You can teach a child to swim when he reaches the age of four or five. To do this, you need to choose a suitable natural reservoir or pool, as well as an experienced mentor who will help your child to master this sport.
Instructions
Step 1
Take the child by the hand and walk with him to a waist-deep depth (for a baby). Complete the "Sea Battle" exercise. Stand facing each other and, raking water with your palms, splash it on each other. The player who forces the other to retreat wins. This game teaches the child not to be afraid of getting water in the face.
Step 2
Play Distillation. Place floating toys in the water at a distance of 3-4 meters from the shore. Stand with your child on the shore facing the water and, at the signal, run to the toys, take one at a time and return to the shore. The winner is the one who collected the most toys. The purpose of the exercise: to teach the child the correct movement in the water, to help himself with his hands (doing strokes around the body).
Step 3
Go headlong into the water. Play Pump. The depth of the water should be at the level of the young swimmer's chest. Invite your baby to inhale, immerse his face in water, then exhale. You can close your eyes. After a short workout, take your child by the arms and face each other. Then, alternately squatting, plunge into the water with your head, holding your breath. Exhale fully in the water.
Step 4
Teach your child to dive with open eyes. Play the game "Brave Guys". Stand facing each other and hold hands. After that, on command with your child, immerse yourself in the water with your eyes open. For control, you can offer to count how many fingers are on your hand, see an object in the water and get it out (for example, a toy you put down).
Step 5
Do the Float or Medusa ascent exercise. It is performed without the help of an adult. The depth of the water is at the level of the baby's chest. Give the command to take a breath, squat down, clasp your knees with your hands, and press your chin to your chest, hold your breath for 10-12 seconds. Due to the buoyancy force (air in the lungs), the child begins to float with his back to the surface of the water, like a float. Do the Float exercise several times, then complicate it. After surfacing, ask the child to stretch out his legs and arms and, having relaxed, lie down in the water for a few seconds. The head is in the water, the face is down.
Step 6
Do the Arrow exercise. Let the child go into the water up to the chest, take a deep breath, hold his breath and, stretching his arms forward, push off from the bottom with his feet. With the correct execution of this exercise, the child should be able to slide on his chest in the water for several meters.
Step 7
Choose a shallow spot near the shore. The child's legs are extended, the shoulders are in the water, and the head is above the water. Keep your feet and legs straight. Having taken this position, the baby should begin to work with his legs up and down. Further, without stopping footwork, you need to perform breathing exercises - deep inhalation and exhalation into the water.
Step 8
Repeat the "Arrow" exercise, pushing the child's leg bent at the knee away from the adult's knees. The child's feet should move up and down. In the process of sliding through the water, the head should be immersed face down and rise only for inhalation. Then the head is lowered again - an exhalation is made into the water.
Step 9
Do the following exercise: the child stands in the water up to his chest, leans forward so that his chin and shoulders are in the water, and begins to stroke with his hands from top to bottom. Help the child to correctly complete the sequence of elements of the exercise, achieve synchronization of movements: stroke with the right hand, then turn the head and inhale; stroke with the left hand, then turn the head face down and exhale into the water. Repeat the exercise 10-12 times.
Step 10
Send your child to "independent swimming". He should take a deep breath and lie with his stomach down on the water, stretch his legs and straighten his arms behind his head. The head must be lowered into the water, face down. Support his palms with your hands. The child should begin to work with his legs and perform rowing alternate movements with his hands, inhaling and exhaling. Step back slowly to help him swim. Watch the synchronization of movements of the legs and arms, the breathing of the young swimmer.
