SWIMBABES infant /toddler swim brochure page 1

SWIM SURVIVAL SAFETY™

Swim Survival Safety is where SWIMBABES parts

company with most other swimming

instruction. We believe that very young

children can and should be taught to survive an

accidental fall into water. We believe that a child's safety is of foremost importance in teaching him to swim. If a program's aim is to teach a child that water is fun, but fails to teach any true safety skills, that program could be endangering a child's life.

Children 3 and younger are with their parent in the

water . Songs games and developmental skills are

introduced as we teach the life saving turn and float. Children are awarded a blue ribbon when they can turn and float

independently to the count of 10. From

there clothes are introduced and the child learns to float for a full 5 minutes fully clothed.

Little ones as young as 15-18 months can learn to swim forward, turn for air and return to swim. What started as a life saving skill now acts as a way to get air while being mobile in the water.

We introduce strokes in the very first lesson and over the course of time, the child naturally picks up on the strokes. Many of our 2 year olds can swim the width of our pool and many of our 3 year olds can do all four strokes! Never underestimate what a child can do. These little ones are so CAPABLE!

PRESCHOOL/SCHOOL AGE

PROGRAM

Our preschool/school age program has made its mark with beginning preschool and school age swimmers. Using the survival turn and float as the foundational skill to teach swimming most of our preschool and school age children earn a blue ribbon in their first 10 lessons.

( A blue ribbon is awarded when the child can wade into

water over his head and jump into water over his head and recover into a back float position)

Many also begin to swim strokes in their first package of lessons.

All beginning preschool and school age lessons are taught our Trained Specialists work under the direction of our Master Trainers Kelley Robinson and Jackie Young. Our belief is that our least experienced swimmers should be taught by the most experienced instructors.

Our unique methodology is what makes our

swimmers so successful in such a short time frame.

Once the swimmer can turn and float successfully, we then teach them to swim or float fully clothed. From there, we begin to teach all four strokes. Swimmers can swim with us all the way up to the

pre- competitive levels.

SWIMBABES™

SWIM SURVIVAL SAFETY

SPECIALISTS

FOR INFANT TODDLERS

WE OFFER

*** Oregon's First Swim School

family owned and operated

for over 50 years

***International Award Winning Program

Celebrity Endorsed

*** Training Program for Specialists in Swim

Survival Safety

*** International Workshops

*** Specializing in Swim Survival Safety for Infants, toddlers and beginning

swimmers

*** Advanced Swimming and Pre Comp

training for Swimmers

*** 5-1 student ratio

*** 90 degree indoor heated pool

*** CPR and First Aid Certified

*** Private Underwater Video shoots where you and your SWIMBABE STAR!

*** Member National Swim School

Association

*** Charter Members

World Aquatic Babies Congress