Even if you don’t have a pool, you can help your child practice the skills he’s learning at Little Otter at home. Breath Control The “basics” of swimming that we teach at Little Otter include breath control. Students take steps each week that help them to learn breath control. They learn to hold their breath….
Iron Man is a story about Rudy Garcia-Tolson. You may have never heard his name. But learn a little more about him and he could be an inspiration to you. What began as just a child’s love for swimming became a passion that led a man facing significant obstacles to become an athlete at a…
Unfortunately, every year there are new stories about children drowning. Whether they’ve managed to climb over a fence and gotten into a pool that is unsupervised or gotten caught in a rip tide while playing in the ocean, children down at record rates every year. Drowning also takes place in silence, so – contrary to…
It is important for everyone to get enough sleep. But ensuring that this happens for children is critical so that they are alert and agreeable. But getting less than your required amount of sleep can cause some significant problems. The impact of insufficient sleep is so critical that the CDC calls it a “health epidemic”….
Are you and your kids getting the most of the swimming lessons they’re taking? Here are three things that help you to ensure that! Attend consistently. Regular attendance is the foundation of progress. Consistent attendance helps your kids and their coach or instructor stay in tune with one another. Learning is just as consistent as…
Premise: Acquire a lot of loose change. Dump loose change into bottom of pool. Tell swimmers to go fetch change. Hilarity ensues. Get a little more from your show-offs by letting them know they will be caught on camera! Jump into pool and capture antics on video for viewing – and laughing at – later!…
As children are becoming acquainted with the water and comfortable being in it, parents can help by guiding. No one is more trusted by children than parents and the examples set by them makes lasting impressions. This is obviously important in the first classes where parents are in the water with their children but parents…
Fun is a valuable tool to use in teaching – whether the subjects are children or adults. It often prevents topics from being mundane and repetitive skill drills monotonous. Specifically for children, fun – when incorporated into lessons – not only makes the “learning” part less of a “lesson” but correlates what the child is…
Chlorine plays a vital role in the safety of our public pools. There are many who get very concerned about the safety of chlorine – especially when it comes to infants swimming in the treated water. Experienced and knowledgeable folks in the swim school industry have shared some information about why chlorine must be used…
Have you seen it? It’s one of those fleeting moments in the life of your child that you don’t want to miss. It’s an expression of joy and accomplishment. It’s a realization of mastery and almost an announcement of achievement. It is the look on their face when they feel pride for the first time….
