As a parent sitting in the viewing area, you see you little one having a blast in the water, interacting with the other children, giggling about and smiling as the instructor takes them through the lesson week after week. But also week after week you notice that your child is doing the same thing over…
Owners John and Lory Kirk spent ten years looking at how their business works, what families and students need, what industry peers are doing, and the building and technology innovations that have become available. They’ve brought together the best of all of these features and qualities in Little Otter’s Huntersville Swim School. So with Little…
What Are Your Personal Policies? Bruce Sullivan is a relationship specialist and a proven performer in achieving results through people for over 24 years. His practical, hands on experience is based on working in both the community and business. He is a Father to Hannah and Declan and he currently balances this with being a Director…
Swimming is a life skill that we should all have. The most obvious benefit of swim lessons for children is helping them to acquire this life skill. The other is providing the child with a physical fitness advantage that makes them healthier than their peers who don’t enjoy physical activities on a regular basis. There…
An article in Charlotte Parent Magazine by Malia Jacobson entitled Helping Kids Cope with Moving gives some great advice for helping your children adjust to the stresses and changes that come with moving to a new city or perhaps even a new neighborhood. We believe that new activities are a great way to help your children…
Did you know that infants have pretty advanced water skills? They are pretty much “programmed” with a couple of helpful natural reflexes that help to protect them from drowning. The Diving Reflex The “official name for this is the bradycardic response” and it is a natural reflex that we humans have in common with many…
All you have to do is stick your hand down in cool water to retrieve something or pull a sink stopper to realize the answer to the “why” asked in my title. Submerging your arm – even just up to the elbow will cause you to shiver. Even if water temperature isn’t that cool –…
Have you learned how to do Bubble Rings? If not, find an expert to teach you because this looks like fun! You can see when you click to these great pictures and videos that there are some who even believe this should be an Olympic event! Some of the folks in the examples break it…
Parenting Magazine recently features a great article entitled on “Teaching Your Child Charity” by Dianne Harris who is a Parenting Magazine contributing editor and is writing a book on women and finance. Enjoy reading the article and please consider how important guidance toward giving back is to your children. I believe it is vital to each…
Did you know what the 2 “B” foods are that every kid should be eating regularly? You probably guessed that one is Bananas. But do you know the other? It’s Broccoli! Do you know why these foods are important for kids? So what is so great about bananas? Bananas contain three natural sugars: sucrose, fructose…
