songs and games make learning more fun. The younger babies cooperate
with their parents better than those who have reached the "age
of contrary" (18 months -- about age 3). Some parents choose
to enroll in privates instead of or additionally in order to expedite
the instruction of the more challenging Survival Roll-to-Back float
skill. Parents often prefer to be the one teaching the swim skills
that are fun and easy to learn. Let the teacher work the child through
the skills that are more upsetting, and then take over again, after
the teacher has "broken the ice." Another philosophy that
appeals to some parents is to enroll their babies in privates, so
that their children can benefit by the priceless bond that can be
created with a swim teacher.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE THEM TO LEARN?
The teachers use Gentle Persuasion. Sometimes the emphasis is on
"Gentle". Generally, the students learn faster if the
emphasis is on "Persuasion." Most students learn enough
to save themselves when they fall into a pool - in about 10 to 20
private lessons.
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The confident swimmer considers floating to be an alternative to swimming.
Visualize a child or person floating in water - face up (supine) with
an appearance of DOING NOTHING! Face is out of the water (maybe even smiling),
This child is actually DOING IT ALL with Comfort, Trust, and Knowledge
of Skill.
COMFORT
TRUST
KNOWLEDGE
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