I am a little torn about my dd's swimming lessons, mostly due to other parent comments which have started me questioning myself.
Dd goes swimming on a weekday (she is 3) after pre school. The lesson consists of swimming up and down the pool using different techniques and floats etc. Dd has gone down to 6 blocks from 8 on her belt and I think 2 more will come off in the next month.
The teacher is not in the pool with them but gives encouragement from the side.
The teacher is quite strict and firm and says dd will be swimming unaided by the summer
There is no play, it is all serious swimming, and this is where I am torn. She had a different teacher for a couple of lessons as the other was on holiday and she was in the water playing with them a lot more.
Do the lessons have to be fun or is strictness and acknowledgement of this as a life skill and that swimming can be dangerous a good approach? The teacher is hard on them when they don't listen to her.
Dd loves it and her teacher so no concerns there
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Swimming lessons.... Do they need to be fun?
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CheeseEqualsHappiness · 12/11/2014 09:19
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