Angelfish

Angelfish 1

• • Wet baby’s head and face.
  • Blows bubbles for baby while in a front hold.
  • Baby shows signs of understanding verbal cue and water pour.
  • Adult supports baby in a front hold and moves around the pool.
  • Adults supports baby holding on the edge for 5 seconds, climbing out, cue verbal lift baby in blow bubbles.
  • Support baby in a back floating position head on shoulder.
  • Roll baby from front to back float.

Angelfish 2

• Encourage baby to splash hands on the water surface.
• Adult support baby doing a paddle, paddle, kick, kick.
• Adult prepares baby for underwater swim, cues baby (for underwater swim towards them)
• Adult supporting baby holding on the edge for 5 seconds, climbing out, Cue verbal, takes baby under the water.
• Support baby on their front, in a side hold and reach for a toy.
• Adult support baby on back (head on shoulder) kicking around the pool.
• Roll baby from back to front.

Angelfish 3

• Encourage baby to splash hands
• Encourage baby to blow bubbles.
• Move baby around the pool in a front swim position, encourage paddling, kicking and towards a toy.
• Roll baby over from front, to back float position, count 3,2,1 up we come.
• Encourage baby to hold on at the edge of the pool for 5 seconds. Assisted.
• Support baby in climbing out of the pool.
• Swimming around the pool. After song, cue; verbal and underwater swim towards adult.

Advanced Angelfish 4

• Move baby around the pool in a front swim position, encourage paddling, kicking and movement.
• Encourage copying an adult to ‘blowing bubbles’
• Starting with feet on the wall, support baby in a back float and encourage kicking and move across the pool.
• Sitting on the side, supported jump in, underwater, turn around and resurface to hold on to the edge.
• Roll over from front swim position, to back float, sing song at the end 3,2,1, up we come.
• Encourage monkey along the wall and then walk along the bottom or 2^nd
• Encourage baby to self submerge into the water from the steps and reach arms out towards adults.

Angelfish 5

• Encourage toddler to paddle arms and kicking legs while being supported by adult or aids across the pool.
• Encourage toddler to pour water on them self with watering can.
• Encourage copying an adult to ‘blowing bubbles’
• Supported by adult, toddler puts feet on the wall on their front, push from wall paddle and kick action.
• Toddler monkeys along the wall when teacher says stop, they hold on for 5 seconds (minimal assistance)
• Standing on the side, supported jump in, underwater, turn around and resurface to hold on to the edge.
• Dolphin dive, through a hoop with parent support (cue verbal) teacher resurface toddler.

Parent & Child Advance

Advnaced Angelfish 6 

• • Walking down the steps safety.
  • Sit on the steps, show basic leg kick actions.
  • Toddler is happy swimming with the teacher in a woggle showing a paddle and kick action.
  • Holding the edge for 5 seconds, climbing out with no support and jumping in, waiting for adult to cue verbal to jump into the water.
  • Toddler showing a back float with ears in the water showing a star float.
  • Adult encourage toddlers on the steps collecting hoops with blowing bubbles or eyes in.
  • Toddler is happy to be left alone with the teacher, adult leaves the pool.
  • Toddler walking up safely up the steps.

Advanced Angelfish 5

• Show early safety awareness by waiting for adult to get in the water first
• Encourage toddler to splash hands, splash toes.
• Encourage toddler to blow (bubbles) an object around the pool.
• Supported by adult, toddlers put feet on the wall on their back with ears in the water, push from the wall and kick to the other side.
• Toddler swim in a woggle with a toy (minimal support from adult)
• Dolphin dive, through a hoop with teacher support (cue verbal) adult resurface toddler.
• Adult encourage toddler to roll over from front swim position, to back float looking up with ears in the water.