Many parents around the world have taken up the challenge to teach their own children to swim. This could be for a number of reasons. E.g. The cost of lessons, limited access to swim schools, unsuitable programs for the family’s needs and even the behavioural or learning limitations of their child. While it can be […]
Resources & Baby Swimming Tips For Parents
These articles are invaluable resources for parents. They include baby swimming tips and educational tips and techniques we recommend on implementing towards your child's development.
Newborn Swimming Tips for Home
Conditioning your newborn is one of the best ways to prepare them for swimming lessons, water familiarisation and more importantly, submersions. Here are some handy tips to consider prior to conditioning and exactly how to carry it out. Tips for Newborn Swimming Ensure that you have all equipment that you will need for practising conditioning […]
Water Familiarisation in Newborn Swimming Lessons
Parents can teach baby to swim from birth. Newborn babies have been immersed in the womb for nine months and therefore know no fear of the water. Newborn swimming lessons start in the bathtub. Here we introduce baby to water in a loving, relaxed and controlled environment. These bath time swimming lessons present the perfect […]
A Great Swimming Teacher Engages Their Pupils
We have long been aware that swimming is a fantastic sport because of health benefits particularly the cardiovascular system, however, recent international studies on movement education and a longitudinal study on early years swimming by professor Robyn Jorgenson in Australia shows that swimming has many more benefits. In professor Jorgenson’s study, she concludes that early […]
Teaching An Infant Swimming
Teaching an infant swimming skills and many other age groups requires certain basic principles. These include; water familiarisation, breath control, submersion, free-floating, prolusion and breathing. It is important that these learn to swim principles are followed meticulously to maximise results. Trying to force or hurry the learn-to-swim process will result in poor swimming skills. Infant […]
Commit To Consistency With Your Child’s Swimming Course!
Winter is here – in Australia that is! And when the temperatures start to drop, so do the number of swimmers participating in learn to swim programs nationwide. Many mums, dads and carers decide to hang up their swimsuits for the season and look for other sports and activities to entertain and engage their children. […]
Swimming For Kids Who Don’t Like It
We often get calls for help – mainly from parents who report that their children don’t like swimming lessons. This could be for a number of reasons, including fear of the water, a scare in the pool or another water environment, lack of early exposure to the water, developmental stages or personality. It’s important that […]
Bath Time & Baby Swimming Lessons
During early bath time interactions, parents should focus on becoming relaxed handling their baby. These early experiences are baby swimming lessons. The easiest way to handle your baby is sharing a bath together. This is the perfect bonding experience. Practise moving your baby by rolling and spinning. When you do this make sure you leave […]
How To Teach Your Baby To Swim
During the 8 to 12 month age group, your baby will start to become purposefully mobile. Common achievements include; moving from stomach to sitting position, efficient crawling, standing, taking first steps and even walking. This increased mobility will have a tremendous impact on how to teach your baby to swim. At this stage, we begin to […]
Patience & The Learn To Swim Process
Swimming lessons are a great investment and it’s so important for every child to undergo the learn to swim process. Not only are you providing your children with a skill for life, you are giving them an advantage in the areas of social, emotional, physical and intellectual development. A four-year study conducted by Griffith University […]