I teach infant survival starting at 6 months old and I will take new students up to the age of 3. I have references for older children.
The primary focus of our program is to teach your child to become a productive swimmer or floater in any depth of water. As a result of his/her instruction, your child will become a skilled survival floater or swim-float-swimmer in just WEEKS, NOT YEARS. These skills will greatly increase your child’s chance of surviving an aquatic accident, even fully clothed! We are different because we teach each student with a gentle and encouraging approach, recognizing that each child is uniquely different. Your child may learn one skill quickly and then it may take longer to acquire another skill. This is perfectly normal for children. Like dance, sports skills or learning a musical instrument, learning to swim is a process that must be nurtured and developed over time. It is a motor skill that will improve with consistent exposure, repetition and practice. Once a child has accomplished a skill, they will want to do it again and again. She/he will feel secure, confident, and proud of their accomplishments. Rest assured that acquisition of new skills and allowing your child to feel confident with his/her ability in the water will be kept in balance throughout the learning process.
Upon completion of private lessons, all students are encouraged to join a group class for retention, enjoyment and skill enhancement. Continuing attendance in a group class will ensure retention of the basic survival skills learned in private lessons. More importantly, it will give your child a boost in self-confidence and give your instructor an opportunity to fine tune skills to help your child feel productive in the water. While no swimming program can make your child “drown proof,” the retention rate is significantly increased if skills are properly maintained. Best of all, our group classes are FUN
These lessons are actually not more expensive. First, please remember that these are all private lessons. Instead of your child being one of many, depending on the student/teacher ratio, our lessons are one-on-one with your child and the teacher being the only ones in the water. Second, with our undivided attention, your child will have a fighting chance to survive an accidental fall into the water, along with the fundamental skills to safely enjoy the water in just 3-6 weeks. That is a total of 240 minutes. Most other programs don’t teach survival floating at all and could take 3-6 years to teach basic swimming skills. No other program can come close to what we can teach your child in a matter of weeks. We encourage you to shop around, but compare the results achieved and the timeframe involved, in addition to the price.
It is important to note that there are different reasons for crying and different degrees of crying. A certain amount of crying or complaining is to be expected from most beginners and is not cause for concern. At first, your child may show some reluctance. A positive attitude from parents and caregivers will go a long way in reassuring a reluctant child. You will see that as skills are developed, your child will settle into the lesson routine and may very well begin to enjoy his/her newfound skills. Our instructors use a variety of methods so that each child gains trust in the instructor and in the lesson process. We believe no child should be subjected to a fearful or intimidating learning environment. However, it is unrealistic to say that children never cry during swimming lessons. In some instances, babies may become tired or hungry during the lesson and sometimes they may cry as a means of complaining about having to work in the water. Frequently they cry because they are learning new skills that they have yet to master. These cries are very different than a fearful cry and our instructors are in-tune to those differences. It is important for parents to offer enthusiastic support, not sympathy, for their child’s efforts and hard work.
Some of the more common causes of early fear of the water have to do with the way parents or caregivers relate to children in and around water. Being involved in water activities before being properly skilled, having parents who are afraid of the water and who have either knowingly or unknowingly communicated this fear to their children, being raised in an environment that prohibits childhood water play, whether as a result of lack of opportunity or parental actions, and experiencing or witnessing a traumatic water incident can all cause very valid fears in young children. Because we understand this, we commit to be relaxed, patient, and understanding toward your child, provide a reasonable amount of control to a frightened child, and create a positive learning environment with praise, toys and activities that promote the learn-to-swim process.
If you believe your child has any medical condition that might reasonably affect his/her safe participation in lessons, please explain the condition to Faith and Fins Infant Aquatics PRIOR TO ENROLLING in lessons. If you are aware of or suspect that your child has a pre-existing medical condition, written clearance to swim from your child’s physician must be provided before lessons begin.
There is only one registration fee per family so you will not pay registration for any new additions to your family
We offer a 10% sibling discount when they are booked for the same session.
We also offer a 10% first responder discount. This is only if the parent is a first responder.
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