Emma was so excited to start swim lessons with Miss Stephanie again. Allison, on the other hand, not so much! For each lesson she was sad and didn't want to get in the pool. I thought it was crazy because she loves to swim, just not when you called it a "swim lesson."
Emma got in the pool to help her feel more comfortable. They would start with big kicks on the side of the pool. They would play Red Light, Green Light, Yellow Light, Purple Light, Orange Light. The extra lights were different kicks, such as frog kick. Allison liked that game.
After about 5 minutes she was totally fine and enjoying her lesson. She was the master negotiator with Stephanie though. She would work it so she would only have to swim a set number of laps before they would do something Allison wanted to do. They would swim back and forth gathering coins and negotiating for the 30 minute lesson.
Stephanie shows just how well Allison did...one-handed swimming!
Check out all those coins she gathered!
Time to dry off...lesson's over!
Sydney helped her count the coins she gathered while Emma started her lesson. 22 coins! Wow Allison! That was swimming 22 laps!
Emma worked on her breast stroke.
She also worked on back stroke (one of her favorites).
Her other favorite was the butterfly. Miss Stephanie told her, "Wow, Emma! I think you learned that in like 3 seconds!" She was so proud of herself.
Time to practice dives too!June 30, 2010
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