Teach Cole how to swim: Lesson 3

Cole was pretty comfortable in the water this week. He now only fusses if we don't do the activities that he likes to do. This is not at all dissimiliar to Cole's behavior on land...

It is hard not to be proud of him. He went from being terrified to having a good time, after two 30 minute sessions.. He doesn't even know how to swim any better than he did two lessons ago! He has gotten better at kicking his feet, and splashing with his hands though. This week when we did Humpty Dumpty I let him go all the way under the water. He was a little suprised the first time it happened, but kept coming back for more. The only new-ish thing we did was:

• Monkey crawl- the child holds onto the side of the pool, with their feet bottoms against the side of the wall and then moves along the wall. I don't know if it is called Monkey Crawl but the little guys look like monkeys to me.. bobbing up and down as they shimmy across the edge of the pool.