This summer we finally started swim lessons for the kids. There is a great program in town that has an indoor pool, heated to about 90 F, and is only about 3-4 ft deep, with a seat about 1 foot under water that encompasses the outer perimeter. The classes are only 2-3 kids each, so the kids can get all the attention they need, and they advance individually within each class, so if they can do all the things expected at a certain level, the same instructor will just start teaching them the next level. No new times, kids, or teachers.

So far, they've had a couple of lessons each. David doesn't listen to his instructor, so he has to learn by being taken out with her, and then they both do things together. He really just wants to play with some of the toys. And throwing things. He like to throw stuff into the pool.

Isabelle has had a couple of good lessons, but she is a 'little unsure' about getting in the pool with new kids she doesn't know yet. So her lessons have been essentially private with a different instructor. She also like to play a lot more in the water, and she won't do things we know she can do. For instance, when we have gone to the community pool, she can tread water and blow bubbles, and even put her whole head under water for a second or two. At swim lessons, she just barely blows a bubble or two. The lessons are only 30 minutes, but I bet if they were an hour, Isabeel would be more comfortable, and do all those things she can do.