Diving down
On June 20, 2012
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It was the last swimming lesson for the term today, and the last month or so has been going really well. Grace has been loving swimming with Charlene and been making huge progress. Today was one of those wow days for me. The first thing I was really impressed with was Grace floating on her back on her own. In fact, she floated across the entire length of the pool on her back. I actually thought Charlene had been helping her, but she was just floating all by herself.
And then, the diving down. One of the exercises is to dive down and fetch a ring from either the step or the bottom of the pool. Grace has done the preparation for the exercise before, but not actually grabbed any of the rings. Today, Charlene took her under (she holds her at the ribs and guides her through the water) and Grace focussed, reached out perfectly and grabbed the first ring from the step. She then dived down for another two on the step, and followed that with a dive to fetch a ring from the bottom of the pool. She seemed to just love every single minute of her swim today, and I was very chuffed with how well she is doing. Hopefully we can pick up where we left off when the new term begins.