Showing Dad

Ruth getting her head under to show Dad in the afternoon. Well done Ruth!

Swim Week day 5

Ruth looked so cute in her new costume. Thanks Phillips's for all those clothes.

One of the items that gets marked on their certificate is that they can safely get into the pool on their own.
Ring-a-ring-a-roses today and Ruth got her eyes under. Well done Ruth.
She got her eyes under to for the hoop. Good job.

Look at that. What a clever girl.

Not quite swimming on her own with the board yet. Some of the others have managed today. But she is quite a bit smaller than them and has done really well.

Floating so nicely.

Ruth has benefited so much from this week. I can't wait to see how much she will learn next year.

Swim Week day 4

Today the hoop came into the pool to try and encourage them to go under the water. She actually lifts it over their heads - but at least most of them did blow their bubbles.
Practicing to put those eyes in the water. Well done Ruth.

Blowing bubbles so well. She even got her eyes down a bit later too.

Floating on her back all by herself. She is doing so very well.

Swim Week day 3

Ruth is getting her shoulders in now with Ring-a-ring-a-roses.
Learning to kick holding onto the side but more importantly blowing bubbles.
Learning to float on her back with a board.

Swim Week day 2

They did a lot of the same things as yesterday but today they started using the boards.
And Ruth did a great job of blowing her bubbles.

Swim Week day 1

Swim week started this week and thankfully I had a cap to keep Ruth's hair dry. It's not the water as much as the chlorine that we want to keep off it. But she looked so very cute with the cap on.
Walking across the pool getting used to the water flowing past their legs.

Ring-a-ring-a-roses. "All fall down" today was just to get them to bend their legs and get their shoulders into the water.

Pretending to be an elephant and throwing water over their shoulders. Just getting them a little wet and used to the water.

Blowing balls across the pool. Helping the children to get lower. You can see that it is often more difficult for the older children as they are taller and have to bend their legs more to get down.

Now let's see who can blow bubbles. Well done Ruth.