Toys For Encouragement Are Great Swimming Lesson Ideas
As a swimming teacher I have to help many children to cope with their fear of water
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There are many techniques that I use to help with this fear but the one that is the best is Red the teddy bear.
Red the teddy bear is a blue colored beanie bear that has "Your A Star" written on it. you can pick these bears up from just about any supermarket.
Why did I call him Red? Well for those of you that are not familiar with older Australian, a red headed person used to be called "Blue". So If a red headed person can be called "Blue" why shouldn't a blue teddy bear be called "Red"?
It's amazing that a child will do what a bear asks but not the adult
A child will sometimes do their very best to make a bear feel safe even if they don't themselves
According to the children he is quite fast, so be prepared to swim or run to catch him.
When I was a new parent my wife and I read many books on raising children. Well My wife red many books, I read some but mostly red the bits she underlined for me to read.
In most of the books the idea of bribing a child was frowned upon. Despite the reading I was never able to figure out the difference. But in the interest of political correctness:
"If you put your head underwater(blow bubbles, touch your nose on the water etc.) you get to nurse Red."
So you see if you are going to teach a child to swim a Beanie Bear can be very useful.
Swimming Lesson Ideas: Red The Bear Encouragement & Feeling Safe
.There are many techniques that I use to help with this fear but the one that is the best is Red the teddy bear.
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| Red The Bear |
Why did I call him Red? Well for those of you that are not familiar with older Australian, a red headed person used to be called "Blue". So If a red headed person can be called "Blue" why shouldn't a blue teddy bear be called "Red"?
Red is Very Useful
Red is, as I have said very useful:- He can be used to comfort a frightened child.
- He can be used to talk to a child
It's amazing that a child will do what a bear asks but not the adult
- He can be looked after by a child
A child will sometimes do their very best to make a bear feel safe even if they don't themselves
- He can be used to distract a child.
Keeping Red Close
I have one down syndrome child that will do almost anything for me as long as he can keep Red somewhere on his body (i.e. tucked down his shirt).- Red can be throw and chased after
According to the children he is quite fast, so be prepared to swim or run to catch him.
When I was a new parent my wife and I read many books on raising children. Well My wife red many books, I read some but mostly red the bits she underlined for me to read.
In most of the books the idea of bribing a child was frowned upon. Despite the reading I was never able to figure out the difference. But in the interest of political correctness:
- You can use Red to bribe (oops contract I mean) to do something for you.
"If you put your head underwater(blow bubbles, touch your nose on the water etc.) you get to nurse Red."
- Red can float and is very good a demonstrating it. You can use Red to show some one how you want them to put their face in the water.
So you see if you are going to teach a child to swim a Beanie Bear can be very useful.
Enjoy
Richard
Richard
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