In recent years, more and more children are learning to swim, and the age of learning to swim is getting smaller and smaller. Some parents enrolled their children in swimming courses when they were about 2 years old.
I also let my children swim this summer.
This trip made me see a lot of "plays":
An old woman took her granddaughter to learn swimming, and every time she reached down and touched her hand, yeah! This water is so cold!
Then I asked the coach to turn up the temperature a little before I let my granddaughter go into the water.
Grandma has been squatting by the nearest pool to her granddaughter, protecting her granddaughter with her hands.
After three classes, her hands are like a net, and her granddaughter can't swim out.
There is a mother who is completely different from this grandmother.
She advocates letting the children go completely: you swim boldly with the coach, don't look at your mother, she won't care about you!
Every time after class, she lets her children swim in the pool for half an hour.
The child didn't want to swim and was too lazy to play in the water, so he took a floating stick and hit it into the water with it, splashing high.
But the more she is like this, the more disruptive the child is, and the more difficult it is to swim.
Still smirking at his mother-she told him to go west and he went east.
Another mother, very good.
The whole journey is more serious than a coach. Other parents sat playing with their mobile phones, and his eyes never left their children for a moment.
As soon as something was wrong with the child, she shouted from a distance: Hello, Yue Yue. ...
More than the coach said.
At the end of each class, she also lets the children swim for a while. If the children are unhappy, she begins to blame them, comparing the children who swim well with her own children, hoping that she can learn from others.
Like a coach, she tells her children how to do things and how to move their feet.
If the child is absent-minded, she begins to threaten: If you can't swim, we will go home.
When the child was about to get up and go home, she said viciously, I insist that you go swimming today. If you don't swim, I won't cook for you and starve you!
The child retreated in fear when he saw his mother's ferocious expression.
Finally, the child honestly soaked in the water for 1 hour, although it was downstream under the supervision of his mother as required.
But I didn't make any progress.
This also caused my mother's constant criticism and dissatisfaction.
The child was in tears, but he still comforted his mother: mom … I … must swim carefully next time …
It really hurts to look at it.
Parents usually let their children swim for the following three purposes:
1, summer is hot, let children play with water happily.
2. Give your child one more skill.
3. Learning to swim and keep fit will help you grow taller and hone your will.
Remember these three "initial intentions", how can we take our children to swimming lessons?
1. Before swimming, children must be familiar with what kind of exercise swimming is.
There happened to be an Olympic Games recently. Take the children to watch the swimming competition of the Olympic Games, and see how the swimmers struggle in the water and finally win the national honor.
You can also show children some beautiful and warm swimming videos or fierce competitions, so that children can know the characteristics of this sport and be psychologically prepared for learning.
2. Help children overcome their fear of water.
The grandmother in the first play not only failed to guide the children to overcome their fear of water, but also always emphasized water cooling to protect their safety at any time.
Her every move tells the children that the swimming pool is extremely unsafe and you can't leave grandma.
If children are afraid of water and feel constrained, this kind of swimming is certainly not good.
The best way is to let children play and overcome their fear of water.
3. Stimulate children's enthusiasm for water
Most children like playing with water.
For children who are afraid of water, parents should take their children to the water park to get in touch with water, and feel the fun of playing with water step by step while ensuring their sense of security.
When he is no longer afraid of and repelled by water, he is asking for his advice on whether to really learn to swim and beat himself.
Children who have just learned to swim should not be in a hurry to let him swim seriously, but should first let him play happily, establish feelings with water and make him fall in love with water.
It is best for parents to swim with their children, which will help them explore more confidently and boldly.
If his parents can't, let him get in touch with adults and brothers and sisters who are good at swimming and stimulate his desire to learn swimming.
In the process of learning to swim, children are allowed to play with water.
In the "three plays" we saw earlier, the breeders all took swimming as a very serious matter, just like completing tasks and exams, very serious.
But in the eyes of children, I learn swimming to play with water in a more advanced way. They don't have much idea about what physical fitness is and many skills.
Only when we fully satisfy his desire to play with water will the child have the motivation to learn technical things.
Don't our parents and grandparents swim by themselves? Then study like this.
5. Encourage children and give them confidence.
Every child's constitution is different. Some children are naturally lively and active, and they can learn with ease in a few classes, and the more they learn, the happier they are and the more they want to learn.
And some children are not active, cautious and slow to make progress.
We don't need to worry too much. As long as the child swims in the right stroke, sooner or later he will be very skilled.
What we want to achieve can also be achieved one by one.
Why care about the length of time?
What I am most afraid of is that, like the parents in the second and third plays, I want my children to be fast, and I will continue to undermine their sense of security and self-confidence in swimming.
The bad result of this is:
Children will temporarily complete the course according to your requirements, and then they will never be interested in swimming again, or even refuse to go into the water.
Then what we want to achieve by swimming will never be achieved.
Which consequence is lighter or heavier?
My child is six and a half years old. I want her to learn to swim before she goes to primary school.
Starting from breaststroke, unlock freestyle and backstroke year after year. ...
A few years later, we agreed to learn butterfly together.
We are all looking forward to it.
It is in accordance with the above methods that I gradually guide children to contact water, experience water, like water, fall in love with water, play with water, explore water and control water.
In the first class, she showed great excitement and enthusiasm and couldn't wait to jump into the water.
I never force her to swim more after class. My worry is: how long will it take you to swim before you want to go home with me!
She seldom practices according to the coach's method after class. She practiced in her own way:
Trying to sink to the bottom of the pool,
How to somersault in the water,
She just pedaled her feet very hard by instinct and kept her arms paddling.
Just today, she can even tread water in deep water by herself without worrying about sinking.
At this moment, I think the previous preparation, as well as the trust and encouragement to her, really played a great role.
Of course, this also includes my love for swimming, which I passed on to her.
If you want your children to do it, you should try it first.
Even if you can't do it, you can teach your children a lesson of failure and let them know that you have done it down-to-earth and are constantly breaking through yourself!
Then, the child wants to be like his mother (father)!