Babies & Pre-Schoolers Swim Lessons
- At Kings we are passionate about the way we teach our babies and pre-school swimming lessons.
- We have carefully designed our babies and pre-school programme using the best practices to maximise your child’s physical development, whilst learning fundamental aspects of swimming.
- Our highly trained swimming tutors will ensure your child has a safe and enjoyable experience – our aim is for your child to love water!
Ages:
3 months – 5 years/starting school
Timetable:
Monday – Friday 9:30am – 1:30pm
Saturdays 8:30am – 1pm
Sundays 8:30am – 2pm
Cost:
$22.50 per lesson
Kings Swim School’s industry leading babies and pre-school programme is designed not only as an introduction to water for babies, but also to build and strengthen the parental bond in an aquatic environment.
At Kings, like all other highly renowned swimming providers, we do not use flotation devices or aids. These have for a long time been regarded as dangerous and prohibitive in the development of proper swimming education. These devices can give parents and children a false sense of security. Drowning statistics from Australia have shown that 84% of deaths in children aged 0-4 are caused by falling into water. If your child falls into water, chances are they will not be wearing a flotation device.
Arm floaties are notorious for helping children develop ineffective swimming posture. These toys can hold children in a vertical position – head up, feet down, arms out – causing them to use a cycling motion in the water. What many don’t understand is that the vertical position is the drowning position. Being able to maintain your own buoyancy, with the ability to float on your back, is the number one rule when an issue arises in the water. It is imperative a child knows how to successfully get to and hold this position should they fall into water unexpectedly.
This is why at Kings Swim School from an early age we teach children how to roll onto their backs and stay afloat unaided while being able to move to the side of the pool.
- Weekdays and weekend lesson times
- Warm babies and pre-schoolers pool heated to 33.5 degrees
- Seven programme levels from 3 months – 5 years/starting school
- Parent/adult in the water until swimming independently
- Ratio with parent/adult in the water 6:1 tutor, 3:1 when swimming independently
- 25 minute weekly lesson
- Includes songs, fun activities, skills, safe entry and exit into the pool
