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Teaching Infant and Preschool Aquatics: Water Experiences the Australian Way (Austswim) | 
 enlarge | Author: Austswim (organization)
Creators: Meredith King, Julie Zancanaro, Ross Gage, Jenni Maclean, Christine Ure, Nell White, Judy Cesari, Mary Ann Hurley
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 310829
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 143
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.4
ISBN: 0736032509
Dewey Decimal Number: 797.21083
EAN: 9780736032506
ASIN: 0736032509
Publication Date: September 2000
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Book Description
The aquatic programs developed by the Australian organization AUSTSWIM are highly respected worldwide. Now, with Human Kinetics' release of this international edition of Teaching Infant and Preschool Aquatics, you can learn the AUSTSWIM methods for introducing infants and toddlers to water safely and effectively. Aquatic education experts describe the six stages of motor, cognitive, and emotional development from newborn to age four and how the stages relate to aquatic activity. These experts also advise you on how to structure lessons and activities based on the stages of development. You will learn • effective ways to familiarise children with water, • important infant health and water safety considerations, • the role of parents in early aquatic experiences, and • how to encourage a child's natural curiosity and playfulness to develop important aquatic skills. The easy-to-use format and the teaching hints and processes included in Teaching Infant and Preschool Aquatics will answer the many questions you have along the way. It will help you to provide enjoyable aquatic experiences for infants and preschoolers so they can learn at their own pace, gain confidence, and build valuable water skills to use for a lifetime.
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 We were just on different planets February 17, 2008
I was expecting something that allows you to go through practical exercises from infants to toddlers to do but there was what seems like endless articles on safety (which is not a bad thing), psychology etc but it just wasn't what I was expecting, the other book by Austswim was much better..
 Great preschool swim instruction book for parents. January 4, 2007
I am a swim instructor and I think this book does a great job covering everything that should be taught to infants and preschoolers. It also is the best priced swim instruction book that I have come accross for the intended age group. I recomend it to any parents that want to start teaching their kids the basics of swimming.
Teaching Infant and Preschool Aquatics: Water Experiences the Australian Way February 24, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Informative and logical. Every Swim Instructor and baby aquatics teacher should have one on hand for quick reference. I recommend strongly for all parents of babies attending aquatics programs.
 Good for new swimming teachers January 5, 2003
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book is a very thorough introduction to teaching swimming to young children and is great for new swimming instructors. It covers the basics how a child's developmental stage intersects with the kinds of swimming skills and water safety children are ready to take on. However, I found it does not provide teachers with concrete ways to actually operationalize these skills through water play and songs. A few pages at the end of the book list out sample lesson plans, but if you aren't familiar with the songs listed you are out of luck (many of them appear to be australian children's songs). To be ready to teach a class you would also need to find a book of water songs and games for kids of different developmental stages.
of limited use for parents June 24, 2001
62 out of 62 found this review helpful
I bought this book hoping to find some specific exercises I could practice with my child in our pool. It was not very useful for that purpose. The book seems more of a way for existing swimming teachers to learn about this organization's philosophies on child development as it pertains to aquatics. It was nice to read a detailed accounting of why a 1-year-old resists back-floating but I wanted more of an idea of how to teach my child to blow bubbles and other beginning skills. It really doesn't go into actually showing you how to teach skills. This is a pitfall of buying a book based only on the title. Were I able to flip through it first, I would've realized this was probably not the book I was looking for.
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