Time to Play! Kicking

Kids learn by playing. The more you can make learning to swim fun for your kids, the more they’ll like it, the quicker they’ll learn, and the more fun you’ll have teaching them. One of the skills that will help your kids learn to be stable in the water is kicking. One beautiful thing about kicking is that you can laugh while you practice, and when you play this game, you and your kids will do lots of laughing.

Have your kids kick while you tow them. Let them determine how fast you go based on how fast they kick. Can they kick so fast that you get out of breath? So fast that you can’t keep up? Can they keep a straight face while you’re huffing and puffing? Can you?

Tow them in swerving, curving paths from one side of the pool to the other. Tow them in a fast, straight line.

Finish by hopping out of the pool and flopping down on the grass on your backs and watching the clouds go by. You’ll all need the rest. Learning to kick is tiring, and so is all that towing.