Baby Swim Lessons

Our baby aquatic programs provide a bonding opportunity for parent and child in a warm, quiet and secure aquatic environment.

Research indicates that babies under one year of age participating in physically stimulating activities can increase their intellectual capabilities. Swimming is the most ideal physical activity for an infant or baby due to the nature of buoyancy. Buoyancy allows the most independent freedom an infant can have before they are self-motoring.

Our baby aquatic program provides a bonding opportunity for parent and child in a warm, quiet secure aquatic environment. The optimal age to start babies is 8 – 16 weeks old. Research indicates that babies under one year of age participating in physically stimulating activities can increase their intellectual capabilities. Swimming is the most ideal physical activity for an infant or baby due to the nature of buoyancy. Buoyancy allows the most independent freedom an infant can have before they are self-motoring.

The Swim School believes that a life-long love of water and enjoyment of swimming are best developed by a confident and loving handling of babies in water, by swimming with babies, and by imparting gentle progressive methods towards unaided swimming, without ever resorting to forceful conditioning. When babies discover the freedom of buoyancy and underwater swimming, they soon become independent in water.

Our methods are designed to create an exceptional foundation for future swimming, promoting safe practices and confidence. We create a positive learn to swim environment with praise, fun games and activities that foster the learn-to-swim process. One on one time to playing their parents nurtures the bond between parent and child as they learn together in the baby swim lesson. All our teachers are certified and insured by Swim Schools International (SSI) and follow the award winning Gold Script© lessons plans when teaching baby swim classes.

Learning to swim should be a happy and positive experience for both parent and child. We are against learn-to-swim methods that use force to teach babies to swim. Throughout the internet you will see a lot of different baby swimming methods. We urge you to follow your parental instincts. Avoid any program that forces children to perform swim skills while they are crying or showing other signs of distress.

Programs Offered

Baby & Me

2 months- 35 months

Our Baby & Me classes may include babies from 2 months to almost 3 years old; our teachers are trained to work with different developmental levels and we have different lesson plans for different age groups: 2-8 months, 9-18 months, 18-35 months beginner, & 18-24 months advanced.

Infants are introduced to the water with a focus on parent-baby bonding, and getting the infants familiar with how their bodies relate to the natural buoyancy of the water. We also work with the reflexes that all babies are born with that help them developmentally both in and out of the water. Though we do not focus on submersions, the skill is introduced. The Baby & Me class boosts development of the whole child and early year round lessons accelerate development; physically, intellectually, and emotionally.

Babies are like little sponges, soaking up information from their new environment. This is a fun and relaxed aquatic experience for parent and infant, introducing kicking, bubble blowing, and safety skills. The use of verbal cues pre-conditions baby for submersion, by using a stimulus response method which teaches baby breathe control on verbal triggers. Parental involvement in the lesson is particularly important because children learn a respect for the water and understand that they are not allowed to swim unless being accompanied by their parent. This makes children less likely to wander into dangerous situations.

For older babies, water safety is a very important aspect this class. Parents and their children work together with teacher and learn to climb out of the pool independently, how to properly jump in the pool, and how to turn and swim back to the wall, back floats, and wall-walking.

More advanced babies are also challenged to learn rollover breathing.

Course information

Class Length

45 minutes of in-water activity with 6 babies per class

30 minutes of in-water activity with 3 babies per class

“In the twelve weeks we enrolled our children at The Swim School we had a wonderful experience. The Baby & Me class was fantastic. We started out with Ms. Tasha who was great then had another teacher with whom we bonded even more. My husband always watched our other daughter’s class and was very happy with the teacher, program and progress. Both girls changed their negative attitudes about being in the water to positive and “I can’t wait to go back”.
The Venet Family

AquaBaby 1 & 2

24 months- 35 months

These classes are for babies 24 -35 months old that have completed the skills in Baby & Me and are able to swim independently. In this class, the parents are not in the water. Babies are challenged with further swim distances, using rollover breathing, independent back floating, streamline & windmill arms, back glide with kick, and dives.

Course information

Class Length

45 minutes of in-water activity with 6 babies per class

30 minutes of in-water activity with 3 babies per class

More Lessons

Learn to Swim

Our Learn to Swim courses are designed in tiers focused on building strong swimming practices for every child’s experience and ability level.

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Level 2 Swimmers

Our intermediate and advanced Swimmer courses are designed to teach swimmers more breathing and competitive swimming techniques.

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Adult Swim

Our Adult Swim lessons are offered as group or private lessons and perfect for adults of any skill level from beginning non-swimmers to advanced.

Special Needs

The Swim School is proud to offer both private and group lessons tailored to students with special needs.

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