Baby Tau’s Swimming Journey
Months 2 to 10
Meet Tau, Cindy & Mark’s son, and watch his progress from first days in the pool through to grabbing the noodle and float for himself!
Submerged push to teacher
The wheels on the bus, practicing our kicking
Pouring water over his face
Tau blowing bubbles
Front floating preparation for submersion
Face submersion on front, Tau to mama
Tau blowing bubbles like a fish!
Twinkle, Twinkle floating
Mama and Tau learning how to monkey walk on the mat
Hands, Elbows, Knees, to build up Tau’s crawling muscles
Learning to hold onto the noodle independently
Twinkle, Twinkle floating, full shoulder support
Twinkle, Twinkle floating, moving from full support to one hand support
Teddy bear, Teddy bear blows bubbles
Catching toys
Working on hand eye coordination
Front floating
We caught the toy!
Twinkle, Twinkle floating
Kicking on our back
Cuddles and kicking on our back!
Who’s taking photos?!
Getting Tau’s attention
Blowing bubbles!
Learning to hold noodle
Blowing bubbles, whilst whooshing on noodle
Learning to hold noodle properly, with support from mama
Holding the noodle, blowing bubbles and kicking, all together!
This is the correct body position for holding the noodle
Sequence photo 1 of Name, Ready, Go, pushing into water
Sequence photo 2 of Name, Ready, Go, pushing into water
Sequence photo 3 of Name, Ready, Go, pushing into water
Sequence photo 4 of Name, Ready, Go, pushing into water
Improving hand eye coordination and gross motor skills, by catching toys
We have caught the car, what’s next? This game encourages water confidence and noodle independence
Catching the boat and bringing it back to the wall
Catching mommy!
Oooh, a toy!
Let’s get the toy! This encourages noodle independence
We love swimming!
Encouraging to hold the toy, whilst on the noodle
Holding the toy is working progress
We like saying helloooo!
Working on independent sitting, ready for Row, Row, Row
Hands, elbows, knees, into a crawl position
Showing Tau proper kicking
Tau and Kaia having fun together
Encouraging the crawling position and safe climbing out of water
Everyone safely climbing out the pool
Everyone saying hello on the mat!
Row, Row, Row your boat!
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