Baby Tau’s Swimming Journey
Months 10 to 18
Watch Tau, Cindy & Mark’s son, develop his water confidence and swimming skills during the Baby 2 stage of Cindy’s Swim School.
Baby swim kick to toy and bring back
Row row your boat on the big float and underwater to teacher
Monkey monkey along the pool edge to reach the Steps
Baby swim reach for toy underwater
Baby 2 – baby picking up sinker on the steps, with teacher
Baby submerge and swim to mummy
Baby 2 – baby pushing from adult from steps, with sinker in hand
Baby swimming push to wall and hold
Baby 2 – baby pushing front speedboat to wall from adult, with sinker
Jump into water and turn to hold side
Baby 2 – jumping entry into the pool, turn around and grab the wall for a count of three.
Jump from side under water and turn to hold poolside
Noodle swim stretching out
Working on his balance
Baby 2 – pushing from wall to mat
Independent push to and off the wall
Balance the rubber ducky
Grab the rubber ducky
Jumping in after toy and turning to to hold the side
Baby 2 – walking to spot, then jump into pool, turn around and grab the wall
Kick kick with float and noodle
Baby 2 – front speedboat with board and noodle, UNAIDED with teacher helping kick legs
Baby 2 – front speedboat with board and noodle unaided. Blowing lots of bubbles!
Steering himself
This is fun! Baby 2 – front speedboat, with board and noodle unaided.
Baby 2 – front speedboat, with board and noodle. UNAIDED self propelling and blowing bubbles
Baby 2 – Superman with board, UNAIDED pushing off pool wall confidently
Kaia – Stage 3
Stage 3 Swimming Journey From 4 years - 15 Metre distance Kaia is now developing her kicks on both her front and her back, diving for sinkers as well as having a lot of fun!Kicking on back, board on kneesKicking on back, no board!Kick, kick, kick pull Backstroke with...
Kaia – Stage 2 COVID
Stage 2 Swimming Journey - COVID From 3 years - 10 metre distance Covid disrupted so much, but Kaia kept going from strength to strength, even if her teachers looked a little funny with visors on! Here she practises back stroke and gets really good at...
Kaia – Stage 2
Stage 2 Swimming Journey From 3 years - 10 metres distance Kaia is developing her stroke and now travelling using front crawl and a recognised leg kick. She also practises jumping in safely unaided. What a star!Kicking on back, board on kneesFloat on back for 5, front...
