This summer Clare asked to take swim lessons. We've taken a couple of years off since we have a pool at home and since I had a new born and then a 1 year old. Lexey also signed up to take lessons at the same time as Clare. We signed up at the local high school. It was $70 per child for lessons every day for 2 weeks (minus the 4th of july holiday).
Clare learned the strokes and practices distance swimming and diving. She enjoyed it.
Lexey up to this point has been swimming with water wings and she REFUSED to take them off even if Dave or I were swimming with her. She would not try to float or swim. We knew she was perfectly capable of swimming but she was too darn stubborn to try.
At swim lessons she was lucky to be the only girl in her class for that time. Plus,she had two teachers so she got lots of attention. After the first day she was swimming. Over the 2 weeks of class she got much more comfortable in the water and now we have a full fledged swimmer! Yay! Definitely got our money's worth for swim lessons this summer.
That is great! I wish my girls learned so fast. I don't think we've ever spent enough time in the water for them to be completely comfortable with swimming.
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