How Adding Mermaid Mosaics Can Help Your Child Learn to Swim

You may not go to the pool for the same reasons as your loved ones. While some make their yearly pilgrimage to the waters to socialize and exercise, others want to relax and seek out that coveted tan.

Whatever the reason, going to the pool or the beach is fun, and people can’t wait to get there. It’s a great way to spend a vacation, a weekend, and a summer evening under the stars.

Another sure thing is that going to the pool is much more fun for those who swim. People who learn to swim as children have plenty to look forward to during the hot weather.

People who cannot swim are often terrified of water, and understandably so. Water should never be taken for granted, especially if you cannot save yourself. While mastering the freestyle, butterfly, backstroke, and jackknifing off the high board at the community swimming pool is the envy of onlookers, the key reason to learn to swim is survival.

Learning the different showy techniques is excellent, but three skills give every swimmer confidence in the pool: treading water, holding your breath, and floating.

Treading Water

Although it seems elementary, treading water keeps you alive, whether in a backyard pool or a lake.

It’s a simple concept: you are in the water and you kick like crazy underneath, creating a sort of human motor that makes your body bounce up and down, keeping the water beneath you. At the same time, your arms are swirling around. If you did this on dry land, it might look like dancing.

Holding Your Breath Under Water

For someone who cannot swim, holding your breath underwater is a scary thought. Anyone who has experienced water in the lungs will agree that it is the worst kind of unpleasant. Coughing, gasping for air, the feeling of suffocation: these are all natural reactions to involuntarily breathing underwater. Holding your breath is one of the first steps to instilling confidence in a new swimmer.

Floating

Can you imagine being in the water for an extended amount of time while attempting to tread water? Exhaustion would compromise your safety. Who knows why, but some people can float for hours while others are unable to float at all.

The key to floating is total relaxation. When you are relaxed, your body is not fighting the water. You are simply resting, which makes you buoyant. If you know of anyone learning to swim, make sure floating is on the list; you never know when it might be needed.

All of these skills are important for any swimmer. Children are often better at learning to swim because they haven’t had a lifetime of fearing the water. Being sidelined is no fun. Often they see their friends heading to the pool, and they want to join in.

But how do you persuade a child that swimming is fun? Well, you can start by creating an inviting environment.

At Blue Water Pool Mosaics, we do just that. We create non-intimidating visual effects that help your child learn to swim because they can’t wait to get in the water (with supervision, of course).

Enter the mermaid. What child doesn’t love mermaids, those aquatic creatures that mesmerize us and swim into our hearts in the movies? Those picturesque water spirits breathe under the water – half-human, half-fish, with a tail to prove it. Folklore gets it right; if it were not so, would there be so many movies with mermaids?

The 1984 film “Splash,” starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah, captured audiences’ imaginations everywhere with the love story between an everyday man and his mermaid. If you remember, Daryl Hannah’s character Madison was caught and put in captivity so scientists could study her. In the end, the man helped her escape and dove into the water where he could breathe because he was with her.

While there are varying messages to be derived from the story, the one that captivated us was that it was safe to breathe beneath the surface.

Kids respond to just about anything mermaid. The vibrant colors, the whimsical art, and the music from movies such as “The Little Mermaid” make water fun. Mermaids are big business.

But as much as they are moneymakers, they are also great tools for teaching kids to swim. That’s why Blue Water Pool Mosaics uses only the best mosaic artists to create images your child will enjoy.

Let’s face it: all you need to teach your child to swim is a cement hole filled with water. But imagine your pool coming alive with the excitement of mermaid mosaics.

The skills used in swimming are complementary to the friendly designs of Blue Pool Mosaics with a few simple steps. Along with breathing underwater (like the mermaids), floating, and treading water, kids can learn to flop their legs. When ready for advanced fun in your backyard ocean, you can get your child some fins to help them glide under the sea.

The concept of helping your child learn to swim with fun mosaics is brilliant. The fact is, kids love mermaids because they are fascinating, stir the imagination, are colorful and are said to have powers exceeding land-oriented beings. Perhaps the question isn’t why a child would want to swim with the mermaids, but rather, why wouldn’t a child want to swim with the mermaids?

Backyard pool mosaics are the ultimate treat. How about it? Want to help your child learn to swim this summer? There are a variety of designs available on our website. Give us a call at Blue Water Pool Mosaics, and prepare your child for a lifetime of water fun.