What is one of the first thing kids want to do after they’ve learned to swim? Most kids want to learn to dive! They see older kids and adults dive. They see athletes in the Olympics do amazing dives. So they want to try it themselves. How can we create safe diving spaces and teach them…
Swimming is not instinctual, (Instinctual is something we do that is unlearned or comes naturally). So if a person who doesn’t know how to swim were to fall into deep water, they may not be able to use inherently natural skills to float until help arrived or make their way haphazardly to safety. Without help,…
Little Otter Swim School is a dedicated team of aquatic professionals who share a love and passion for teaching children of all ages to swim. Armed with years of experience and a caring, compassionate approach to teaching swimming lessons, Little Otter Swim School offers year-round swimming lessons that focus on fun, safety, parent/child bonding and…
Does your developing swimmer have an enormous appetite after lessons? Here are some of the common sense and more scientific reasons why some of those moves your swimmer is learning can burn up energy and cause the appetite surge. If your swimmer can’t seem to resist the temptation of the vending machines that Little Otter…
Thinking back to my childhood and Halloween costumes inspires memories of hot nylon or plastic pull-on suits that vaguely resembled one of the limited character selections at K-Mart coupled with hard-to-breathe-through plastic masks held on by elastic strings that tangled in your hair. Or the sheet-with-two-eye-holes-cut-in-it ghost costume. At least my mom gave me a…
Children seem to be blessed with an infinite supply of joy and energy. It’s no small feat though for those little muscles to power your child around the pool. Physical activity, like swimming lessons, are a fun and valuable physical activity for toddlers and kids. Keep your little swimmers feeling their best and building their…
Growth is Bond between Jackrabbit Technologies and Little Otter Swim School SEPTEMBER, 07, 2017 – CHARLOTTE, NC – The 2017 list of Inc. 5000 companies was recently published and several local companies were included. Two of these companies, Jackrabbit Technologies and Little Otter Swim School, have a special relationship. Distinct Differences The two companies couldn’t…
The immediate benefits of enrolling your child in swimming lessons are pretty obvious: increased safety around water, comfort while swimming, exercise, social development and a boost in confidence, to name a few. And there are even some great potential outcomes that might come further down the road, like your little one being a competitive swimmer…
