Splish Splash x3

This was our first year of multiple children in swimming lessons! I started Ammon when he was 3 years old, and decided I never wanted to begin that early again! So even though Jonah and Micah are 5, this was their first year. I've been working with them every time we've gone swimming in the last year on pre-beginner skills, so I felt good about placing them in the Beginner I class. They had a blast! Their teacher Melissa was fun and she had two assistants for the class of five children! They loved learning--by making windmill arms, kicking and splashing, jumping off the edge, singing and bouncing, finding diving sticks on the bottom of the pool, and holding their breath under water. Their favorite part was playing in the boat on the last day of lessons.Ammon was in the Level 4 class this year. He repeated the class from last year to better some of his skills. His teacher Jaime was the same as last year too! He did SO well this year! He passed off everything, and really learned all the strokes and techniques: the breast stroke, side stroke, frog kick, dead man's float, diving (just to name a few). He is now comfortable about being in the deep end and jumping off the diving board without a life jacket. He has really improved a lot! His favorite part of lessons was jumping off the diving board and doing cannonballs into the water.