The STARFISH Awards are suitable for introducing babies and toddlers from as young as 6 weeks old up to two years to swimming in a safe and supportive environment.
The series is undertaken in shallow water with the guardian in the water holding and supporting the baby.
STARFISH 6
In the last of the Starfish series Starfish 6 helps to you encourage baby to enter and exit the water freely, move through the water with less support from you or with the use of a bouyancy aid and submerge vertically rotating 360 degrees.
What you will learn
Encourage baby to enter the water freely from a sitting position on the poolside.
Encourage baby to move freely through the water, either with minimal support or with the use of a buoyancy aid.
Cue baby to submerge vertically and rotate 360 degrees in the pool.
Supporting baby by the hands and encouraged movement in a figure of eight or snaking pattern through the water.
Take baby for a front or back ride through the water, with or without support.
Cue baby to submerge in a Duckling Dive towards the poolside and encourage baby to hold onto the poolside and climb out (if baby has the physical ability).