[blindkid] swimming lessons
Barbara Hammel
poetlori8 at msn.com
Tue Jun 1 14:14:21 UTC 2010
First teach her how to hold her breath out of the water so she knows what
that means. I went to a class with one of my friend's little girls and what
they did was blow in the child's face to make them intake and then pushed
the head under water for a brief instant.
Barbara
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From: "Kathy B" <burgawicki at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 7:08 AM
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)"
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Subject: Re: [blindkid] swimming lessons
> She loves the water and is pretty comfortable in a pool. My big thing is
> how to teach her to hold her breath underwater.
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> From: Heather <craney07 at rochester.rr.com>
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> Sent: Mon, May 31, 2010 10:47:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] swimming lessons
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> Be aware and make the swim instructor aware that reluctance to put her
> head in the water might be due in part to her ears filling with water and
> thereby having her hearing and therefore her sense of dirrection severely
> limited until she learns techniques for trailing a lane marker or the
> wall. Also if you will be inside, echoey pool rooms are horribly
> disorienting and loud, so she might need smaller group lessons or one to
> one lessons if this becomes a problem for her. Try to embrace strokes
> like the doggy paddle or breast stroke where her hands are always in front
> of her, so that she doesn't run into the wall or a lane marker. It won't
> hurt her badly, but if she is just learning in deep water and bumps into
> something and loses her momentum and starts to sink and panicks it could
> startle her very badly. I have seen that in a lot of blind children, who
> are progressing like pros, then something like that happens and they back
> slide for a week or two's
> worth of progress. If she will be using some sort of bubble or floaties,
> be aware of how they limit her ability to explore with her arms, as
> feeling constrained might be problematic. Most people naturally learn how
> not to get water up their nose or in their eyes where it hurts like hell
> and can over time do damage, but not being able to see a friend coming up
> to dunk you in play, or not seeing a splash coming can foil this
> instinctual reaction, and therefore it is important to watch her reactions
> and see if something like this is happening before her reaction manifests
> as fear or anger. I hope that helps. I'm sure you will both have a lot
> of fun.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy B" <burgawicki at yahoo.com>
> To: <BVI-Parents at yahoogroups.com>; <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2010 1:58 PM
> Subject: [blindkid] swimming lessons
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>> Hi All-
>>
>> My daughter Addison is four and is starting swimming lessons tomorrow.
>> She's totally blind. Do any of you have any advice or suggestions that
>> would help with her or the instructor?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Kathy
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