4-14 months - Lesson 09
Entry Down Stairs - P01
Parent carrying child on hip Parent holds railing and walks down stairs
Progression
Parent carrying child
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
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
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
Front Glide - P03 to mirror
Child in side hold Lined up across pool Glide/kick on front to mirror stuck on wall Parent holds child while child participates
Progression
Child in side hold Glide/kick to mirror on wall
Front Glide - P05 swim to target
Target can be mirror stuck on wall or to stairs or island 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 initiates submersion to target
Submersion Technique - P02
Parent and child side to side 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, side to side Child released into front glide
Turn-Around - P01
Child in noodle boat Change direction in water, swim back to point of entry Line - child on stairs/sitting on pool edge
Progression
Child in noodle boat Parent assist as necessary
Advanced: Push off, kick, then turn around and kick back. Jump in then turn around - MUST be one at a time, supervised.
Turn-Around - P02
Child on mat facing parent Change direction in water, swim back to point of entry
Progression
Child on mat Parent assists child to submerge and turn back to mat
Humpty Dumpty - P03*
Parent and child face to face Child tips forward into water Parent assists with submersion
Help parent find an appropriate distance away from child - close enough so child feels confident to tip forward and far enough so child does not land on parent's chest.
Progression
Child tip in Assisted submersion
Lyrics
- Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
- Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
- Ready, swim!
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!
This Is The Way - 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
- This is the way we jump up high, jump up high, jump up high
- This is the way we jump up high
- In the swimming pool
- ... go swish swish
- ... turn around
- ... splash our hands
- ... make it rain
- ... kick our feet
- ... blow our bubbles
- ... wave bye bye
Exit Up Stairs - P01
Parent carrying child on hip Parent holds railing and walks up stairs
Progression
Parent carrying child