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. You can turn learning to float on his back, a skill that tends to be stressful for kids to practice, into fun. Here’s how.
Instead of having your kids concentrate on floating the right way all the time, you can help them have fun with it by making doing it wrong a game. Have your kids bend at the waist and grab their toes. How fast do they sink? Doing the opposite of what they need to do to float will help your kids get a great feel for what not to do, and that will help them when they’re practicing doing it for real. As long as you’re there to catch them, this game will give your kids the confidence to explore different scenarios and sensations, and that will help them learn faster and more effectively.