Azarenko T. Structuring the stages of learning to swim for children up to 3 years old

The purpose of the work is to structure the stages of teaching swimming to children up to 3 years of age and to scientifically substantiate the effectiveness of its application in a comprehensive program of mastering swimming skills for children of this age. Objectives of the study: 1. Conduct a theoretical analysis of the current state of swimming for children up to 3 years of age and determine directions for its further development. 2. To carry out a comparative analysis of existing basic swimming training programs for children up to 3 years old. 3. To identify current trends in organizing and conducting swimming lessons with children up to 3 years old. 4. Develop models for organizing and conducting swimming lessons for children up to 3 years old. 5. To develop and experimentally substantiate a comprehensive swimming training program for children up to 3 years old, based on the structuring of the stages of mastering swimming skills Object of research: pedagogical process aimed at teaching swimming to children up to 3 years old. The subject of the research: structuring the stages of mastering swimming skills of children up to 3 years old. For the first time in the dissertation: 1. A comparative analysis of basic international swimming programs for children up to 3 years of age was carried out. 2. 10 models of organizing and conducting swimming lessons for children under 3 years old are structured and their content is determined. 3. A comprehensive program of children's swimming development has been developed in 3 areas: prenatal swimming, (aqua training for pregnant women); teaching children to swim from birth to 6 months in the conditions of a home bath; teaching swimming to children from 3 months to 3 years in pool and open water conditions. 4. The sequence of the step-by-step passage of the 8 stages of the main stage of learning to swim for children up to 3 years of age has been determined. 5. An evaluation scale has been created that allows you to provide a comprehensive assessment of the consistent mastery of swimming skills according to the age-related motor development of the child, and to rank the exercises of each of the 8 stages of the main stage of training. 6. The degree of effectiveness in the interaction of children, parents and coaches during the acquisition of swimming skills at the main stage of training was revealed. 7. The effectiveness of the use of a comprehensive swimming training program for children up to 3 years old, based on the structuring of the stages of mastering swimming skills, was experimentally substantiated. Scientific data on: - the need for active participation of parents in the process of swimming lessons with a child up to 3 years old (Amelia, E. Stan, 2012; N. Rocha, 2020); - increasing the effectiveness of teaching swimming to infants and young children using the game method and visual accompaniment of the performed exercises (Z. Kozina, 2023; M. Yefimenko, 2019); - formation of approaches to the motivation of parents to regularly engage in child development (T. Stakset, 2014; M. Yefimenko, 2018; I. Glukhov, 2018). Added and expanded: - aquatic training programs for pregnant women according to evolutionary ontogeny (O. Kobasa, 2008; J. Cancela-Carral, 2022; A. Vallim, 2011); - swimming training programs for early and preschool children (M. Yefimenko, M. Litvyakov 2019; F. Freedman 2012; D. Doman, 2006); - the use of water-hardening measures in the process of swimming a child in a home bath (Babeva M, 2024); - data on the possibility of using the game method, developmental games, sections of cognitive encyclopedic knowledge in children's development programs (M. Kaluska, 2013; A. Bogush, 2014; M. Pityn, 2016; M. Yefimenko, 2018).