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a minimum fee y uniiie month old limmylavell seemed a little puzzled to find himself floating around on a lifesavel he is held by his mother loretta john montgomery 4 ft-i- the thought of babesinarms swimming would have horrified people a few years ago but it is an accepted practice at stouffville pool infants ranging in age from nine months to three years have been participating with their mothers in two week swim programs four two week moms and tots courses are offered during the summer for a half hour session each day sharon todd the course instructor ex- plains the progarm is not to teach youngsters to swim but to get them accustomed to being in the water we teach them to blow bubbles get them to duck their heads and kick their feet they arje by no means swimming but if they are not crying after two weeks we figure weve done wtjll explained miss todd earlier the better she feels the earlier a child is started the better she says nine months is a good age as they have ho fear at all if they start that young it is important she says if a child is started in the water that young that they be kept at it or they will forget everything and will have to be started all over again most children according to miss todd arenot afraid of the water naturally but have it instilled in them by their parents the children should be ducked under the water right away at the first lesson she feels but she says most of the mothers are a bit hesitant at first the training pool which is only four feet at the deepest spot is used for all their lessons the lessons consist of a variety of activities designed to make the youngster more at ease in the water different games different games are played some involve singing which relaxes the babes and others involve pushing a cork or ball around the pool this exercise gets them to reach their arms out instead of just holding on to their mothers mothers v if all the participants in the last sessioni which ended friday appeared to enjoy it i- tremendously although many of the tots f seemed a little sceptical when first put in the water f s cthecourses which cost five dollars for the two weeks still have some vacancies the instructors are very tolerant of missed lessons and allow the mothers to make these up during a later session if they so desire as an extra bonus each successful graduate receives a diploma and a sucker for their efforts 5vfc contrary to appearances nancy turner top is not drowning her son david ah the mothers took turns ducking their children underwater so they would become ac customed to it marlene grove left appears to have just pulled her daughter tammy out and derek son of carole lemon had his turn too there were surprisingly few tears v y i i ricky paisley centre takes- a flying leap into the safety of his mothers arms as his sisters look on pat paisley turned out to be a reliable vil catcherand the child was in no danger of going under fv4 i i kathleen miki seemed less than happy hut her aquatic career when this pic was taken but she soon calmed down and one method of getting the babies accustomed to the water is by having to the water with a vengeance she appeared them push ejher a ball or a floating cork around the pool with theirarms about her aquatic career when this picture i to be one of the most active infants in the pool ricky paisley with a little help from his mother pat managed to keep the ndtiok c r ballmoving s fl at the end of the course the moms and tots receive adlploma a kathleen mud seems about to take off here as she is heldby carolyn sheridan f t rspiashm david turnertakesslalelsurelyx across the pool with a little assist from mother swim lessons provid lots of time for a variety of activities y r i