Activities

Everything we get up to – activities, learning and play

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Swimming and Singing

ByEmma

You’d not think that singing would go with swimming, but when it comes to taking babies and toddlers swimming, it’s the norm.  In fact most pre-school children’s activities involve singing at some stage, so I should really be that surprised…

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Chair play

ByEmma

N’s always been a bit of a fidgetter (aren’t all toddlers?), but he’s started playing with his (my old) wooden chair. He tips it over, then stands in it, then tries to sit on the floor in it, on the…

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Swimming confidence

ByEmma

Building up swimming confidence takes time, although some children take to the water really quickly. N was a bit of a slow burner – started off ambivalent, then liked it, then hated with a vengeance, then loved it.  I’m hoping…

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Swimming buddies

ByEmma

Usually at swimming it’s packed and chaos in the changing rooms.  The school pool we use is great, but the changing rooms are about the size of my kitchen. There’s 10 in our Water Babies class usually, and with 30…

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