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Swimming

natation

Before the first session:    Talk about it

  • What are we going to do?

  • What can we take?

  • How will we go?

  • Where is the swimming pool? (plan)

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We "imagine" the environment and the activity.

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The teacher writes down the questions that the children ask themselves and the impressions that emerge (emotional reactions:  pleasure - apprehension - fear)

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Reading albums on the subject

Inform parents of the Swimming activity

Rhymes, songs, poems...

After the first session:     

Oral expression

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Graphic Representation

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Chronological order of the photos taken during the pool outing

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Artistic activities: How to represent water?

  • its different colors (cut papers)

  • its lines, its movements (graphics)

  • its transparency (faded color, moistened paper)

Organization

  • Organization of groups in space

  • 1 group / 1 facilitator

  • the tasks: criteria of success speaking for the child

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Give instructions when picking up groups

Manage children's activity time (no waiting on the edge)

Goals :

  • Enter deep water and move

-enter by the ladder, stand on the edge and exit at another defined place

-go faster, overtake, change direction, cross paths

-hold on to the pole placed in the corner to reach the other side

- enter the slide, foot forward/head forward, on your back/on your stomach

-skip

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  • Immerse yourself and move in immersion

- go down to the bottom using the pole placed vertically and let yourself go up

- in the small bath: go touch the bottom with a part of your body (feet, knees, buttocks, hands, back...)

- pick up weighted objects

- cross an obstacle on the surface (water line, rope, pole...) in depth (rock, arches...)

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  • Let yourself be balanced by the water

-with equipment: board, chip, mat, water line...

- in the small bath: foot at the bottom, water at knee height, drop (back, front, side fall) 

-keep your body straight during the fall and at the end let yourself be carried away by the water (the torpedo)

-make the starfish on the back

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  • Blow in the water

-make bubbles, longer and longer, more or less big

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  • propel oneself

-move forward while kicking (while holding on to the chute with one hand)

- using a board or a  or two fries

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A few games...

Jump into the small bath:

  • from the edge with help or without help

  • in a hoop with or without help

Getting around in the small bath :

  • "small packages":the teacher announces in number and the children regroup respecting the number in each group

  • "floating wrecks":many floating objects - in teams, bring as many objects as possible back to their camp one by one

  • the sweeps :reinvest the rounds learned in the games room

  • "fisherman's net":(idem games room) make a circle, arms raised (the net) the fish are outside and cross the net - at the predefined number, the arms lower and trap the fish which then join the net...etc

  • "the snake": the serpent's head leads the others (4 or 5 children) on a winding course

  • "the burning bullets:make two camps, separated by a waterline, on signal and for a limited time, throw the most balls into the opposing camp. The winning team is the one with the fewest balls in their court.

  • "baskets" :two teams that initially have the same number of objects in their basket. At the signal and for a given time, empty his basket to fill that of the adversary. The winning team is the one with the fewest objects in their basket.

Immerse yourself in the small bath:

  • Treasure fishing:  in teams, pick up weighted objects and carry them on a mat to their camp.

  • The dolphin :pass through a hoop held vertically close to the surface

  • "le coupeur de tête":move the board to the surface of the water, when the board approaches submerge to leave passer the board above the head

Blow in water :

  • "the bubble merchant":hanging on the edge, head in the water, blowing as many bubbles as possible

Jump into the big bain:

  • the hoop floats close to the edge, the child jumps through the hoop (with or without help)

Immerse yourself in the grand bain:

  • "the firefighter": descend along the pole to touch the bottom

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