We've been doing swim lessons at a private swim place for a few months. She used to love them, but has recently started hating them and crying the whole morning before we go. They do a safety talk every lesson and pull the kids into the water to teach them how to quickly turn around and grab the wall if they fall in. I think it's the most important part of why we're doing swimming, but one time her teacher pulled her harder than normal or deeper or something. Now it TERRIFIES her. Her new teachers have been more careful because she is so scared. They pull her in but don't make her go under the water. I told them last week that September would be our last month because she mentally was just not there. Well, then she did amazing (she likes the lessons except for the safety part). It was clear that she had passed all the other little kids in her group. The teacher said she would actually move her up a level if she did as well next week (today, in about an hour). The very next day we met Dan and Melinda at their hotel pool and something clicked for Willa. She just started swimming! We had a make-up lesson the next day and here is how she did. She is definitely ready to move up, but she was crying the whole time and it was a substitute teacher. If they bump her up a level today, we will stay in one more month to see how it goes. I hate to pull her out right when she has actually gotten the hang of it because she'll probably forget before the pools open up next summer.
Monday, September 29, 2014
Singing and swimming
Willa loves to have a harp lesson after I finish with one of my students. And by "harp lesson" she means that she plays, not necessarily that I am teaching. The other day she started singing all her favorite songs while she played. She was in a rare mood where she loves the attention and is having fun, so I was able to get this video. You can hear June chiming in. It's a primary song and she knows all the words. At the beginning of the year the primary gave out CDs that had all the upcoming songs for the year so that the children could listen and have them reinforced outside of church. Definitely one of our favorites to listen to.
We've been doing swim lessons at a private swim place for a few months. She used to love them, but has recently started hating them and crying the whole morning before we go. They do a safety talk every lesson and pull the kids into the water to teach them how to quickly turn around and grab the wall if they fall in. I think it's the most important part of why we're doing swimming, but one time her teacher pulled her harder than normal or deeper or something. Now it TERRIFIES her. Her new teachers have been more careful because she is so scared. They pull her in but don't make her go under the water. I told them last week that September would be our last month because she mentally was just not there. Well, then she did amazing (she likes the lessons except for the safety part). It was clear that she had passed all the other little kids in her group. The teacher said she would actually move her up a level if she did as well next week (today, in about an hour). The very next day we met Dan and Melinda at their hotel pool and something clicked for Willa. She just started swimming! We had a make-up lesson the next day and here is how she did. She is definitely ready to move up, but she was crying the whole time and it was a substitute teacher. If they bump her up a level today, we will stay in one more month to see how it goes. I hate to pull her out right when she has actually gotten the hang of it because she'll probably forget before the pools open up next summer.
We've been doing swim lessons at a private swim place for a few months. She used to love them, but has recently started hating them and crying the whole morning before we go. They do a safety talk every lesson and pull the kids into the water to teach them how to quickly turn around and grab the wall if they fall in. I think it's the most important part of why we're doing swimming, but one time her teacher pulled her harder than normal or deeper or something. Now it TERRIFIES her. Her new teachers have been more careful because she is so scared. They pull her in but don't make her go under the water. I told them last week that September would be our last month because she mentally was just not there. Well, then she did amazing (she likes the lessons except for the safety part). It was clear that she had passed all the other little kids in her group. The teacher said she would actually move her up a level if she did as well next week (today, in about an hour). The very next day we met Dan and Melinda at their hotel pool and something clicked for Willa. She just started swimming! We had a make-up lesson the next day and here is how she did. She is definitely ready to move up, but she was crying the whole time and it was a substitute teacher. If they bump her up a level today, we will stay in one more month to see how it goes. I hate to pull her out right when she has actually gotten the hang of it because she'll probably forget before the pools open up next summer.
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What a sweet voice! And I'm no expert (my sister and my mom have taken harp lessons but that's my only exposure) but her technique looks very confident as well. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is such an adorable video! The girls are so cute.
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