Updated Swimming Guidelines from the AAP: What You Need To Know
What the AAP Said On March 15th, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) made an important announcement updating the age at which children can benefit from swim lessons. “Research has found that swim lessons are beneficial for children starting around age 1, and may lower drowning rates”, said Linda […]
Daffodil Principle
Why do I love that I get to teach survival swim skills to kids? To put it simply, it is because I am investing in the future. I am investing not only in my community and the world around me, but I am investing in the lives of numerous individual […]
How Important is Choosing the Right Swim Instructor?
Is swimming really so difficult to learn that a child needs a professional to teach them? There are plenty of high school students that teach swim lessons out of neighborhood pools for almost nothing. Why should more money be spent, or more miles be driven, for formal swim lessons? It […]
3 Survival Swimmming Myths
Myth #1: Survival swim lessons are traumatic to infants and toddlers. Truth: Survival Swim Development Network is composed of swim schools that are unified by a gentle approach to drowning prevention. There are certain organizations that may push babies excessively, even driving them to develop an aversion to water. […]
Are group swim lessons really cheaper than private lessons?
The answer to this question is not a simple as the price tag on the lesson itself. It is easy to look at the tag of a private lesson being $30 for 15 minutes and to say it is more expensive than a group lesson at $20 for 30 minutes, however […]
How Survival Swim Works
A child is never too young to learn to swim. Teaching an infant or toddler how to maneuver in the water with confidence can save their life during an accident. Most children do not learn how to swim until they are at least four years old, but by this time, […]
How Learning to Swim Sets Your Child Up for Success
When you have a small child, you are always concerned for their safety and probably wondering whether or not they have the tools they need in order to build a successful future. You might have considered that learning how to swim can improve the child’s safety while around the water, […]
How Your Child Can Improve Their Swimming Skills
Swimming is valuable skill that everyone should know, children included. Even as young as six months of age, children can start learning how to swim. In order to learn how to execute this important and even life-saving skill, your kid can participate in child swimming lessons, among other practices. These […]
How Are Survival Swim Lessons Conducted at Texas Swim Academy?
The Survival Swim class at Texas Swim Academy is a unique style of infant swimming lessons set out to provide a more comprehensive and critical set of water skills than a typical baby swim program. Our number one priority is safety and our dedicated and knowledgeable instructors equip every child in […]
What Makes Survival Swim Different from a Typical Baby Swim Class?
Our Survival Swim program is not a fancy name to describe your typical “baby swim lesson”. Our Survival Swim program provides a more comprehensive and critical set of water skills than a typical baby swim program would. Since safety is our number one priority, we believe that learning basic survival […]