Parents, don’t ever compare your kids. Marko’s and Ivan’s dads have met at the pool. They’re waiting for the swim school enrolment test to take place. Marko and Ivan are of the same age, one is a week older, and both have recently turned four. As they’re waiting, a small talk starts, a “competition” of daddies about whose child is better (I couldn’t help but hearing since I was at the pool, working). It sounded like this: “My kid can’t walk, but he sure can swim. I wish you’d

Roditelji nemojte upoređivati decu. Sreli se Markov i Ivanov tata na bazenu. Čekaju testiranje za upis u školu plivanja. Inače njih dvojica su vršnjaci, nedelju dana je razlike, nedavno su napunili četiri godine. Dok čekaju, počinje ćaskanje, “nadmetanje” tata čije dete je bolje (nisam hteo da prisluškujem, jednostavno sam bio tu na bazenu, radio). Karikiram: “Moje dete ne hoda, ali eno ga već pliva. Eh, a da si video mog malog kako roni, delfin nije zaplivao, ali se trudi bo

The reasons why music and rhymes are important for a baby’s, child’s development, regardless of whether they’re on the grass or in the pool, and the ways in which parents can contribute to the first musical experience of their kids, either in the water or on the dry, are revealed for the Swimming Dad by our #Blog guest, Miljana Majstorović – Kožul, popularly known among kids as Nana, a defectologist, a musical baby bonding instructor and a teacher, but also a mother of a wond

Zašto su muzika i pesma važni za razvoj bebe, dece, bez obzira da li su na travi ili u bazenu, kao i na koji način roditelji mogu da doprinesu da deca dožive svoje prvo muzičko iskustvo kako u vodi, tako i na suvom, otktiva za Swimming Dad kao #Blog gost, Milijana Majstorović - Kožul, među decom omiljena kao Nana, defektolog, musical baby bonding instruktor and teacher, ali i mama jedne predivne devojčice. 1. Zašto je muzika, pesma važna za razvoj beba, dece, bez obzira da li

Music is generally important for a child’s development, not only on the «dry», but also in the water! It makes a significant contribution to a smooth connection of the baby with a new environment, the water. A rhyme, a familiar rhythm, mummy’s or daddy’s voice, give an extra soothing stimulation to babies in the water. They are the most efficient way of communication between parents and their children in the swimming pool. Music and rhymes are relaxing not only for babies, bu

Muzika je važna za razvoj dece, ne samo na «suvom», već i u vodi! Ona daje značajan doprinos da se bebe što lakše povežu sa novom sredinom, vodom. Pesma, poznati ritam, mamin ili tatin glas dodatno pružaju nežnu stimulaciju bebama u vodi. One su najefikasniji način da roditelji komuniciraju sa decom i u bazenu. Na ovaj način uz muziku i pesmu, ne opuštaju se samo bebe, već i roditelju uz njih, jer je većini to prvo iskustvo. Najbolji časovi bebi plivanja su prepuni jednostav

How hard it is to get yourself motivated after you’ve won a medal, to jump into the swimming pool again, to train and stay committed to your goals, are the questions answered for the Swimming Dad by our #Blog guest, Bogdan Knežević, a former Serbian national team swimmer, who is still the record holder for 200m and 400m medley and 200m breaststroke. Bogdan is studying at the Oxford University. 1. Motivation after winning a medal: How did you motivate yourself to get up and j

Koliko je teško motivisati se nakon osvojene medalje, ponovo uskočiti u bazen, trenirati i ostati istrajan u svojim ciljevima, otkriva za Swimming Dad kao #Blog gost, Bogdan Knežević, bivši reprezentativac Srbije u plivanju, još uvek aktuelni nacionalni rekorder na 200m i 400m mešovito i 200m prsno. Bogdan trenutno studira na Oxford, Univerzitetu. 1. Motivacija posle osvojene medalje: Na koji način si se motivisao da posle osvojene medalje ustaneš i ponovo uskočiš u bazen? Mi