Games on the water could help your babies release stress being on the water. Games also could stimulate their brain. With games, they able to demonstrate and explore it as they want.
Playing in a group will made more benefits, group games are a great way for children to learn both water and social skills while having so much fun they won’t want to stop. Below are some group game:
London Bridge Is Falling Down
You will need two people to hold two foam noodles in an arch over the water. In a line, parents walk in a large circle, carrying or swimming their child under the noodle bridge while singing “London Bridge Is Falling Down.”
If your child is a beginner, carry him above the water in the Pass Hold. If your child is comfortable in the water, you can swim him under the bridge either above or under the water, depending on his abilities. On the verse, “Take the key and lock her up,” the noodles should be dropped to water level so that they encircle a parent-child pair, then raised up again when the main verse is sung. One of the noodle holders may gently pour water from a watering can over the children as they pass under the noodle bridge.
Run and Jump
If you are able to use a large floating mat, which are often available in public pools, then Run and Jump is a good activity for boosting your child’s confidence and helping him to learn how to balance on a moving surface. However, as your child will perform a standing jump with a held breath it is only suitable for children who are at the intermediate level.
Working in a group, the parents should line up along one of the long sides of the mat with their children and hold on to the mat with a free hand to stabilize it. On the opposite side, someone with two free hands should “spot” the child on the mat.
The first parent should lift their child onto the mat, then walk to the end of the mat to wait for their child. The “spotter” should hold the child until the parent is in the catch position, then the spotter should walk or run the child down the mat with one hand under each armpit.While the child runs down the mat have the group chant, “run, run, run.”When he reaches the end of the mat, the spotter should lift him off the mat, giving him the Breath-holding Cue and place him in the water for a dip or swim to the parent. More experienced swimmers will jump in unassisted.
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