Let's Go Swimming! - Osanna Rosa - Bog

"Let's Go Swimming!" is a children's picture book that shares the fun of swimming along with the beauty and the colorful fish of the sea. The story places the importance of exploring nature, swimming and having fun in the summer season. The story is about the fun of swimming and what better place will be than the big sea and with the masters of swimming the fish! Swimming is a fun activity for young children. Every child enjoys the sport of swimming. The emphasis is placed on how the beauty of nature is demonstrated for the young child to admire. It also allows the child to challenge her/himself. Swimming like the fish is always fun! Children are observant and active learners. Come join Enzo and his cousins having fun swimming! The objective of the story is naturally to inspire outdoor activities in the young child. In this picture book, Sophie, Emma and Enzo are having a great time swimming. They are delighted to have each others company while swimming and watching the colorful fish. Swimming is a significant form of exercise that is beneficial for the young child. It helps their physical and mental development. It enhances the child's cognitive abilities that aids in the unfolding of the many potentials of the child. Children learn when the mind is inspired and stimulated by that which increases their skills. The three cousins are enjoying their summer fun activity of swimming. They are also experiencing the beauty of nature and the sea! The witty presentation of this story is to evoke the sense of swimming and exercising that evokes learning while having fun. Enzo is actively involved. Sophie and Emma are also absorbed in having fun while they are swimming and watching the pretty colorful fish swimming along with them. The cousins are having great satisfaction knowing that they are participants. Swimming is fun! Exploring is joy for the young child. Exercising and swimming gives children the opportunity to learn about their strengths and their awareness of the interaction process. In the course of swimming children learn about themselves and their direct involvement with the environment around them. Helping, guiding and facilitating the possibilities for the child to be accessing their environment is the very notion of giving that child the opportunity to learn about one's self; that in it self, is the learning process! As children exercise and swim they learn to get along with others socially and learn to respect the environment. The notion of satisfaction in exercising and swimming is evident and the feel of belonging comes from their swimming time together is clearly expressed. The story is whimsical! It is about fun and joyful times. Learning occurs when children are involved. Exercising and playing is cognitively stimulating and it is imperative and necessary for the healthy development of the child. The story is informative and educational. Children will naturally relate to the story. The information is drawn and presented based on concrete knowledge and learning processes. Children learn while observing how things happen. They learn in a concrete and tangible ways. It is part of the child's nature to be inquisitive and observant. Exercise and swimming incorporates the very element of utilizing both the mental and physical abilities. Children are the bright future and the hope of human kind.