Swim Lessons

Scotty is taking swimming lessons at the YMCA this week. He woke up yesterday and said he wasn't going to swim lessons because he was afraid they would let him drown. He said he absolutely would not put his head in the water. Yesterday, he was very cautious, but his teacher asked the kids to put their mouths in the water to blow bubbles and he did it. Today he got a little bit braver and swam quite a bit on his own. He even laid his head back and put his ears in the water while floating on his back.

Some of the activities that they do:

• kick their legs
• bob up and down (yes, he let the teacher put his head underwater!)
• throw the rubber ducky and swim for it
• blow bubbles
• swim to a ring just under the water
• jump off the side of the pool
• float on their back

Scotty's buddy, Zack, is in the same class. He is much more comfortable in the water, so the teacher recommended that Ivy put him in a more advanced class. At lunch, Zack said that "he got kicked out of swim lessons". So funny!

Scotty's favorite: throwing the rubber ducky and swimming to get it

Scotty's least favorite: getting water in his face