For the girl who's so confident in water that she'll charge into a pond till she's neck deep - we've begun swim classes. Since I had a surplus of vacation time, we enrolled in an 8-week program at the YMCA in Framingham. It's cutely called the Perch class - designed for 2 to 3 year olds. By the end she's supposed to be able to swim independently with a bubble.
So far so good. She's learning how to kick, but likes to get lazy so she's just being dragged through the water. In the 30-minute class we sing songs, go down little slides, jump in from the side of the pool, use floating barbells to practice, etc. We just need to work on lightening up on her grip; those tiny fingers clutch for dear life.
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