My 4 year old has recently started swimming lessons. She in a stage 1 total beginners class. First lesson she absolutely loved, they did basic stuff and she seemed to enjoy herself. She was the smallest there by far and presumably the youngest. The other children all seemed to have had lessons previously and were confident in the water, she wasn’t and needed the pole and a lot of support (which I noticed seem to annoy the instructor a little) but nonetheless she really seemed to enjoy herself and couldn’t wait to go back the next week.
Second week my husband took her and said it was awful. The woman was quite short with her and kept taking the pole away when she wasn’t ready. She’s obviously supported by pool floats etc but he said she was terrified and spent a lot of the lesson crying/swallowing water. She’s now quite upset about the prospect of going back. Is it unreasonable to expect support in a stage 1 swimming lesson? I am all for her being pushed and encouraged but she’s no wet blanket and wouldn’t have cried without a really good reason. Is she too little? Should I pull her? Teach her myself? Or have a little chat with the instructor maybe?
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Is her instructor a bit mean?
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Kittenrush · 04/05/2021 22:03
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