Kate had swim lessons last week and we chose to go with Mr. Kem again this year because she learned so much last summer. These 5 days did not disappoint. She started by freshening up on her skills from last year and then moved onto bigger and better - learning the crawl stroke (freestyle) and the backstroke. And she could actually do it and do it well, although her left arm was a bit lazy at times! On the last 2 days he also did some "pool accident" drills with her - dumping her off a raft and putting it over her head for her to swim out from under and crawl up on and having her just swim with one arm floatie on in the event that one would fall off while swimming. While I would hate for her to really have to use these techniques, I am thrilled that she knows them and would hopefully use them in an emergency. It was a great swimming week!
Monday, June 14, 2010
Swim Lessons
Kate had swim lessons last week and we chose to go with Mr. Kem again this year because she learned so much last summer. These 5 days did not disappoint. She started by freshening up on her skills from last year and then moved onto bigger and better - learning the crawl stroke (freestyle) and the backstroke. And she could actually do it and do it well, although her left arm was a bit lazy at times! On the last 2 days he also did some "pool accident" drills with her - dumping her off a raft and putting it over her head for her to swim out from under and crawl up on and having her just swim with one arm floatie on in the event that one would fall off while swimming. While I would hate for her to really have to use these techniques, I am thrilled that she knows them and would hopefully use them in an emergency. It was a great swimming week!
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Kelly-That was great! Way to go Kate! BTW-did Mr. Kem have his shirt off in the first video or was the just a nude shirt???? haha!
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