Local Water Park

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Click on blue "HD" to watch in High Definition, 16:9 aspect ratio

We have a new activity center near us that has an indoor pool with some cool features for kids. The water is not heavliy chlorinated and is at 84deg, which for toddlers is cool. They will last less than 10mins at that temperature if the air temperature is cooler than the water so they also heat the air to about 90deg.

Even with these temperatures, water wicks heat out of the body 25 times faster than air, so I used the wetsuits and kept them from remaining submersed for long periods of time.

This pool has a "beach" which allows the little ones to enter easily. It provides an extended shallow end for them to get comfortable and the gradual slope to the deeper water is so intuitive to them that no "teaching" is required.

I am a big fan of letting them figure out how they want to relate to a space and an activity. Only when they "ask" do I help them with taking a step in their learning. I remember the best thing about my swimming lessons was the 10 minutes of play time at the end. I think learning should be as unstructured and fun as possible.

The facility was recently completed and very well designed. The family room changing provided warm common area and large shower rooms that allowed changing in a warm room. The towles are provided and we had lots of fun with those.

This video was shot in 16:9 aspect ratio, yet despite reading for 2hours about how to get youtube to support this format, all I managed was a hi-def 4:3 vesrion. When I get a chance I will try Vimeo (youtube competitor) since the word s they do support this aspect ratio in hi-def.

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