Good morning everyone! Today we are going to talk about swimming so let’s get to it!
Do you know how to swim? If so, are you a good swimmer or can you just float & doggie paddle? In other words…would you sink in water or swim?
How many of you have children? Did you ever take your kids in for official swimming lessons? If so, how old were they? Got any tips for moms & grandmothers who are looking to put their kids/grand kids into the pool for swimming lessons?
Our daughter got swim lessons when she was about 6 years old. The princess (grand daughter) will be getting her first official swim lesson next Monday and she is excited about it. She loves to be in the water…just like her mother!
I personally think that all children should obtain swimming lessons as it is important for them to learn how to swim. Your thoughts?
Have a great Thursday everyone! I am heading out later for some shopping, a hair cut and a pedicure! Yay!
Congrats to the winners.
I swim 3 times a week and love it. My mother taught my sister and I to swim almost before we could walk (she was an instructor). I think all kids should learn to swim and enjoy it. It should be fun!
I love to be in the water but… I am NOT a confident swimmer at all! I think, I myself should take lessons. Deep water freaks me out. When I am in the ocean all I can hear is the Jaws music in my head. Then I tell myself it’s just my imagination then look just last weekend… that guy in Manhattan Beach, CA. got attacked by a Great White Shark close to shore – freaks me out allll over again. Lakes are freaky too I stay close to the shore. I love swimming pools with only a few people in it. I avoid public pools like the plague too much urine for me.
I think ALL children should take swim lessons too bad it’s not mandatory in school. I think it would save a lot of lives each year. People should also take a class and have to pass a test or something. There is so much to learn about the ocean and how dangerous is it. I know someone who lost a loved one who was on the shore and was swept out to sea by a “sneaker wave” also there is a lot to learn about rip currents. Not to mention safety in the local rivers. Great topic thanks for sharing and have a great night.
Congrats winners! We’ve always had pools of some type or gone boating. We are the family that just stops in the lake and everyone jumps out so swimming has come naturally to us all. My son had lessons at 5 and my daughter just learned from us. Both have gone on to scuba dive and love the water. It’s important for kids to have a healthy knowledge of the water and swimming, but I believe in it at their own pace. Some kids take immediately and want to learn. Some have a fear or worry about it. With our neighbors, one loved and one was afraid. We would set toys on the side and let him play on the side of the pool with the toys. He’d slowly put his feet in the water and then eventually came to be swimming and wanting to take lessons. Good luck to the princess and I hope she has fun.
I love the water but I really am not a good swimmer. I could save myself but not anyone else. My husband is a great swimmer and taught swim lessons as a kid so he is in charge of teaching our little ones to swim. My boys are doing great! Congrats to the winners!
I do love the water myself we have a community pool that we like to swim at. I have not got swimming lessons for my 4 year old yet but I plan to next summer.