Powerline Productions
  • Home
    • Contact
    • Author Pastor Mike Curtis
  • Books
    • Homeschool >
      • Joyful & Successful Homeschooling
      • Seven R's of Homeschooling
      • Quick & EZ Unit Study Fun
      • Unlocking the Mystery of Homeschooling High School
    • Picture Books
    • Celebrate >
      • Wedding Planner
      • St. Valentine's Day Cards
      • Celebrate Our Christian Heroes
      • Celebrate Thanksgiving
      • Celebrate Christmas with a Traveling Dinner
  • Curriculum
    • HIS Story of the 20th Century >
      • HIS Story of the 20th Century Textbook
      • HIS Story of the 20th Century High School Workbook >
        • 20 Century HS Workbook Answer Key
      • HIS Story of the 20th Century Middle School Workbook >
        • 20 Century MS Workbook Answer Key
      • HIS Story of the 20th Century Cookbook
    • High School Courses >
      • Economics, Finances, & Business >
        • Economics, Finances, & Business Answer Key by Meredith Curtis
      • American Literature & Research
      • British Literature
      • Who-Dun-It Murder Mystery
      • Foundations of Western Literature
      • Communication 101: Essays & Speeches
      • Old Testament Survey
      • Worldview: Understand the Times Workbook
      • Drama
      • Career Choices & the College Decision
      • Real Men 101
      • Real Men 102
      • Real Men 103: Leadership
      • God's Girls 101
      • God's Girls 103
      • God's Girls 104: Motherhood
      • God's Girls 105: Homemaking
    • Travel God's World Geography >
      • Travel God's World Geography Unit Study/Worktext
      • Travel God's World Cookbook
    • Unit Studies >
      • Travel to London Unit Study
      • Travel the World Country Report Lapbook
      • Celebrate Christmas in Colonial America Unit Study
      • Celebrate Christmas with Cookies Unit Study
      • Celebrate Christmas in Germany Unit Study
      • My Creation Week Lapbook
      • Lambs Exploring Heavens Lapbook
    • Teach History the Fun Way >
      • American History Cookbook
      • Ancient History Cookbook
      • Ancient History Timeline
      • American History Timeline
      • Let's Have Our Own Archaeological Dig
      • Let's Have Our Own Ancient Greek Olympics Games
      • Let's Have Our Own Medieval Banquet
      • Let's Have Our Own Luau
    • Families Learn Together American History >
      • FLT American History Art Appreciation
    • STEM Notebooking Pages
    • Middle School Courses >
      • Americana Newspaper Reporting
  • Bible
    • Real Men >
      • The Making of Real Men
      • Real Men Talk about Freedom, Girls, & Marriage
      • Real Men Build
    • God's Girls >
      • God's Girls Brand New Life
      • God's Girls Beauty Secrets
      • God's Girls Friends to the End
      • God's Girls Talk about Guys, Virtue, & Marriage
    • Ladies Bible Studies >
      • Lovely to Behold
      • A Wise Woman Builds
      • Jesus, Fill My Heart & Home
      • Friends to the End
    • PremaritalCounseling
  • Cozy Mysteries
  • Blog

Being World Changers, Raising World Changers

Blog
Powerline Productions Team

Learn To Swim: Beginners

6/3/2019

1 Comment

 
Picture
Here in Florida, swimming is part of life. There are lakes, pools, springs, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico to swim in. 

I remember taking swimming lessons as a little girl at a neighbor's pool. I blew bubbles underwater and learned to float. 

My children grew up in the water, too, but we taught them to swim ourselves, introducing them to the water while they were still in diapers. 

I definitely recommend swim lessons if you can afford them. All children should be safe near water. You never know when you will have to swim to escape danger or help rescue someone. 

The other day, we were swimming with my grandchildren and children in their neighborhood pool. Rusty got out of the pool, took off his floaties, and jumped back in. "He can't swim!" my son-in-law said sharply as I was watching him struggle in a state of shock. That jolted me and I scooped him up. My heart was pounding as I realized how quickly accidents happen. 

It reminded me of my baby sister who did the same thing. Took off her floatie and jumped right back into our next-door neighbor's pool. My neighbor Tommy jumped in and saved her life. She had quickly sunk to the bottom of the deep end. 

All children should be able if they jump or fall in a pool, lake, or other body of water to swim, escaping to safety. 

If you are looking for lessons or teaching children yourself, here are some steps to take babies and toddlers on their first steps to swim proficiency. 

Picture

Discover the Water

The first step toward swimming is to introduce your children to the water. For us that meant taking our babies into the pool with us. I like bringing babies in the pool a lot better than the ocean because the waves can be unpredictable. 

We showed our babies how to blow bubbles on the surface of the water and let them try it. 

We let them sit in little baby floats and kick their little feet, but we always kept a hand on the float, staying attentive. 

While we were letting our babies explore the pool water, they were always in our arms. 

Picture

Don't Forget Pool Safety!

Before we go on, let me just remind everyone to stay safe. Children can drown in an instance. My husband has rescued more than one little one who jumped in the pool without knowing how to swim. 

Here are some government posters to remind you of pool safety. 
Picture
Picture

Explore the Water

While we were letting our babies explore the pool water, they were always in our arms or we had a hand on the float. 

We walk down the steps into the pool together with our toddler so he can see that the pool gets deeper and deeper. We talk about the water and how to be safe in the water. 

We teach water safety. For example, we don't let our children run near the pool or swim without an adult in the water. 
Picture

Get Used to the Water

Getting used to the water just means that we go often when the weather is nice for swimming. 

We would often pick a day or two each week that we swam each week over the summer. That way it was written in our schedules. This routine got our children used to the water week after week. 

Sometimes our children had seasons of being afraid of the water and we didn't push it. We just let the season pass and soon they wanted to go in the water again. 
Picture

Move in the Water

I recommend formal swimming lessons. However, that said, our children never had them. All our children wanted to "try" swimming so they would "swim" back and forth from Daddy to Mommy who were only 2 feet apart. This grew and grew until finally they were swimming like little fish. 

Our children took years until they finally could swim, but all that time of discovering the water, exploring the water, and getting used to the water led up to finally swimming. 

Today, all my children enjoy the water and are all helping the grandchildren discover and enjoy the water, too. Just yesterday, my oldest grandson said he wanted to try to "swim" and he swam two feet to his dad. He's four years old, but he has been discovering, exploring, and getting used to the water since he was a baby. 

How do you teach your children to swim? 

Until next time, Happy Homeschooling! 

Love, 
​Meredith Curtis  
1 Comment
swimming classes for toddlers near me link
10/28/2021 06:03:17 am

Thank you for sharing this life-saving piece. It reliefs me to some extent as I was skeptical of sending my child to swimming classes. It would be lovely if you could also share where to send my kid for swimming that is reliable and trustworthy.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Authors

    Meredith Curtis
    Laura Nolette
    Sarah Jeffords
    Julianna Curtis
    ​Marla Stevens
    ​Katie-Beth Curtis Nolette
    ​Pastor Mike Curtis

    Archives

    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017

    Categories

    All
    A Wise Woman Builds
    Beauty & Health
    Celebrate
    Economics
    Family Fun
    Field Trips
    Freebies
    Geography
    God's Girls
    History
    Homeschool
    Homeschooling High School
    Hospitality
    Ladies Heart To Heart
    Living Books
    Maggie King Mysteries
    Music
    PLP Family News
    Preschool & Toddler Fun
    Real Men Build
    Recipes
    Reviews
    Sales
    STEM
    TOS Review Crew
    Travel
    Weddings
    World Changers

    RSS Feed

    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
    Picture
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
Photos used under Creative Commons from cloudzilla, Fil.Al, vaniljapulla, m01229, Ian D. Keating
  • Home
    • Contact
    • Author Pastor Mike Curtis
  • Books
    • Homeschool >
      • Joyful & Successful Homeschooling
      • Seven R's of Homeschooling
      • Quick & EZ Unit Study Fun
      • Unlocking the Mystery of Homeschooling High School
    • Picture Books
    • Celebrate >
      • Wedding Planner
      • St. Valentine's Day Cards
      • Celebrate Our Christian Heroes
      • Celebrate Thanksgiving
      • Celebrate Christmas with a Traveling Dinner
  • Curriculum
    • HIS Story of the 20th Century >
      • HIS Story of the 20th Century Textbook
      • HIS Story of the 20th Century High School Workbook >
        • 20 Century HS Workbook Answer Key
      • HIS Story of the 20th Century Middle School Workbook >
        • 20 Century MS Workbook Answer Key
      • HIS Story of the 20th Century Cookbook
    • High School Courses >
      • Economics, Finances, & Business >
        • Economics, Finances, & Business Answer Key by Meredith Curtis
      • American Literature & Research
      • British Literature
      • Who-Dun-It Murder Mystery
      • Foundations of Western Literature
      • Communication 101: Essays & Speeches
      • Old Testament Survey
      • Worldview: Understand the Times Workbook
      • Drama
      • Career Choices & the College Decision
      • Real Men 101
      • Real Men 102
      • Real Men 103: Leadership
      • God's Girls 101
      • God's Girls 103
      • God's Girls 104: Motherhood
      • God's Girls 105: Homemaking
    • Travel God's World Geography >
      • Travel God's World Geography Unit Study/Worktext
      • Travel God's World Cookbook
    • Unit Studies >
      • Travel to London Unit Study
      • Travel the World Country Report Lapbook
      • Celebrate Christmas in Colonial America Unit Study
      • Celebrate Christmas with Cookies Unit Study
      • Celebrate Christmas in Germany Unit Study
      • My Creation Week Lapbook
      • Lambs Exploring Heavens Lapbook
    • Teach History the Fun Way >
      • American History Cookbook
      • Ancient History Cookbook
      • Ancient History Timeline
      • American History Timeline
      • Let's Have Our Own Archaeological Dig
      • Let's Have Our Own Ancient Greek Olympics Games
      • Let's Have Our Own Medieval Banquet
      • Let's Have Our Own Luau
    • Families Learn Together American History >
      • FLT American History Art Appreciation
    • STEM Notebooking Pages
    • Middle School Courses >
      • Americana Newspaper Reporting
  • Bible
    • Real Men >
      • The Making of Real Men
      • Real Men Talk about Freedom, Girls, & Marriage
      • Real Men Build
    • God's Girls >
      • God's Girls Brand New Life
      • God's Girls Beauty Secrets
      • God's Girls Friends to the End
      • God's Girls Talk about Guys, Virtue, & Marriage
    • Ladies Bible Studies >
      • Lovely to Behold
      • A Wise Woman Builds
      • Jesus, Fill My Heart & Home
      • Friends to the End
    • PremaritalCounseling
  • Cozy Mysteries
  • Blog