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Learning outcomes:

• Helped baby to enter the pool safely.
• Used swing dips to help familiarise baby with the water.
• Supported baby on the front to enable movement freely around the pool.
• Supported baby on the back to enable movement freely around the pool.
• Encouraged baby to wash and splash their face with water.
• Helped baby to leave the pool safely.

Learning outcomes:

• Held baby facing you and submerged yourself in the water for baby to see.
• Enabled baby to move freely around the pool using the safety hold.
• Moved around the pool using the seat hold, bobbing baby up and down.
• Supported baby on the back while walking backwards and zigzagging through the water.
• Encouraged baby to wash their face with water or submerge baby in the water, holding baby towards you.
• Encouraged baby to hold onto the poolside, with assistance if necessary.

Learning outcomes:

• Supported baby under the arms and encouraged baby to gently flop into the water from a sitting position on the poolside.
• Encouraged baby to move from front to back positions using a flip-flop rhythmical movement.
• Encouraged baby to reach for a toy while moving around the pool, supporting baby on the front.
• Helped baby to move through the water using a kicking action, while supporting baby on the back.
• Supported baby using the safety hold and rolled baby away from you, then gently back towards you.
• Used a buoyancy aid to support yourself while floating in the water, with baby laying on your chest or sitting on your tummy making eye contact.

Learning outcomes:

• Supported baby by the arms or hands to encourage movement into the pool from a sitting position.
• Used a forward hold to encourage and gently submerge baby.
• Used the Little Harbour hold to move around the pool while encouraging movement from baby.
• Encouraged baby to roll from a front position to a back position with support.
• Encouraged movement from baby by swiftly walking backwards while supporting baby on the back.
• Assisted and encouraged baby to hold onto the poolside and climb out (if baby has the physical ability).

Learning outcomes:

• Encouraged baby to jump into the water from a standing position on the poolside, while holding baby’s arms or hands.
• Supported baby while encouraging them to roll from a back position to a front position.
• Encouraged baby to make kicking movements with support either in a Front Surf or a Woggle.
• Encouraged baby with cues to submerge in a Duckling Dive.
• Swam around the pool with baby holding onto your back.
• Cued baby to submerge vertically and rotate 180 degrees in the pool.
• Supported baby in a front hold to move forwards and grasp a toy, then enabling return with support in a back float position.

Learning outcomes:

• Encouraged baby to enter the water freely from a sitting position on the poolside.
• Encouraged baby to move freely through the water, either with minimal support or with the use of a buoyancy aid.
• Cued baby to submerge vertically and rotate 360 degrees in the pool.
• Supported baby by the hands and encouraged movement in a figure of eight or snaking pattern through the water.
• Taken baby for a front or back ride through the water, with or without support.
• Cued baby to submerge in a Duckling Dive towards the poolside and encouraged baby to hold onto the poolside and climb out (if baby has the physical ability).