Swim School News – “Between the Lane Lines”
Growth Mindset: Growth Oriented Feedback Between Parent and Child
As we address parent-to-child communication, making a concerted effort to use growth mindset language should not be viewed as a temporary solution. Our goal is not to help you pick up a few tricks to be more growth mindset-ish today; it's to provide you with the tools...
Growth Mindset: How to approach Self-Talk
Before we can address our interactions with others, we must address our inner monologue and how we speak to ourselves. Do you have a fixed or a growth mindset? How does self-talk help you move from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset? How do you approach the following...
Getting A Handle on Handwriting
Welcome back! We are on part three of our series on pediatric occupational therapy. Today we are talking handwriting with Dr. Marielly! Does your child hate handwriting? Does your child hate handwriting? Do they start whining or having a meltdown the second they have...
Growth Mindset: A Review
As an organization, One with the Water practices the growth mindset approach in Peer-to-Peer, Coach-to-Client and Coach-to-Parent interactions. Our swimming lessons are taught using growth-mindset techniques. We witness transformative miracles in our clients, both in...
Sensory Integration: Part Two
If you missed it last time we introduced Dr. Marielly, LA-based Pediatric Occupational Therapist, to educate us on the importance of occupational therapy and early interventions. Today we dive into sensory integration a little bit more. Sensory Integration: Get Those...
Sensory Integration: Behavorial Benefits
Many of you know that our passion is helping special needs children learn to swim, knowing just how much the mental, physical, and emotional benefits of swimming can help improve the quality of life and experience for our clients. In this capacity, we often meet and...
Important Update to the CA Self Determination Program
Happy New Year from One with the Water! Part of our goal here is to help our clients maximize the resources available to them to be physically, mentally, and emotionally the healthiest person they can be. To that end, we wanted to highlight some new information on the...
Swimming and Autism: Does it really make a difference?
Christmas is coming, and as we pivot more towards investing in time and experiences with our children, we'd love to suggest swimming lessons for kids, especially children on the autism spectrum. I know we've talked at length here on the blog about the benefits, but...
Water Safety Refresher
Whether you have a home pool, hot tub, or you’re at the beach, ocean, lake, river or stream, or even in the bathtub, water is water and drowning can happen! SO.... As we dive into the summer, here are some important reminders! BE WATER COMPETENT! Know your...
Swimming Readiness Tips for Babies and Toddlers
Bathtub Fun From the first bath, the bathtub is an excellent opportunity to prepare a child for swimming! Never leave a child unattended in the bath, of course! But make bath time FUN and a BEAUTIFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE! Play in the bath mostly before any soap or...