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Adult and Child lessons

Our adult and child classes allow you to enter the water with your child and interact with them in the swimming pool. It is a teacher-lead class, full of play to provide a stimulating and rewarding class for yourself and your child. This class can be started at 18 months and runs until your child is 2½ years of age.

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Starfish 1

  1. Safe entry into the pool by both adult and child
  2. Use swing dips to introduce baby to water
  3. Support baby on the front and move freely around the pool
  4. Support baby on the back and move freely around the pool
  5. Cueing baby and washing face in water.
  6. Exit pool safely

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Starfish 2

  1. Parent holding baby facing them and submerging in the water so baby can see them go under
  2. Move freely around the pool using the safety hold
  3. Move around the pool using the seat hold, bobbing baby up and down
  4. Support baby on the back while walking backwards and zigzag through water
  5. Encourage baby to wash face with water or submerge baby in water

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Starfish 3

  1. Support baby under the arms and encourage baby to flop gently into the water from a sitting position on poolside
  2. Encourage baby to move from a front position to a back position using flip flop rhythmical movements
  3. Encourage baby to reach for a toy while moving around the pool, supporting the baby on the front
  4. Help baby to use a kicking action to move through the water while supporting the baby on the back
  5. Use the safety hold to support baby and roll baby away from parent and then back towards parent

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Starfish 4

  1. Support baby by the arms or hands and encourage baby into pool from a sitting position
  2. Using a forward hold encourage and gently submerge baby
  3. Use the little harbour hold move around the pool encouraging movement from baby
  4. Encourage baby to roll from a front position to a back position with support
  5. Encourage movement from baby by swiftly walking backwards whilst supporting baby on the back
  6. Assist and encourage baby to hold onto poolside and climb out (if baby has physical ability)

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Starfish 5

  1. Hold baby's arms or hands, encourage baby to jump into water from a standing position on poolside
  2. Support baby and encourage them to roll from a back position to a front position
  3. Encourage baby to make kicking movements with support either in a surf hold or using a woggle
  4. Encourage baby with cues to submerge in a duckling dive
  5. Cueing baby to submerge vertically and rotate 180' in the pool
  6. Support baby in a front hold, encourage baby to move forwards and grasp a toy then return with support in a back float position

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Starfish 6

  1. Encourage baby to enter water freely from a sitting on poolside
  2. Encourage baby to move freely through the water, either with minimal support or a buoyancy aid
  3. Cueing baby to submerge vertically and rotate 360' in the pool
  4. Support baby by the hands and encourage movement in a figure of 8 or snaking pattern through the water
  5. Take baby for a front or back ride through the water with or without support
  6. Cueing baby to submerge in a duckling dive towards the poolside, encourage them to hold onto wall and then climb out

 

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