Babies & Toddlers

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 Baby and Toddler Overview for Wednesday Morning                     Lesson is 1 hour 

Our baby and toddler sessions on Wednesday mornings are truly special. Our lessons reach out to adults to teach them how to instruct their children in swimming, enabling confidence for family swims. Each session lasts an hour and begins with 15 minutes of free play, during which you can enjoy quality time with your child, supported by organized activities and guidance from our experienced instructor.

Following this, there is a 30-minute instructional segment covering essential skills such as entries, floating, buoyancy, balance, movement, rotation, and submersion, all taught through engaging and creative play. Throughout the session, we emphasize water safety, including protocols like the adult always entering the water first to ensure supervision.

The final 15 minutes are dedicated to you and your child practicing the skills learned, helping your little one develop confidence in swimming independently. This program is designed to support your child's water development while empowering you with the knowledge and confidence to enjoy safe family swims together.

Baby and Toddler Overview Saturday and Sunday                         Lesson 30 minutes

Our lessons reach out to adults to teach them how to instruct their children in swimming, enabling confidence for family swims. Our 30-minute lessons are specifically designed for babies and toddlers, focusing on fundamental water skills such as entries, floating, buoyancy, balance, movement, rotation, and submersion. These skills are introduced through engaging and creative play activities that captivate young children's attention and promote a positive attitude towards water.

The use of playful exercises helps children develop confidence and comfort in the water, laying the foundation for safe and enjoyable swimming experiences in the future. Additionally, involving adults in the learning process ensures that they can effectively support their child's water education and facilitate family swimming sessions.

The benefits of these 30-minute lessons are numerous. They promote physical development by improving coordination, strength, and motor skills. They also support cognitive growth by helping children understand water-related concepts and safety rules from an early age. Furthermore, these sessions enhance social-emotional development by building confidence, reducing fear of water, and encouraging positive interactions with instructors and peers. This program is designed to support your child's water development while empowering you with the knowledge and confidence to enjoy safe family swims together.

What your child should wear

Please ensure children that are not bowel trained wear swim nappies.  They are really good and can be brought in most Supermarkets or Chemists and can be worn under their swimming costume, Happy Nappies are really good to use over the top of a swim nappy.  Please do not put baby in normal nappies, as they become very heavy in the water.  It is also advisable to have young babies in ‘baby body warmers’ which you can get from Amazon or Mothercare this keeps them warm and allow them to enjoy the lessons.  It is essential to have a towel ready on poolside to wrap up your little ones straight away as they leave the water to keep them warm. The staff will help you with this.  Further information given on booking.

Baby and Toddler Lessons

• Our Baby and Toddler lessons are a great way to introduce your child to the pool.
• We provide a fun and exciting atmosphere for your child to gain confidence in the water and start to achieve through easy steps to learning.
• Our instructors will be teaching from in the pool. 
• We use cross curricular activities within the lessons including numbers, letters and colours.
• We instruct the adult how to teach the child so these skills can be used with your baby or toddler at the pool in your leisure time.
• Please bring your towels and valuables with you to poolside.

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