Water Maven Lessons

Picture of me and M swimming. This his third time this year visiting the pool and he’s already a rockstar at blowing bubbles and recognizing when he is about to go underwater. All of these skills came from his daily bathtub practices.

My goal as a swim instructor is water safety first. I’m teaching maven those skills that are going to save him one day.

Every year, even when I teach, I see parents putting floaties on their kids and letting them go in the water by themselves. Which, I get it, parents want some space. But just last week, I saw a child unzip his own life jacket and was about to slip out in the water - kids are clever and more capable than you think! Most of the time, kids don’t like wearing life jackets/floating because it’s bulky and they feel like they have no control of what they want to do in the water.

Life jackets and floaties are great, I encourage the use of them outside of lessons for play, but it’s not a solution or reason to become unaware of the dangers of the water.

Here are some of my tips for a safe day at the pool.
1. be within arms reach of non-swimming children.
2. Stay in an area where children can stand
2. Plan some family games to play
3. Practice swimming skills - 💦 splashing, blowing bubbles 🫧 , floating…
4. Sing songs (ask me for suggestions)
5. Bring some of their favorite toys 🛻

You can read this article about drowning stats and dangers of floaties:

https://www.handtevy.com/drowning-throw-the-floaties-away-stat/?fbclid=IwAR0Gmn2Af-pPXifkEzchADd2sHA1DV4p3XqJG1nDDbnZ1fiQczLQMPvQhAI&fs=e&s=cl

Let the 2022 summer swimming commence! Almost. Pre-season is here with limited hours! Slots will fill up fast! DM me for pricing and packaging!

More availability to come in June!

*priority for returning swimmers, then first come first serve!

Merry Christmas everyone!! Looking forward to a new year!

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When lessons come to an end. Cards like this make such an impact and remind me of how much I love working with littles ones to be strong and safe swimmers! Thank you for being an amazing mom .chang bringing A and N to all their lessons!

With such an amazing swim season, I often forget to spend time with my own family out at the pool. Thanks for the pic!

I get many question about Maven and his future swim endeavors, but I just want him to know how to be safe in the water. Right now, it’s all about fun and play to get comfortable in the water. Most of our practice is actually during bath time! When we get to the pool, he’s not super affected by the large amount of water and we do the same exact skills that we’ve practiced :)

Here’s J learning how to swim. Sometimes it takes a little extra motivation with some water friends to show us how to practice new skills.