Teaching 3 y/o to swim

[SwimJim]

I've had my son enrolled in swimming class every summer since he was six months old. He is eight now and can swim pretty well. At your daughters age you will be in the pool with her. The sessions are about a half hour long and are ususally run by hot looking college girls doing it for school credit. So you get the best of both worlds.

Good luck

Jim

 

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My youngest didn't know pools had bottoms until she could swim. She joined a swim team at 4. The challenge was putting movement and breathing together. She solved that pretty quickly when she jumped off the high dive after I told her not to.

 

[GeekDiver]

MY daughter will be turning three in a few months and I've been reading this thread and thainking I need to start teaching her as well.

Yesterday we were at the neighbors playing and swiming in there pool. My daughter likes the water but uses one of those ring floaties they sit in. She decided to jump in with out it. She was kicking her little feet as hard as she could just bearly keeping her head up. I had to jump in and grab her. Kinda scare me. She took it in stride grabed her floatie and jumped right back in. So now I think we really need to teach her to swim.

 

[TwoBitTxn]

My daughter likes the water but uses one of those ring floaties they sit in. She decided to jump in with out it. She was kicking her little feet as hard as she could just bearly keeping her head up.

That is exactly why I don't like those things. I feel they are damgerous and give the child a false sense of security. I pulled a 3 y/o off the bottom of a pool in a similar situation. The thing about that one was I had taught her older sister how to swim through lessons. The child survived with no physical damage.

My daughter has one and she loves it, but when she and I go swimming it stays home.

Thanks yall,

TwoBit

 

[eandiver]

My girl (6) has been snorkling with me at Ft.Desoto for about 6 months now. Sucking a lot of sea water because when she sees a fish/crab/whatever she tries to get closer and forgets the has a depth limitation with a snorkle.

Bought an inexpensive 600 gal above ground pool ($50 at Target) the other day and she loves it. 3' depth and if I let her use my 13 cf pony, I hold the bottle and follow her around, she gets used to having a reg in her mouth while being under water plus with the little wet suit I got her she gets added flotation (read security).