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Our family loves the ocean! For us, nothing says vacation or relaxing more than laying on the beach and swimming in the ocean. We have been fortunate to live within 30-45 minutes from the beach for about 7 years now, the last 3 having children be part of the trip. We’ve learned a few ‘beach [...]
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Underwater Breathing Techniques: Once your child is able to swim a few feet with the Front Crawl/Freestyle stroke combining both their arms and legs and on their own, you are ready to begin introducing them to Beginner Underwater Breathing. Present this as a ‘secret key’ to helping them swim further; swimming with your face in [...]
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Walking into a ‘Swim Equipment’ aisle at a store can be like walking into Babies R Us during your first pregnancy! Overwhelming! Floaties, inflatable tubes, swimsuits stuffed with floating material, life-jackets with neck rests and without, bubble float belts with one, two, or three bubbles, etc. Not to mention all the swimming toys! PFDs {Personal [...]
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Every child is different and learns in different ways and at different speeds; that is what makes working with children both exciting and stressful! My husband and I are currently on vacation working with both of our boys on their swimming skills. Big Brother is actually swimming about 8 feet now on his own but [...]
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How’s the swimming coming? Don’t feel that you need to keep up with each weekly post in the Teach Your Child to Swim-Summer Series, but rather move at the rate of your child’s progress. Some skills will come almost instantly, while others may take all summer to learn. Our hope is that your children are [...]
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Last week, in Beginner Swimming Techniques: Week 1, we covered properly entering the pool and kicking. This week, in Beginner Swimming Techniques: Week 2, we want to add arms to develop the Front Crawl/Free Style Stroke; the first stroke we recommend teaching your beginner swimmer. We will also introduce Floating; a life saving skill that [...]
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One of the things I anticipated about having children was having the exciting privilege to teach them to swim. So, our first son entered the water (pool/ocean) from about one month old; our second entered around 4-5 months because he was born in December. You will notice that my husband is in many pictures teaching [...]
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Swimming pools, ponds, lakes, neighborhood pools, water parks, rivers, streams, hot tubs, hotel pools, the ocean, inflatable water slides, etc. Chances are, even if you don’t have a swimming pool in your backyard your children will encounter water this Summer. ‘Pool Safety’ doesn’t necessarily sound like the most exciting of subjects in teaching your child [...]
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Teach Your Child to Swim-Summer Series Week 1: Water Orientation: Creating a ‘Tub Swim Time’ Water Orientation is the idea of helping your child feel comfortable in the water. This can begin taking place in infancy, through an enjoyable bath experience, and then progress into the bathtub around 6 months (when the infant is able [...]
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Beginning this Memorial Day, May 28th, Cheerios and Lattes will be kicking off it’s Teach Your Child to Swim-Summer Series! The Summer Swim Series will be co-authored by Mackenzie (the mom of the Cheerios and Lattes family) and her long-time friend and lifeguarding/swim lesson instructor, Chrissy. Mackenzie has experience as a lifeguard for over five [...]
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Welcome! I'm a follower of Jesus, wife, mama of two toddler boys, teacher at heart, and coffee lover. In my "free" time I love to cook and create.Cheerios and Lattes is place for us to share our "little blessings" with you and your family. [Click Here to Read More…]
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