I am so proud of ds I just wanted to shout from the rooftops. He has been going swimming for ages and loves the water but never managed to coordinate legs and arms together.
He was recently moved up a group but I was watching his new group last week and was worried as they seemed so far advanced of him.
Anyway, this week in he gets, teacher obvioulsy tells the class to swim across the pool and back again. I was a bit apprehensive as at this stage she was not even in the water with them (they are out of their depth), but he just set off, arms and legs going together like pistons in a pretty good attempt at front crawl. He got all the way over, turned around and came straight back
Dh and i watched openmouthed - neither of us knew he could do this!
He carried on doing really well, listening attentively to the teacher (unheard of previously, normally much more intent on going under the water to touch the bottom), keeping his tummy up in backstroke and generally trying so hard.
We are so pleased for him, just wondered when he learned - do they do it in thier sleep
Poor thing was shattered for the rest of the day tho and almost fell asleep in the car after the Remembrance Service