{"id":8372,"date":"2018-05-03T18:48:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T18:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/williamson-county\/what-your-child-will-experience-during-their-first-lesson\/"},"modified":"2018-05-03T18:48:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T18:48:48","slug":"what-your-child-will-experience-during-their-first-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/williamson-county\/what-your-child-will-experience-during-their-first-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"What Your Child Will Experience During Their First Lesson?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the rushing to get to class on time, there most likely will be a lot of noise from other children and splashing in the water once in the pool area and instructors yelling instructions \u2013 there\u2019s a lot happening during a\u00a0swimming lesson!\u00a0 Then there are the physical sensations that your child will experience while they\u2019re in the water \u2013 many for the first time!\u00a0Water temperature, water pressure irritating their ears, head, face, or taking water into the throat or up the nose can all create discomfort for them.<\/p>\n<p>If your child is on the more sensitive side, this might affect them more than others, which can delay them from picking up a skill.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t mean they won\u2019t or can\u2019t learn it, it might just take them a bit longer because they need to get used to the physical symptoms they\u2019re experiencing before they can concentrate on the technique of a skill.<\/p>\n<p>The key to this is patience. All children experience this on different levels. So it\u2019s best to treat each child on a case-by-case basis rather than comparing them to the others in the group.\u00a0 Almost all kids will eventually love the water and swimming even if they initially have a challenging time.\u00a0 Remain upbeat, stick with it, and tell your child what they\u2019re doing well. Not only will they pick up a life-saving skill, they will have a blast doing it!<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-373\" src=\"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/williamson-county\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/144\/2021\/02\/Instructor-With-Young-Student-In-Swim-Ring.jpg\" alt=\"Swim instructor teaching a toddler how to swim\" width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, you and your child finished your first lesson!!<\/p>\n<h2>Important tips to keep in mind as you move through your lessons week to week:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not make a conclusion about your child\u2019s individual skills based on their\u00a0first, second or even third lesson\u2026you get the idea! Everything they learn is on a continuum.\u00a0 It may take a lesson or two for your child to trust in their instructor.<\/li>\n<li>Similarly, do not compare your child\u2019s ability to perform a particular skill based on how quickly their classmates or their siblings are picking it up. It\u2019s so important to remember that they\u2019re an individual and has to be based more on where they started and how they\u2019re progressing rather than how quickly another child picks it up. Each child learns at a different pace and there is no right or wrong for what that looks like.<\/li>\n<li>The best approach to take when it comes to their swim ability is a \u201cwork in progress\u201d approach.<\/li>\n<li>Always ask any questions to our Deck Ambassador and\/or Aquatics Director as to where your child\u2019s progress is or why we do certain drills.\u00a0 Also, let them know of any concerns that you may have.\u00a0 They are there for you and they are very well trained and have a wealth of knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy Swimming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the rushing to get to class on time, there most likely will be a lot of noise from other children and splashing in the water once in the pool area and instructors yelling instructions \u2013 there\u2019s a lot happening during a\u00a0swimming lesson!\u00a0 Then there are the physical sensations that your child will experience while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-swim-programs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/williamson-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/williamson-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/williamson-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/williamson-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/williamson-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/williamson-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/williamson-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/williamson-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/williamson-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/britishswimschool.com\/williamson-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}