Swimming for the first time

[English Club]

A parent requested two dialogues: "swimming for the first time" and "riding a bicycle for the first time".  Here is the swimming dialogue.  If you have already taken your child swimming before, there should still be some helpful English here for you. 

 

Mommy: Today I would like to try something new.

Child: What?

Mommy: I would like to go to the swimming pool so we can swim.

Child: No.

Mommy: I think you will like swimming very much.  It’s very fun.

Child: No.

Mommy: Let’s just go.  If you don’t want to swim then you don’t have to.

Child: Okay.

Mommy: Let’s make sure we have everything we need to swim: towels, swimsuits, goggles, floaties, and fresh clothes.  Do we have everything?

Child: Yes.

Mommy: We’re ready to swim.  Let’s go.

Child: Okay.

Mommy: Here’s the swimming pool.  What color is it?

Child: Blue.

Mommy: Do you like blue?

Child: Yes.

Mommy: Me too.  Let’s change into our swimsuits over here.  These are the changing rooms.

Child: Okay.

Mommy: Let me help you get your swimsuit on.  Now let’s put on your floaties.

Child: Thank you.

Mommy: You’re welcome.  Now Mommy will put her swimsuit on.  Finished!  Let’s go back outside.

Child: Blue.

Mommy: That’s right.  The swimming pool is blue.  Do you want to see how warm the water is?  We just dip in our foot like this.

Child: It’s warm.

Mommy: Yes, it’s nice and warm.  Let’s go over here and take a quick shower.  Then we can dip our legs in the pool.

Child: Okay.

Mommy: Alright, we have showered.  Let’s sit on the side of the pool here and put our legs in.  Ahhh, that’s nice.  It’s very relaxing, right?

Child: Yes.

Mommy:  Let’s sit like this for a few moments.  We can look at the people swimming.  They are having fun, right?

Child: Yes.

Mommy: Do you want to get into the water?

Child: No.

Mommy: Mommy will go first and show you that it is not deep.

Child: Okay.

Mommy: Look!  Mommy is in the water.  It feels very nice.  The water isn’t deep.  You can stand here.

Child: No.

Mommy: Mommy will hold you.  You don’t have to get in by yourself.

Child: Okay.

Mommy: Alright, now Mommy is holding you in the water.  It’s nice, right?

Child: Yes.

Mommy: Let’s dip down into the water a little bit. 

Child: Yes.

Mommy: Up and down, up and down.

Child: Me.

Mommy: Are you ready to try it yourself?

Child: Yes.

Mommy: Very good. I’m going to hold onto you and dip you in the water.

Child: Weee!

Mommy: Are you ready to stand on your own?

Child: No.

Mommy: Mommy won’t let go.  Are you having fun?

Child: Yes.

Mommy: Kick your legs.  Very good!  Look at all the water.

Child: Swim.

Mommy: You want Mommy to let go?

Child: Yes.

Mommy: Okay.  I’ll still hold your hand.  One, two, three, swim!

Child: Yeah!

Mommy: You’re swimming!  Good job!  Kick your legs!  Move your arms.

Child: Yeah! 

Mommy: Swimming is fun, right?

Child: Yes.

 

[love is all around]

Awesome !!!

Thanks for sharing

[วจีพร]

thank you ka

[สุภาพร(แม่ปั้น฿แป้ง)]

I like it. Thank you ka kru Peter

[อุมาภรณ์ สีสวนแก้ว]

Thank you very much. My daugther and son like to play in swimming pool. They don't wait for me to allow them to get in the pool. I have to change the conversations a little bit (Ha..Ha..).

[Mr. Peter C. Meltzer]

The MP3 file is now available to download:

www.superenglishsurat.com/daddyandsolo/audio.html

[แม่น้องธีและน้องวิน]

It's a beautiful dialogues.Some words I've just heard from you for the first time and it's easy to speak with my sons.Thank you so much.

[อรดา พงศ์สุธนะ]

Thank you , this is a fun dialouge.
Can I make sure the meaning of fresh clothes. Does it mean new cloth after cleaning the body?

Please suggest,
Thank you

[Mr. Peter C. Meltzer]

Yes, your understanding is correct. Fresh = new.