A Child's Way To Water Play

A Child's Way to Water Play presents to parents everywhere a safe, enjoyable, common sense approach to water play for their infants and preschool. Dr. Shank details how parents should introduce their children to water at an early age and in a warm and friendly environment so that their children will develop an emotional readiness for future swimming experiences.  It is this emotional readiness, coupled with physical readiness, that helps assure success in learning to swim. Photos and illustrations throughout contribute to visual appeal and understanding.
Part I covers water play and precaution including information on water fear, health, and safety. Ways to make water play convenient, fun, and practical are discussed. 
Part II presents specific safety elements, fear issues, and play activities for five different water environments. The environments include sink, bath, shower, back yard, pool, ocean, and lake.