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Objective:
To teach children how to float.
Review from Lesson I:
1. Walk along shallow end of pool without holding on to
the railing.
2. Walk in a circle holding hands. This is to get those rail
clingers away from the railing, and to venture out slightly
farther in the water.
3. Drop hands and walk in a circle. Jump, hop, or skip in a
circle.
4. "Wash" shoulders, neck, ears, cheeks until everyone is
wet all over.
5. Join hands again and jump together in a circle. If you
like to sing, make up a tune to this jumping song. "I'm
jumping, I'm jumping, I'm jumping up and down. I'm
jumping, I'm jumping, and then I fall down." On "I fall
down" take a big breath and sit on the bottom of the pool.
6. With head above the water, take a big breath and hold
it to the count of five.' Blow out air.
7. Take a big breath and submerge face down in the water.
The whole group counts loudly for the person who has
his face down. This is a good time to remark, "Do you
remember yesterday that you could hold your face down
to the count of three and now you can do it to seven?"
8. Bubble with mouth only, then nose only, and then nose
and mouth together.
9. Pull each child on a front and back glide. While you
are doing this, tell your group to have a bubbling contest
on the steps or at the edge. Or another good way to
occupy them is to sink a rock on the bottom step and
have each child reach for it. This is so simple they can
do it without putting their faces in the water. Then sink
the rock on the bottom of the pool right next to the step.
This is harder. Some can still reach it without putting
their heads in the water, but tell them that they should
take a big breath, enter the water face down, open their
eyes and bring up the rock. Any sinkable object is good
—except those which can be picked up with the toes.
Your objective is to have them get used to getting their
heads under the water. Their objective is to get the rock
by means available to them.
Related terms include learning how to swim and swim school.
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