Waterbabies
R350,00
Product Highlights
Put science to work for you to teach your baby to swim.
- Scientific findings and practical experience.
- Using muscle memory to form neural pathways in the brain to help store certain muscle movements within the memory.
- Knowing your baby’s temperamental category, you can choose an instructional approach that complements your baby’s personality.
- Recognizing your baby’s reflexes, you can stimulate and strengthen them to help practise movements for learning to swim.
- By knowing the baby’s learning stages through cognitive development and right and left brain functions, you can choose the instruction method most effective for every stage and teach the correct skill at the appropriate age.
Book Details
Format: Soft Cover
Length: 117 pages
Dimensions: 248 X 178 X 7mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 978-0-620-61159-6
Additional Information
We can be exposed to water and learning to swim from the day we are born. Teaching your baby to swim is one of life’s true pleasures. It is an activity that plays a major part in the bonding process between parent and child. The baby’s introduction to water should be one of happiness and fun. With a loving, gentle approach babies can be introduced to water, helping them to develop a fondness of water that will last a lifetime.
Waterbabies is a book outlining various facets of this journey and gives scientific information regarding the development of the baby. This book is designed specifically for parents, guardians and caregivers, giving them insightful information pertaining to the various development stages of a baby, from conception to learning to swim.
About the Author
Jeanne-Ame Laubscher, BA (HMS), BA (HMS)(Hons), is a qualified Sport Scientist. She has also completed courses in child psychology and development, cognitive behaviour therapy and neurology. She is passionate about teaching babies and kids to swim. Waterbabies/Garsfontein Aquatic Centre is a modern, specific designed education centre and private practice in Garsfontein, Pretoria. Locally owned and directed by Jeanne-Amé. She believes that we can be exposed to water and learn to swim from the day that we are born. Teaching your baby/kid to swim is one of life’s true pleasures and with a loving, gentle approach babies and kids can be introduced to water, helping them to develop a fondness for water that will last a lifetime. She has a passion for teaching kids and has written the book, Waterbabies, which is a more in depth look at certain aspects of muscle memory, reflexes and cognitive development.
Educational Benefits
Having knowledge of the development of your baby/child, will give the reader informative insights and thus help the parent, guardian or caregiver in the process of teaching the child to swim.
Illustrations and Design
The book features stunning illustrations of the brain, beautiful photographs of children in the water and enriching information.