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[quote=Anonymous]My 5.5 yo can swim, but she's been taking weekly lessons for 2 years. She can approximate a few strokes (crawl and back crawl) and can make it across the pool and back. She just started a camp with daily lessons today, so I'd guess her strokes will improve over the coming weeks. (I honestly don't care how she looks but am glad that she can safely and happily move around in the water.) About half of the kids in her class are at her level, and the other half are comfortable in the water but can't really propel themselves across the pool. (I've seen a few swim parties.) I'm sure there are athletic kids with more experience who can swim neat strokes at that age, but the norm seems to be a mix of some fearful, some just not there yet, some ready to swim, and some naturally/by practice really advanced. Like anything else, right?[/quote]
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