I Wanna Be A Sea Creature

We are very fortunate this year to have a friend of Grandma P. come and teach swimming lessons to the kids. Miss C. actually developed the pre-school swimming lessons at a very large (and well known) facility back in the day when people believed that you couldn't teach children, under the age of 8, to swim. She knew (and saw) as a swimming instructor that you could teach them to swim. However, young children swim better underwater that on top of the water. So she developed a program for the kids using underwater sea creatures as "teachers" to help spark interest. Brother really likes to look at her poster (with the sea creatures) and wants to imitate them in the water. We have only got to meet up with Miss C. twice, but we have been practicing 3 times a week. What a difference it has made with Brother! He has taken swimming lessons for two years now, and he has learned and became more confident in the two meetings he had with Miss C. than any of his other lessons. Also, just a note, Brother HATES to get his face wet. In the bathtub or pool, it doesn't matter. DO NOT GET HIS FACE WET! Hmmmm....

Here he is with his first meeting with Miss C. He was being a Dolphin (blowing bubbles in the water)

Here is Bugs and Daddy watching.

Bugs isn't so sure about what Brother is doing in the water. She doesn't like the pool very much (or at all). She has a hold of her blanket for protection.

The following are pictures of our second meeting with Miss C. Brother would NEVER do that before. He is being a Sea Otter. They like to swim on their backs and eat their food.

I am not sure what animal he is being here. I think he is actually being a pirate and looking for buried treasure. Miss C. brought some shells and a cool necklace that looks like Pirate Booty.

Here she is teaching him a safety technique. He is jumping into the water...

hitting his feet on the bottom and pushing off into the...

swordfish swim!

Here he is being a swordfish. Notice how straight his arms are, like a sword!
This is so if he ever fell into the pool, he would feel comfortable transitioning onto his tummy and getting a breath of air. Next week she is going to show him how to turn from tummy to back and back to tummy.

He is doing very good!