4-14 months - Lesson 06

By Jennifer Mcphail
Part of Smart Swim - With Parents
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Entry

Entry Down Stairs - P01

Parent carrying child on hip Parent holds railing and walks down stairs

Progression

Parent carrying child

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Welcome

If You're Happy And You Know It - P01

Circle - children and parents in pairs around teacher Follow actions in lyrics Parent and child facing teacher (Modification: parent and child face to face)

Parent can demonstrate actions if child is not ready to do on their own.

Progression

Parent and child participate

Parent and child face to face or facing teacher. Have children stand on island and do actions.

Lyrics
  • If you're happy and you know it, jump up high
  • If you're happy and you know it, jump up high
  • If you're happy and you know it and you really wanna show it
  • If you're happy and you know it, jump up high
  • ... go swish swish
  • ... turn around
  • ... splash your hands
  • ... make it rain
  • ... kick your feet
  • ... blow your bubbles
  • ... wave bye bye
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Warm Up

Front Glide - P04 line toy chase

Child in side hold Lined up across pool Child pushes off from wall Glide/kick on front Get toy Parent holds child while child participates

Progression

Child in side hold Push off from wall Get toy

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Big Mat Songs

Child sitting on mat facing parent Parents walk around in circle while turning mat Sing each song Child tip forward and swim at end of each song Circle - child on mat facing parent "Row Your Boat", "Ring Around The Rosie", "Speckled Frogs"

Progression

Child sitting on mat facing parent Parents walk around in circle while turning mat Sing each song Child tip forward and swim at end of each song

Turn-around swim back to mat.

Lyrics
  • Row, row, row your boat
  • Gently down the stream
  • Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
  • Life is but a dream
  • Ready, swim!
  • -----
  • Ring around the rosie
  • A pocket full of posies
  • Hush-a, hush-a
  • We all fall down
  • Ready, swim!
  • -----
  • (# of kids) green and speckled frogs
  • Sat on a speckled log
  • Eating some most delicious bugs, yum yum!
  • (# of kids) jumped into the pool
  • Where it was nice and cool
  • Then there were no more speckled frogs
  • Ready, swim!
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Reviewed Skills

Humpty Dumpty - P02*

Parent and child face to face Hold child under arms Parent assists child to tip forward into water Assisted submersion

Parent should always assist child by holding lightly under arms to most effectively control how body goes into the water, never by holding hands.

Progression

Full hold Assisted submersion

Lyrics
  • Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
  • Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
  • Ready, swim!
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Back Glide - P01 "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"

Parent holds child on back Teacher holds up mirror Parent with child on back move in circle Encourage child to look at mirror Continue in circle to repeat

Parent should keep moving to create slipstream.

Progression

Child in back position with parent support moving around pool

Back hold progressions: 1. cheek to cheek 2. parent hold under both arms, child's head at parent's chest 3. parents' hands under neck or back of head and lower back 4. parent's hand under neck or back of head, release support of lower back 5. parent's hand under neck or back of head, release support of lower back, then release completely

Lyrics
  • Twinkle, twinkle little star
  • How I wonder what your are
  • Up above the world so high
  • Like a diamond in the sky
  • Twinkle, twinkle little star
  • How I wonder what you are
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Today's Skills

Rollover - P01

Glide on front Parent initiates roll from front to back Glide on back Parent initiates roll from back to front Line - children and parents in pairs lined up across pool OR Line - staggered (every other pair) across pool

Progression

Parent initiates rollovers

Ready swim with submersion, then rollover.

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Rollover - P02 "Pop! Goes The Weasel"

Parent & child in pairs move around in circle Child glides/kicks Parent helps child to roll from front to back Glide on back Parent helps child to roll from back to front Circle - children and parents in pairs move around in a circle "Pop! Goes The Weasel"

Progression

Parent and child move around in a circle Parent initiates rollover on cue

Lyrics
  • All around the mulberry bush
  • The monkey chased the weasel
  • The monkey thought it was all in good fun
  • Pop! goes the weasel
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Stand on Island

Stand on island Teacher sprinkles water on child's head

Progression

Stand on island

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Submersion Technique - P01

Parent and child face to face Hold under child's arms Lift up slightly while moving forward (like going over a speedbump) Allow child's weight to take them underwater as they come down from speedbump One at a time Line - child on stairs OR Line - children and parents in pairs lined up across pool

Progression

Parent practice speedbump technique, face to face

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Warm Down

Ball Game - P01

Children blow bubbles Balls pop out from bucket underwater Teacher pours some water over each child's head to get face wet With song, children glide around pool to collect balls and put back in bucket Circle - children and parents in pairs around teacher, Free movement (in shallow end) "Pick Up The Balls"

Progression

Child moving around pool with parent holding

Lyrics
  • Pick up the balls and put them in the basket
  • Pick up the balls and put them in the basket
  • Pick up the balls and put them in the basket
  • Here at swimming class
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Goodbye

Wheels On The Bus - P01

Circle - children and parents in pairs around teacher Follow actions in lyrics Parent and child facing teacher (Modification: parent and child face to face)

Parent can demonstrate actions if child is not ready to do on their own.

Progression

Parent and child participate

Parent and child face to face or facing teacher. Have children stand on island and do actions.

Lyrics
  • The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round
  • The wheels on the bus go round and round
  • All through the town
  • The kids on the bus go up and down
  • The wipers on the bus go swish swish swish
  • The horn on the bus goes beep beep beep
  • The hole in the roof it lets in rain
  • The kids on the bus they kick their feet
  • The motor on the bus goes vroom vroom vroom (blow bubbles)
  • The driver on the bus waves bye bye bye
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Exit

Exit Up Stairs - P01

Parent carrying child on hip Parent holds railing and walks up stairs

Progression

Parent carrying child

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