zenmomma *

>>I'm thinking 9 is a good age for swimming lessons :-) Rain already knew
>>how to dog paddle around, and float, and have tea parties on the bottom of
>>the pool, and stuff like that, just from being in the water all the
>>time... but she wanted to learn to swim actual strokes>>

I agree that lessons are great for teaching strokes and such. I'm not
against lessons per se. Just the idea that 3 year olds need to be in lessons
in order to get comfortable in the water. Or that kids in general can't
learn some decent strokes on their own without lessons.
I know, I know, I'm preaching to the choir here.

>>She enjoys it a lot, and he's talked about how much faster she learns than
>>the 5 yr olds he teaches - probably mostly because she's not 5.>>

I was thinking about this as I was dropping Casey off this morning for a
crafts class at the local elementary school. Why does society have such a
need to push teaching down so young? The idea of PamS's Kindergarten
readiness story. Don't they see that learning is so natural when we wait
till the child is ready rather than having yet another class to teach
readiness skills?

I know, I know, I'm preaching to the choir again. ;-)

Life is good.
~Mary


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