Any suggestions for swim lessons for 2.5 year olds who love the water but don’t know how to float/swim?
We planned on doing the UA rec center ones, but no one showed up for the screening thing, so they canceled the third (and final) summer class for preschoolers.
I think that with a little one-on-one instruction he’d be diving…
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1 Marydale // Jul 20, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Saguaro Aquatics offers swim classes for every age group, specializing in the beginning swimmer! Safety skills are our FIRST priority starting with the basics like blowing bubbles and backfloating but remember, no amount of skill can substitute for adult supervision, you should NEVER leave your child alone around water. Every skill your child learns builds your confidence and their self esteem. Year Round HEATED indoor and outdoor pools are available in 3 locations throughout Tucson. New classes forming daily 6 days a week with a variety of class times available. For more information, visit our web site at http://www.SaguaroAquatics.com call us at 638-8040, or email me directly at m2@azwetsplash.com! SAVE A LIFE, LEARN TO SWIM!
2 Cassandra B // Jul 20, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Parks and Rec just started their last session of swim lessons and I would definitely recommend them. It’s a group class for $2 and runs 4 days a week for this week and next. Look at the Aquatics classes on http://www.ezeereg.com for more details (Summer swim lessons) or call Parks & Rec or the pool of your choice for more details.
Barring that, Edith Ball and Quincie Douglass pools both have beach entrances. Biggest hurdle for kids is getting them to put their face in the water. If you take him on your own just to get used to the water he’ll be way ahead of the game.
3 Julie // Jul 21, 2009 at 9:38 am
Thanks Cassandra.
The Parks and Rec thing gets so complicated/confusing to me b/c of the times–you don’t really know/can’t pick, right? And we both work 8-5, so it somehow seems problematic (the UA ones are 5:45pm)
He has no prob putting his face in the water .Last weekend he was on my back and I swam under the surface a few seconds at a time and he loved it. I also have let him go and he sinks and then I pull him up. He doesn’t mind going underwater at all–he mainly needs to learn how to float and how to keep his head out of water sometimes…
Thanks!
4 Melissa // Jul 22, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Just keep it to a minimum!
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/are-indoor-pools-bad-for-your-lungs/?hp
5 Kathryn // Aug 2, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Check out Sunshine Swim School. They have an Eastside location and a Northside location. We had our son in there for 3 years until this summer.
We now have a private swim instructor coming to our house (a former Sunshine Swim School instructor). The private lessons have been quite convenient and thanks to that instruction, our 2 1/2 year old daughter is now swimming underwater independently for short distances (about 8 feet at a time) and is learning how to back float and how to dive off the edge of the pool, come up, and find the wall, among other things!
Anyway, Sunshine Swim isn’t the least expensive place you can go, but they’re good.