tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post4610328946476260586..comments2024-02-26T16:08:21.030+11:00Comments on Swimming Teaching: Swimming Lesson Ideas: Songs & LyricsRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03529982489044576584noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-47277495323953539482023-12-13T20:37:31.997+11:002023-12-13T20:37:31.997+11:00Fantastic ideas!Thank you.
Fantastic ideas!Thank you.<br /><br />Apparelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746994567268231908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-6530294368388844572022-05-12T10:48:07.845+10:002022-05-12T10:48:07.845+10:00Thank you so much for this! I just started teachin...Thank you so much for this! I just started teaching and I love the songs. It helps me get some vareations into my courses. It's amazing!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-28058230540669424662019-07-23T15:36:57.983+10:002019-07-23T15:36:57.983+10:00From Katlin January 3, 2010 at 4:58 AM Reissued
th...From Katlin January 3, 2010 at 4:58 AM Reissued<br />those are all wonderful songs, that's a great list. I've been teaching for years and I really enjoy the parent/child program and some of those songs I had never even thought of.<br /><br />a thought i had to offer was when you sing ring around the rosie try this:<br /><br />ring around the rosie, a pocket full of posies<br />splashes, splashes we all blow bubbles!<br />(move in a circle to the left)<br /><br />ring around the rosie, a pocket full of posies<br />splashes, splashes we all jump up!<br />(move in a circle to the right)<br /><br />ring around the rosie, a pocket full of posies<br />splashes, splashes we all fall down!<br />(move in a circle to the left)<br /><br />ring around the rosie, a pocket full of posies<br />splashes, splashes lets all run away!<br />(move in a circle to the right, but run away back to the wall or wherever you intend to start your next activity)<br /><br />From Katlin January 3, 2010 at 5:04 AM Reissued<br />oh! another I wanted to mention but forgot!<br /><br />have each child standing on the wall with their parents in front holding a noodle (or some sort of similar floating device)<br /><br />jack be nimble, jack be quick<br />jack jump over the candle stick<br />1...2...3!<br /><br />another, which i cleverly started singing along with some of my regulars on Sundays<br /><br />the steering wheel on the boat goes round and round<br />round and round, round and round<br />the steering wheel on the boat goes round and round<br />all through our pool!!!<br /><br />the wipers on the boat go swish, swish, swish...<br />the horn on the boat goes beep, beep, beep...<br />the waves (or water) make the boat go up and down...<br />the swimmers in the boat all jump in for a swim, jump in for a swim, jump in for a swim...<br />the children on the boat wave bye, bye, bye...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529982489044576584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-27855927760035201272019-04-30T10:35:33.944+10:002019-04-30T10:35:33.944+10:00Glad to be of help Lauralou,
I know how you feel...Glad to be of help Lauralou, <br /><br />I know how you feel, having been their. That's why I did the list. <br /><br />Over time I also hope to add audio. When I started teaching babies and toddlers swimming I was actually quite experienced as a Swimming instructor but I had no practical experience with this much younger age group. <br /><br />Pool management came to me one day and said "Everybody is off sick, your trained, your now teaching babies". <br /><br />In a panic I ran around madly trying to find out what to do. I managed to find some sort of lesson plan and access some song lyrics but had no idea of how the tunes went. Thus I want to provide some audio.<br /><br />I also hope to add a lesson plan for babies and toddlers.<br /><br />RichardRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529982489044576584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-32487927174403959012018-08-16T21:37:41.858+10:002018-08-16T21:37:41.858+10:00Wow, how useful your ideas are. When I trained my ...Wow, how useful your ideas are. When I trained my 1 month old daughter to swim, I remember I blew in her face and then let her down under the water. She loved this! I'm sure, with songs it would be even better!Emilia Shantihttps://gardeningadviser.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-79265465097933193242016-01-12T06:16:23.124+11:002016-01-12T06:16:23.124+11:00It's my first day as a swim instructor, and gu...It's my first day as a swim instructor, and guess what? A sixteen year old gets to teach parents and tots! I had no idea what to do, but this will help a lot. Thank you! You are a lifesaver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-21305617653718084852012-03-07T09:30:44.498+11:002012-03-07T09:30:44.498+11:00What great Songs Sara. Thanks for sharing!What great Songs Sara. Thanks for sharing!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529982489044576584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-68920357833960087092012-03-07T02:34:36.782+11:002012-03-07T02:34:36.782+11:00I have been teaching lessons for 12 years, I love ...I have been teaching lessons for 12 years, I love parent child aquatics and came to the site looking for songs to help my staff. Thanks for all the great ideas. At our pool we use this as well:<br />I have a little turtle, his name is tiny tim<br />I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim.<br />He drank up all the water, he ate a bar of soap<br />and now my little turtle has bubbles in his throat!<br /><br />I also do a game with my young kids of walking through the forest<br />We're walking through the forest we're walking through the forest (child's name) what do you see? (Repeat for every kid in the class)<br />Answers will vary but I use a variety of skills to help us with whatever they find: Bear - run or kick away, mud balls - go underwater etc.<br /><br />Have Fun with lessons!<br />SaraSara Laudenbachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-87613829310907923792012-03-04T19:23:36.505+11:002012-03-04T19:23:36.505+11:00Fantastic ideas!Thank you.Fantastic ideas!Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-32083796967086193962011-07-17T15:35:48.497+10:002011-07-17T15:35:48.497+10:00I love this article and refer to it often, so than...I love this article and refer to it often, so thank you for sharing! <br /><br />I have a submersion song (from the pool edge for older kids or sitting on a mat for the younger children)to add:<br /><br />Jelly Fish<br />5 little jelly fish, standing/sitting on a rock. <br />Along came a wave and (childs name) went PLOP!!!<br /><br />Obviously the number of jelly fish depends on the amount of students. I like to get the older children count how many "Jelly Fish" I have before we sing. And for the infants we cue 1 - 2 - 3 before they enter to their parents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-64906356826660878792011-04-08T10:04:17.997+10:002011-04-08T10:04:17.997+10:00Wow!! Great info and song ideas. I am in the same...Wow!! Great info and song ideas. I am in the same situation as many of the other instructors out there, thrown in 'cause there wasn't any other instructors with child experience (I am a Mom) I have struggled for the last 2 weeks and one of the Mums said "Are we going to song any songs?" That did it, I started hunting down songs for parent and child classes and have come across you web site, thank you so much, if you have any other ideas of what can be introduced to a class of adults and basically babies I would appreciate it. I have given all the parents statistics each week regarding drowning of infants and children under 5, if does sound gloomy but the stats are amazing, I also remind them of one safety factor each week when around water, which I'm sure we all need reminding of. Many thanks again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-60693998250328959882011-01-08T07:00:58.425+11:002011-01-08T07:00:58.425+11:00heres one we use.
entering the water technique
so ...heres one we use.<br />entering the water technique<br />so child knows parent goes in before them.<br /><br />(mom and child sitting on the wall)<br /><br />Mommy and (childs name) went up the hill to fetch a pail of water<br />Mommy fell down (mom slides in water) and broke her crown <br />(with child still on the wall)<br />and (childs name) came tumbling after. <br /><br />first day of class learning how to enter the water safely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-85031401811662437952010-11-07T11:36:52.978+11:002010-11-07T11:36:52.978+11:00Hi Richard - here is a slight change to the I'...Hi Richard - here is a slight change to the I'm a little pancake song - parents carefully walk backwards<br /><br />I'm a little pancake on my back, I’m a little pancake nice and flat, I’m a little pancake on my back, Flip me over and swim me back..<br /><br />While parents are carefully walking backwards across the pool with their child floating on there backs - when she song says flip me over swim me back the child then goes from floating on the back to there tummy and the parents walk forward back to the side of the pool.. This techniques promotes the child to go from a floating on their back position to floating on their tummy's.. Parents can encourage bub to paddle there arms - kick their legs and blow bubbles..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-16276862553473824532010-06-18T19:55:45.609+10:002010-06-18T19:55:45.609+10:00hey, this is sunny ,from china.beijing, you may ne...hey, this is sunny ,from china.beijing, you may never thought your article can travel so far, hehe, i been study your songs for awhile, a little bit hard for me ,and my american husband did not really help me any of those, as he said he forgot all of those. but it give me a lots of idea for my class. recently i am teaching baby swimming in beijing,and its really new staffs here coming. i would like to learn from your more about how to teach baby swim. here is my blog about recent class: blog.sina.com.cn/sunnynovak ,forgive me most are all in chinese. but really wish you can give me some class plan .my email:sunnyguo888@gmail.comsunnyguohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481043521298164586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-53659463007095032782010-05-09T20:34:02.923+10:002010-05-09T20:34:02.923+10:00Thanks this is great! its been a good way to add s...Thanks this is great! its been a good way to add some change to my classes because sometimes I feel my kids are getting bored with the same old songs, especially the mums from babies classes.<br /><br />For the elephant song, to the same tune I use the lyrics<br /><br />"The elephant goes like this and that<br />hes oh so big ans oh so fat<br />hes go not many fingers and not many toes<br />but goodness me, what a nose!"<br /><br />SO your verse will fit in nicely<br />Thanks again, these are AWESOME<br /><br />please if you have any other ideas would you mind emailing them to me. emmajstuart@gmail.com<br />THanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-10068522607079932432010-04-12T03:58:24.438+10:002010-04-12T03:58:24.438+10:00G'day Helen,
I would love to talk more about ...G'day Helen,<br /><br />I would love to talk more about this. Please feel free to contact me at Richard_Roper@swimteaching.comRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529982489044576584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-12086711543758965462010-04-02T23:37:03.945+11:002010-04-02T23:37:03.945+11:00I can provide the tunes for all of the songs and m...I can provide the tunes for all of the songs and more, Richard. Great to hear they have been helpful for so many. Helen SonnleitnerUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912587864385185187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-29018110945251982172010-03-18T16:43:35.959+11:002010-03-18T16:43:35.959+11:00I have an alteration I use of teddy bear teddy bea...I have an alteration I use of teddy bear teddy bear. Generally I do this with the older children (24months plus) so that they can do the actions. You have them all standing on the wall facing their parents and the actions are pretty obvious...<br /><br />teddy bear teddy bear turn around<br />teddy bear teddy bear touch the ground<br />teddy bear teddy bear reach up high<br />teddy bear teddy bear take a dive/learn to fly (this is where the kids hop into the water)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-14792595078785678072009-06-03T20:52:32.619+10:002009-06-03T20:52:32.619+10:00Richard!
Its Toni from Altona! just stumbled upon...Richard!<br /><br />Its Toni from Altona! just stumbled upon your songs been having a bit of a brain laps! Still teaching at the same place? Since ive got you do you remember the pirate activity you use to do? if you could refresh my memory that would be great! have a great day!<br /><br />ToniToni Benningtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-16833847204887322472009-05-27T12:21:23.752+10:002009-05-27T12:21:23.752+10:00Thanks so much!
I was in thrown in the same situa...Thanks so much! <br />I was in thrown in the same situation you were..."You are trained so you teach babies." <br />These songs are a great help!!Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-18925658977582922242008-10-21T15:31:00.000+11:002008-10-21T15:31:00.000+11:00this is fantastic... i have been teaching swimming...this is fantastic... i have been teaching swimming for a long time and its nice to see you sharing ideas it also made me generate a few of my own... this site should be a real credit to you...<BR/>regards kimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799176631061623144.post-68260819285808012292008-10-10T00:32:00.000+11:002008-10-10T00:32:00.000+11:00Your post was a lifesaver to me this morning. I ha...Your post was a lifesaver to me this morning. I have been teaching swim lessons for quite a while, but never taught infant and parent. Tons of great songs.. I feel a lot more confident now!!!<BR/>God Bless!Laura Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908987006202428582noreply@blogger.com