Contains suggestions and instructions for more than one hundred games and activities for swimming pools, including races, relays, games, contests, and sports.

Games and exercises for swimmers of all levels.

Next time you host a pool party, you'll be prepared thanks to these best swimming pool games. Kids and adults alike will have a ball with these pool activities at your next summer party. After all, you don't have to go far for the best summer activities-everything you need is right in your backyard! If you're lucky enough to have your own swimming pool, you know that kids love spending hours in it when they're on summer vacation. These creative ideas will make for great addition to their aquatic fun, whether it's with a friendly round of volleyball or an inflatable ring toss. These swimming pool games are bound to elevate your barbecue party ideas so that everyone has a great time both in and out of the water.

Drama games are not staged plays but a dynamic form in which children explore their minds and the world around them. They can use their play-acting in sensory games, pantomimes, story games with puppets, in creating masks and costumes, and much more. Drama games allow children to get more in touch with themselves and what they want to be, and are a delightful way to discover the freedom, creativity, and expression of acting- and living. The SmartFunActivity series encourage imagination, social interaction, and self-expression in children. To make the books easy to use, games are marked according to appropriate age levels, length of play time, and group size, using helpful icons. Most games are non-competitive and none require special skills or training. The series is widely used in homes, schools, daycare centers, clubs, and summer camp.

Filled with dance games that the whole classroom or family can play and learn from, this book collects noncompetitive activities that reward children for their involvement, encourage them to use their imagination, and show them how to express their feelings without using words. Illustrations.

Discover 60 games that use little or no equipment and that cover all of the essential basics of learning to swim, including breathing, floating, submerging, gliding, kicking and pulling. Explore games and activities that teach them all. Using games and play to teach your child how to swim will not only open their mind to imagination and engagement, but it will help to distract them from the fears and anxieties often associated with the new sensations of being in the water and the expectations that come with learning how to swim. 'I'm Mark Young, a swimming teacher with 30 years experience, and let me tell you, teaching my own three children to swim was a nightmare! They did not want to listen to Dad and just wanted to play. So, I gave up trying to teach them and let them play. Then it hit me. By playing and doing their own thing, they discovered the water for themselves. So I began to weave in some basic swimming skills and elements of swimming lessons into their games and, because it was a game, they were willing participants. Without knowing, they were learning how to swim as part of their play. Use the games and tools in my book and you can do the same. Have fun!'

Next time you host a pool party, you'll be prepared thanks to these best swimming pool games. Kids and adults alike will have a ball with these pool activities at your next summer party. After all, you don't have to go far for the best summer activities-everything you need is right in your backyard! If you're lucky enough to have your own swimming pool, you know that kids love spending hours in it when they're on summer vacation. These creative ideas will make for great addition to their aquatic fun, whether it's with a friendly round of volleyball or an inflatable ring toss. These swimming pool games are bound to elevate your barbecue party ideas so that everyone has a great time both in and out of the water.