Some of the things the kids I work with enjoy in the water are:
ring around the rosy (played normally, except instead of saying "We all fall down!" You say "We all go under!")
Motor boat (hold hands in a circle like ring around the rosy, and say the rhyme: Motor Boat, Motor Boat, Go----so----slow (while going slowly in a circle), Motor Boat, Motor Boat, Go-So-Fast (while going a bit faster), Motor Boat, Motor Boat, STEP ON THE GAS (while going as fast as you can).)
All the above works for my guy.
Hello!
I'm new to this, but i am an adaptive aquatics instructor in a facility with multiple disabled children and adults. Half of which are autistic. I am having difficulty coming up with activities that they may enjoy, seeing as how most of them do not like there face wet.
If anyone has had any experiences with this, please help!!
THANKS!!!
My son takes swimming lessons and although he is a fish (loves going under) one of the activities that the instructors use with the beginning kids is having the instructor throw a rubber duck (the kiddos need to visually track it) and then walk/paddle etc to the object and they use that to teach the kids to follow their directions and motor movements. Once that skill is established, they ease into more "swimming" activities.