Baby and Toddler Swimming Lessons
Parent and Baby Swimming
Our Parent and Baby swimming classes involve lots of play, songs and games to help the children learn and build towards swimming independently, happily and safely in the water. One Parent/Guardian can be in the water with little one at a time, you are welcome to rotate each week and spectators are welcome.
Parent and Baby swimming classes involve lots of skin-to-skin contact strengthening the bond between parent and child in an activity that you can both truly enjoy together. Baby can start swimming with us from just 6 weeks old.
For baby, swimming helps develop strength and coordination aiding their early physical development, and joining in with the baby swimming classes allows them to interact with you, the teacher, and other babies in the fun class environment, which along with the sensory experience of being in the water, helps stimulate baby’s social and psychological development.
The Parent and Baby swimming classes allow baby to have fun exploring an environment that will feel safe and familiar to them after their time in the womb. Swimming helps to maintain this natural water affinity and develop a water confidence that will stay with them always, throughout childhood and beyond.
We also use child-lead submersion techniques to help the children feel confident in the water and to reinforce the natural breath-holding reflex and learn breath control. We do not use forced submersions in our classes. During our Parent and Baby swimming classes, we also teach the children the key safety skill of entering the water, turn around, and swim back to side by themselves.
Children that have attended our Parent and Baby swimming lessons are often able to swim completely unaided before they even start school.
Please call 01202 031701 for details or Book below:
0-1 Years
Baby will enjoy the freedom of movement and the buoyancy that being in the water provides, whilst bonding with you through skin on skin contact.
The signals that accompany the key class activities are first learned here, and you’ll learn how to hold and support baby in the water.
Baby’s physical strength develops in the back and neck, and submersion helps reinforce the natural breath holding reflex.
1-2 Years
Little ones and toddlers are now jumping in, kicking their legs, blowing bubbles and playing with the toys in the water, as well as swimming short distances unaided underwater.
Strength and coordination further improves, and the breath holding reflex develops into breath control.
2-3 Years
The children are now learning to swim independently with floatation aids such as woggles and back-floats.
They will start doing glides and little swims unaided, and learning to climb out by themselves, in preparation for the Non Swimmer classes where they’ll be swimming without parent in the water.
Pre School Swimming Lessons
Our natural progression from our Parent and Baby classes is into our Non-Swimmer independent classes without the parent in the water.
For those swimmers who are not quite ready for their independent swimming journey, our Pre-school Non-Swimmer classes are a great next step.
In these lessons, a parent or carer remains in the water, providing reassurance and support while encouraging children to develop greater independence and confidence in a structured environment. The classes are carefully designed to gradually prepare children for the next stage of moving into lessons without a parent in the water when they are ready. Children can usually join from 3 years old.
Our focus is on creating confident, capable and happy swimmers, giving them the foundations they need before progressing to independent lessons.
Please call 01202 031701 or Enquire Now for details.
Aqua Sensory
Water offers a unique sensory world, allowing babies and children to explore both their internal and external senses and provides a weightless environment that gives babies and toddlers complete freedom of movement. Water requires closeness and trust between parent and child, building strong emotional bonds and a deeper understanding of your child’s sensory development.
Each lesson has specifically themed activities, developed with a key focus on early developmental skills. The program is a ‘stimulation of all the senses’ that combines movements, music and songs, signing and discovery play.
Please call 01202 031701 for details.
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Parent And Baby Classes
Parent and Baby swim classes involve lots of play to help the children learn. We also use submersion techniques to help the children feel confident in the water.
Children can start from just 6 weeks old.
Small Group Swimming Lessons
We offer small group swimming lessons for children, with no more than five children in a group you are assured that your child receives the individual attention important to develop their swimming skills.
One to One / Two to One Lessons
Private swimming lessons help children to learn with confidence. We can adapt the structure of the lessons to suit your child’s individual needs.
Adult Swimming Lessons
Private swimming lessons provide the greatest flexibility and one-on-one attention for swimmers of any age, beginners or improvers.
Aqua Natal Classes
Aqua natal classes are the best way to ease pregnancy aches and pains along with a full body workout. Feel weightless in pool and forget about the stresses and strains on your body.
Mermaid Lessons
This is a fun activity that allows young swimmers to wear a special mermaid tail outfit and learn how to swim like a real-life mermaid or merman!
Pre Club Sessions
Our Pre Club sessions are designed for swimmers who are perhaps thinking of taking a step into competitive swimming in the future.
Fitness Sessions
Available for adults and juniors. During these sessions swimmers will have the opportunity to build fitness and stamina and develop stroke technique.