Sailfish Swim Academy’s warm-up activity programs consist of three songs that help infants warm up and develop their swimming skills.
- The first song, “Happy If you Know it,” requires the parent or guardian to hold the infant while helping them move their hands or feet according to the song. The goal of this song is to get the infants warmed up for the classes. The infant’s fine and visual motor swimming skills are also developed during this song, such as smiling and enjoying themselves when the song is sung, moving their arms and splashing water, doing slight kicks in the water, and blowing bubbles from their mouth.
- The second song, “Wheels on the Bus,” requires the parent or guardian to help the infant warm up with movements on programs later on. The goal of this song is to get the infants warmed up on jumping, falling, and back float movements. The infant’s fine and visual motor swimming skills are developed during this song by being able to smile when the song starts, reach side glide back floating, use the diving reflex before slight submersion, blow bubbles from their mouth or nose, and perform back float conditioning back glide.
- The third song, “Google Clock/Grand Old Duke of York,” requires the parent or guardian to start with drops with splashes covering the face for the first round. For the second round, they should do a drop with a full dip, and for the third round, beginners should do a drop with a full dip, while non-beginners do a front face drop with 5 counts or flip with 5 counts. The goal of this song is to condition infants to be able to continue with a rational mind to reach for safety after a fall. The infant’s fine and visual motor swimming skills are developed during this song by being able to activate diving reflex through jumps, falls, and flips, and performing a submerging dive for counts of 5, turning, and back floating for counts of 5.
Overall, Sailfish Swim Academy’s warm-up activity programs are designed to help infants develop their swimming skills while having fun through songs and activities that involve their parent or guardian. These activities aim to develop the infants’ fine and visual motor swimming skills and condition them to react safely in case of a fall.
