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LESSON VI - part 1
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To teach back glide, back kick, and finning on the back. Entering the Pool: The children will enter the pool today from a sitting dive. If you have steps, direct them to sit on the third (or top) step. If you do not have steps into the pool, use the deck. There is definite psychological advantage in directing the children to dive from the side. The reason for this is that when the child dives off the end, he glides or swims toward the deeper water; and this knowledge may make him uneasy, even though he sees an adult standing in the shallow part of the pool. If you are using the steps, the child is to sit on the third (or top) step, place his feet on the second step and spread his knees. If you are using the deck, the child sits on the edge and places his feet on the railing or gutter, spreading his knees. The glide is familiar to the group by now. "Big breath, arms over the ears, thumbs hooked, and dive right through your knees. Good." This will be great fun, so suggest on the second round that they reach, reach, reach for the other side of the pool, and see how far they can glide. Then on the third round, they can dive, and glide with the kick—and once more? "O.K., dive, and use arms only, and just once more? All right, use the whole stroke (arms and legs). Oh, I forgot to tell you, you are no longer corks, you are steamboats now because you have learned to float and now you are swimming or paddling like a boat." Review: You have already covered many of the points given in previous lessons by using the sitting dive as your starting point for today's lesson. Gather your group in a circle and continue. Face-down Float: "Today we are going to make a flower float. Our heads will be the center of the flower and our legs will be the petals. Let's all hold hands, take a big breath, put our heads down and our legs up, and I will count to ten, and then we will all stand together. Child: Would you count out loud for us under the water? Teacher: That's an idea. I'll try it. "Take a big breath, everybody down," with you counting to ten and making lots of bubbles. Chances are some will even open their eyes under water to see if you are counting. (In a later lesson, singing under the water may be suggested.) Tell the children that you are going to watch their flower float and count for them, so step outside the float and count. You will have observed by now that the second time they do anything, they do it better. They are holding their breath for a much longer time, their legs are straighter.
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