School Time #08: His First Swimming Lesson

After being canceled for about two months because of the rainy season, starting this month the swimming class is opened again. Yesterday was my son's first swimming lesson. Even though the pool is part of the school's facility and designed for kindergarten kids, still I was concerned at first about his safety like being left unsupervised for example. But the teacher assured us that there be enough staff to help the kids.

The Pre-K swimming class is scheduled every other Monday. Evan was supposed to have his first lesson two weeks ago but was delayed due to public holiday. Thankfully the weather was good yesterday morning, otherwise it would be another delay. They started the lesson by doing warm up and stretching activities before jumped to the pool. Which is a good reminder for us since we never do such things when we go swimming with our son.

The teacher was right, there were plenty of staff helping the kids in the water. There was a swim teacher who gave basic instructions to each kid, and others who supervised and helped the kids practicing their lessons.

They also encouraged kids not to use their swim ring so they could learn better. While some kids refused it, my son obeyed them ;). They told us swimming without swim ring is a way to teach little children to depend on adults instead of any flotation toy while they're in the water. It will keep us adults to always be alert either.

Have a good day :)