Swim Lessons

Abigail has taken City of Phoenix swim lessons for 3 years now (see previous years' posts). This year we signed Bryony up too. She did great the first day, then cried the second day and refused to get in the pool. Same on the third day. We just made her watch the others from the side. The funny thing was that the swimming she was doing in the play pool while Abigail had her lesson was more advanced than anything they were doing in the class! Finally the teacher suggested that I get in. So for the next week, I was the only mother in the pool copying the actions of the teacher to get their child to at least try it. It was worth it- like Abigail, she made great progress because the lessons are every afternoon and they really build on what they learned. She is almost swimming independently ...