They key to success when it comes to three year olds and swimming lessons is they should not be by themselves. I didn't think it would work from the beginning but I gave it a fair chance. It didn't. Good news, today, when we joined a class with 6 other 3 year old, Evan was in Heaven! He loved every minute of it. He was doing everything the teacher asked him; the same stuff she had asked him the day before. It's amazing what a little peer modeling can do for a kid!
TODAY WAS SUCH A BETTER DAY!
Until next time...
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Swim class = NIGHTMARE
I am a little upset with the Marshalltown Aquatic center. I have to vent a little bit to get it off my chest. I was looking for fun things for us to do this year. Last year, because we had Bria, Evan was unable to do much. Bria was just too little and it was too hard to go many places when I had to worry about how and were I would feed her. So, we stayed home. We would walk to the playground, play in our kiddie pool in the back yard but that was the extent of it. The years before we would go to Tot time at the aquatic center and swim for an hour. Evan loved it but I just couldn't do that with a newborn.
So this year I decided I was going to try and make it up to him. Evan is a little social butterfly so I signed him up for the 3 year old swimming class. It's not so much to teach swimming, but to get them comfortable and familiar with the water. I was so excited about it. It's a two week long class and that's it. So we showed up on Monday and Evan was all alone. I thought it was strange how they would do that...how could it be cost effective? I'm not one to say much so I let it go. He didn't do a whole lot for his teacher. So, I do what I do best and I talked with Evan about how he needs to listen and pay attention. Tuesday...SO MUCH BETTER! He was doing more, he was having fun, he was listening!
Then came today. Evan did absolutely NOTHING. The only thing that was wet was from his thighs down. He just stood there. The teacher kept trying to get him to do a few things but he refused. So of course, I told Evan how I was so sad that he didn't listen. Because he didn't "please" me, it turned into a nightmare, He cried and cried and cried. We were going to have lunch with daddy, but instead we went straight home. Maybe part of it was he woke up at 5 and even though I kept sending him back to bed, he kept periodically coming back in to check and see if it was time to get up. I can't blame it all on him being tired.
I originally thought they just did one-on-one for smaller classes. Yesterday, when I showed up there were 6 little ones in a group. So it's the fact that no one else signed up for the same time as me. I would think they would have notified me to see if that is OK or if I wanted to join another group. I don't work in the summer, I'm flexible. Being on his own is not working. He wants other kids there. I think if he had other kids around and saw what they were doing, he would be doing everything right there with them. Instead, I'm getting frustrated, the teacher (who doesn't show it) has to be getting frustrated and Evan is just floating along doing nothing and bored to death.
What do I do????? I e-mailed the office to see if we can join another class but who knows if that will happen. The bad thing is no one else locally offers classes to kids this young so this is the only option I have until Evan is school aged. Anyone have any tricks up their sleeves?
It was so bad, I just want to cry with Evan...
Until next time...
So this year I decided I was going to try and make it up to him. Evan is a little social butterfly so I signed him up for the 3 year old swimming class. It's not so much to teach swimming, but to get them comfortable and familiar with the water. I was so excited about it. It's a two week long class and that's it. So we showed up on Monday and Evan was all alone. I thought it was strange how they would do that...how could it be cost effective? I'm not one to say much so I let it go. He didn't do a whole lot for his teacher. So, I do what I do best and I talked with Evan about how he needs to listen and pay attention. Tuesday...SO MUCH BETTER! He was doing more, he was having fun, he was listening!
Then came today. Evan did absolutely NOTHING. The only thing that was wet was from his thighs down. He just stood there. The teacher kept trying to get him to do a few things but he refused. So of course, I told Evan how I was so sad that he didn't listen. Because he didn't "please" me, it turned into a nightmare, He cried and cried and cried. We were going to have lunch with daddy, but instead we went straight home. Maybe part of it was he woke up at 5 and even though I kept sending him back to bed, he kept periodically coming back in to check and see if it was time to get up. I can't blame it all on him being tired.
I originally thought they just did one-on-one for smaller classes. Yesterday, when I showed up there were 6 little ones in a group. So it's the fact that no one else signed up for the same time as me. I would think they would have notified me to see if that is OK or if I wanted to join another group. I don't work in the summer, I'm flexible. Being on his own is not working. He wants other kids there. I think if he had other kids around and saw what they were doing, he would be doing everything right there with them. Instead, I'm getting frustrated, the teacher (who doesn't show it) has to be getting frustrated and Evan is just floating along doing nothing and bored to death.
What do I do????? I e-mailed the office to see if we can join another class but who knows if that will happen. The bad thing is no one else locally offers classes to kids this young so this is the only option I have until Evan is school aged. Anyone have any tricks up their sleeves?
It was so bad, I just want to cry with Evan...
Until next time...
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