Expert swim tips, water safety advice, and family-focused insights from New Zealand’s most trusted swim school.
Taking the children to the beach or pool? Fun! Letting the little ones splash and play is a great way to spend some family time together, for sure. But as they grow up, it’s important that children learn a few things in the water, as well.
Here are the 4 things all children should know how to do in the water.
We are often asked, “how long will it take for my child to learn to swim?” The answer to this is difficult for two reasons. Firstly, there is no magic number of lessons as each child is different and progresses at their own rate. Then there is the challenge of attempting to define what makes a strong swimmer.
Summer is approaching, the weather is warming up and lots of activities are starting to be planned in and around the water.
Our children these days are bombarded by screens all day and tend to spend lots of time in front of one type of or another whether they’re watching TV, playing games or doing homework. What this means is that unfortunately, they are often not getting as much exercise or interacting and connecting face-to-face with others.
Longer days are on their way, and will be filled with sunshine and warm temperatures – this only means one thing: swim season is near! Make the most of this spring by preparing for summer with these three swim safety tips:
Many of you are watching your little one at swim class, week after week, and thinking it looks like they are doing the same thing without really learning anything. You may be getting a tad frustrated and rethinking this whole swimming lessons thing, since it appears they’re not making progress. Let’s set the record straight: They are learning the building blocks of swimming and increasing their strength, skill and stamina, little by little.
