Swim Lessons

Owen has been enjoying his swim lessons. He is in the sea turtle parented class, and the focus of the group is to gain confidence in the water & learn to trust the instructor. He does well with kicking & floating but doesn't really like to go under the water. He especially doesn't like jumping into the water with the instructor because she dunks the kids right under, where daddy or mommy let him keep his head above water if he wants. He is gaining confidence and is doing better with each class. I think we will hold off on the sea turtle non- parented until he is a bit older though, he needs to be able to trust the instructor, wait his turn & listen before he can move on in lessons. I don't think any of the kids in his class are at that point yet, all of the kids are quite young in his class, under 3 years for sure. We are considering doing another parented class with him, and then trying the non-parented class maybe next winter. We were able to take some photos this week during class.

Practicing his back float. They practice floating with the life jackets on.



floating train. transitioning from being with a parent to doing things with the instructor.


Blowing bubbles in the water to get use to getting his face wet.