（日本語は後半にあります）
【English】
I finally decided to have my second son, who will turn 6 this month, learn swimming. To be exact, yesterday was a trial class, and he will officially join next week.
While my elder son started swimming a little before the age of 4, my second son started his lessons much later. This was mainly due to the fact that we had spent quite a bit of money on our elder son's lessons (especially for juku), and because of COVID-19 we were cautious about going out to new places.
However, my second son has recently begun to rapidly develop an interest in a variety of things. In February, he was crying because he wanted to study at a cram school his older brother went to. But that was mainly a juku for studying for entrance exams and not for students under elementary school age, so I had him give it up. He is a bit more mature, so daycare alone is not enough for him. Already in the middle of his first year, he said, "I think it's time for me to quit daycare".
Well, I know how he feels. I myself disliked kindergarten so much when I was 4 or 5 years old (I didn't fit in at a school that encouraged competition) that I told my mother several times that I wanted to quit kindergarten. Each time she listened to me like it was a bother, but finally she said, "Then you should negotiate with the principal yourself!" How dare she say that! I gave up because I didn't think I could do that.
Now, let's get back to my second son. During the one-hour swimming lesson, he was smiling and in a good mood from start to finish. Although he still can't swim at all, he could listen to the coach and put his face in the water for 5 seconds as instructed, so he seemed to have no problem. After the lesson, he came back to the changing room smiling and said, "Well, that was fun. I need to study swimming too..." and so on. After completing the application procedures today, I will be sending him home early from daycare every Tuesday to attend the lessons.
My second son says he wants to study too, but since he can already do 2nd grade level math and simple division, I think he would still fall a little short in a toddler class. He has not learned a multiplication table, but he seems to be multiplying and dividing with the concept of multiples. By the way, I have no doubt that Splinterlands has helped my second son become good at numbers. He can do "live math" by calculating costs without having to do math drills.
But if he really wants to study, I would like to let him do so, and if so, I will have to work more shifts. After the swimming lesson, we ate pudding at Saizeriya as a reward for our hard work😁
【Japanese】
今月6歳になる次男が、ついにスイミングを習い始めることになりました。正確には昨日は体験で、次回から正式に入会です。
長男は4歳少し前からスイミングに通い始めていたのに対して、次男の習い事スタートは随分遅くなってしまいました。長男の習い事（特に塾）に結構なお金がかかっていたこと、コロナもあって新しい場所に出向くのに慎重になっていたこと、…また大きな声では言えませんが2人目の育児は1人目と比較してかなりテキトーになっていたことなどが理由です。離乳食もほとんど作らなかったし… 大人の食事を勝手に横から食べてたし、そういえば私のカップからブラックコーヒーも飲んでましたね（次男スマン）。
しかしこのところ色々なことに意欲を見せ始めた次男、スイミングも自分から「行きたい」と言い出しました。2月には「にいにが言ってる塾でべんきょうしたい」と言ってメソメソ泣かれたりもして参っていました。そこは個別指導の学習塾で、小学生未満はNGだったので諦めてもらいましたが。
彼は性格的にも少しオッサンのようなところがあり、4月生まれということもあってか、保育園だけでは少し物足りないようです。既に年中の頃には「そろそろ保育園やめようかな」なんて言っていました。
気持ちはわかるんですけどね… 私も同じ歳の頃幼稚園が嫌いすぎて（競争を煽る園で合わなかった）、母に何度か「幼稚園やめたい」と言ったことがあります。母にはその度に面倒臭そうに聞いていましたが、しまいには「じゃあ自分で園長先生と交渉して頂戴！」なんて言い出して・・・流石にそれはできそうにないと諦めたのですが、改めて考えると結構ひどい親では😂まあそれは余談ですが。
さて、次男の話に戻ります。スイミングでは約一時間の間、終始ニコニコと機嫌良くレッスンを受けていました。まだ全く泳げない状態ですが、コーチの言うことは聞けるし、指示通り5秒間水に顔をつける、などもできたので問題はなさそう。レッスン後もニコニコと更衣室に戻ってきて、「いやー、面白かったわ。スイミングも研究しないとな…」などと呟いていました（喋り方w）。今日申し込み手続きを済ませ、今後は毎週火曜に保育園を少し早く上がって通うことにします。
「べんきょうもやりたい」という次男ですが、既に小2レベルの算数と簡単な割り算ができるので、幼児教室のようなところだとやはり少し物足りなくなるのではと思います。。九九は覚えていませんが、倍数の考え方で掛け算、割り算をしているようです。ちなみに次男が数字が得意になったのは、Splinterlandsのおかげとみて間違いありません。算数ドリルをやらなくても、コスト計算で「生きた算数」できますし😂
ただもし本当に勉強系の習い事もやりたいならやらせてあげたいし、そうなると私もシフト増やさないと無理かなあ。。眠いなあ。
スイミングのあと、がんばったご褒美にサイゼリヤでプリンを食べました😁
Good thing, knowing how to swim 👍🏻
In Japan, many small children attend swimming schools.I myself was one of them😀
Yes, here in Germany the same 🙌🏻
wow nice pudding. it's great your son has a lot of interests to try new things. hopefully he can find something he likes and become expert at it? O.O
Thank you!
My son was quite conservative and mature until he was a couple of years old.I am happy to see that he is showing willingness to do many things these days.
you're welcome. you must be very happy . my sisters seem to have no interest to try things. just playing roblox only :(
Oh, I did not know you had a sister.
My older son used to play Roblox a lot too!
then what happened lol. how did he quit? did u make him stop playing?
That's right😇
Last summer we banned video games in our house.
lol ya my dad didnt do that so they just keep playing ._.. the game has consumed them
渋い、、、笑いました 😂 うちののんびりさんは、今日は黙々と紙に毛糸を貼り付けて、マインクラフトをしております。まだ泳げません。。私は海の男の祖父仕込みで知らぬ間に泳げていたので、子供もそうかなと思って放っておいたら・・・やらかしました w
私も幼稚園嫌いでした。めっちゃ厳しくて、体育重視なのも幼稚園嫌いに拍車をかけました。。
海の男仕込みで知らぬ間に泳げるように😂レアケースだと思います、でも羨ましい✨
好きなこと黙々とやるの良いと思います。長男はそういう類の集中力がなくて、友達と一緒じゃないとつまらない、暇、何したらいいか分からない。。という感じで見ていて不安になります。
うちの相方が友達大好きで、みんなと一緒にしたくて・・・・という感じです。走るのだけは集中力があって、ドイツのナショナルチームにいたものの。きっとこれから何か見つかるはずです 😊
Thank you, @untilwelearn😀✨
The children are very impressive, with that eagerness, that energy to learn.
I think this boy is the one who is a fan of my pixel art, right? I'm about to start drawing for him, he will be a mega robot, probably in some activity that has to do with swimming XD.
But I will have a special surprise for him, hopefully it fits well and he likes it.
I hope you both really enjoy this facet, learning to swim, and you feeding yourself with all the beautiful moments of enjoying watching your child grow!
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Thanks for your warm comment. Yes, he is a boy who loves your pixel art. Today was another lesson and I was happy to see that he seems very interested in swimming.
How did you know he likes robots? Actually, he does😊
I appreciate your kindness, and look forward to seeing what you draw for us! Of course, I haven't told my son yet, though🤐
I imagined it, because I know a little about Japanese traditions and cultures, so after reviewing it a little, I thought the most appropriate thing was to draw something on that topic for him.
At this very moment I am starting to draw him, on Thursday I will upload the publication to have time to refine details.
Don't tell your son anything, he's going to look great, I'll also include a cat, so I hope he like it! 😀
It's great for him that your pixel art includes a robot and a cat! Pixel, robots, cats,...they are all his favorite things😊
Thanks, we are looking forward to it!