DIVING INTO HOMESCHOOLING: Our Top 5 Rules
What Scuba Has Taught Me about Homeschooling RULE #1 NEVER HOLD YOUR BREATH- a s every good entry-level dive student knows, this is the most important rule of scuba. And for good reason — breath holding underwater can result in serious injury and even death. We’ve also learned the SIMPLE and effective value of beginning each day with a BREATHING EXERCISE before we need it. By that I mean, before Liam has hit fight, flight or freeze with anxiety or sensory overload. Our current favorite way to do this? Yoga Pretzels cards pictured here. There’s a fun section of cards just for breathing that includes bear breath, rabbit breath, or sometimes we make up our own. RULE #2 PRACTICE SAFE ASCENTS- Almost as important as breathing continuously is making sure to ascend slowly and safely at all times. If divers exceed a safe ascent rate, the nitrogen absorbed into the bloodstream at depth does not have time to dissolve back into solution as the pressure decreases...