> Now, she wants me to take > her to Granny's pool and teach her self rescues. COOL!!! I was going to suggest you find some warm water and have her practice falling out of the boat and getting back in. It will give her confidence if you ever get out into bigger water. You don't worry as much about falling out of your boat if you've already done it a few times for fun. When we take 6th graders kayaking, at first they are nervous about falling out (of sit on tops). Then we mention that, if they're good and there's time, we might let them fall out of their boats before we go back to shore. All of a sudden they're singing a different tune. "Can we fall out yet? Are we going to be able to fall out of our boats? Please???" Are you going to try to find her a farmer jane wetsuit? Happy paddling. It sounds like a wonderful situation! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon May 12 2003 - 16:41:52 PDT
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