Swimming Class

  • Posted by Shaun on November 12th, 2011 filed in Class
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I may have said it before but I will say it again regardless. I am left simple amazed at how well Emelia has been doing in her swimming class. I don’t think she swims or learns it faster than the average person but it is amazing to see your own child swim on her own at the age of four.

I occasionally get a chance to bring her to class. She usually brings her. The previous class that I attended Emelia did well. She was showing signs that she was almost able and willing to swim on her own. Two weeks later I watched her open-mouthed while she did the backstroke half the length of the pool. I believe she would have gone the full length had the teacher not stopped her from bumping into the equipment used by another class.

After swimming her teacher brought her class to the deep end for diving. She is far from diving in by herself but she is learning how to do it by diving down through a hula hoop. If she pulls that off, and it looks like she will, then she will know more than I do in the pool.

I don’t know how far she will take swimming but she does enjoy it. We will support her for as long as she wants to continue. Our school district does not have a pool so this is the only swimming training she will get.

James has graduated from group classes and now takes private one-on-one lessons from his high school. I have not watches his lessons but he seems to like it.

Caitlin is also doing very well in her swimming class. I usually bring her to class. She learns differently than Emelia but is showing signs that she is getting the purpose. In some ways she is doing better than Emelia at the same age but that doesn’t mean much at this time. It isn’t until Caitlin gets older where she will be able to really learn how to swim.