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Monday 31 March 2014

Swimming Sinkable Play Toys .... post 50




We all relate to toys in some way or another whether they are whole or not. Mostly, the toys we use in water are colourful, soft, pliable and safe. They are big enough to see yet small enough to hold in our hand/s



They have shapes like the toys we see outside of water, animals that live in water (fresh or the ocean). May be a doll, a ball, tiny cars, a fire engine, a train carriage, a plane or various surface and under water animals like ducks, fish, dolphins, octopus, whales or diving bags, sticks and rings


Our purpose for using sinkable play toys during learning / teaching swimming is to motivate the intention of picking them up without goggles on the eyes. We set a short term goal. We praise for an attempt and/or for the achievement. The reward of a sucker / lollipop at the end of a lesson will greatly stimulate motivation to achieve
 

 
We learn / teach to identify each toy by its shape and colour. In this way we can set a challenge to pick up a specific toy or toys. We use the same words for each toy each time we set a challenge. This identification ensures that as a whole each of us understands the same instruction and purpose

The ultimate purpose is to use the ‘big breath’ skills that we have been practicing regularly
http://swimmingguidance.blogspot.com/2014/01/swimming-guidance-learnteach-skills_29.html  post 40

©      To learn to ‘hold the breath’ to feel comfortable holding the breath for as long as it takes to pick up a toy or toys without panic

©      To learn to open and keep the eyes open under water while looking for toys
 

©      To learn to pick up toys under water without goggles on the eyes as part of swimming freely

©      To think about and remember the challenge set for picking up the toys

©      To enjoy being under water

©      This is a method to teach swimming and life skills ‘without teaching the obvious’

Picking up toys are not just learning and teaching swimming skills. These are games which we learn to share and play with all ages ....



 

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