Evan made huge progress today with his diving. I brought along an item which sinks, to encourage him to dive down and get it. I showed him how I held my breath, then dove down to get the item (a wheel). It took a couple tries to get him to do it, but once I got him underwater, he loved it down there! He had trouble getting enough momentum to get to the floor of the pool, so when I helped him, he got the wheel every time! Then we counted to three and I gave him a good push underwater and he “swam” to the wheel and got it. That from, perhaps, 2 meters away! It was so amazing. Evan loved it! He was so happy he could get the wheel from the floor!!!

I then taught him that if he jumped up into the air, that when going down, he would be able to get to the bottom of the pool by himself. He worked on that for a bit was was quite successful getting the wheel from the floor. He still hasn’t mastered it, but he has mastered holding his breath and how long he can stay under water. He’s so great!