Have you ever wondered why we sing during our swim lessons? Well, there’s a great reason! Singing does so much for the young swimmer. Learning to move arms and legs in a swimming pattern depends on knowing where your arms, legs, and body really are.
Swimming & Spatial Awareness
Spatial awareness (knowing where your head, body and limbs are in space) is still developing in infants and young children. So, activities coupled with songs, are a great way for little ones to learn about their body. Not only that, learning songs and activities helps to develop important life skills such as:
- Memory… Recalling the words to use
- Recognition…Seeing the words in their minds eye
- Sequencing…learning to put things in order, i.e. which words & actions came first, next, last
- Rhythm…The beat fast, slow, fast, slow
- Pitch/tone…high, slow, soft, loud
All of theses are skills used later in life when children learn subjects such as Math and English. Singing also helps develop speech by developing the muscles in the face and the tongue.
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