CHILDREN UNDER 3 YEARS ORIENTATION

Our BabyACHEIVERS program commences from the age of 3 months. The goal within this program is to work in conjunction with the parent to ensure that your child develops water awareness and water confidence, and enjoys their class time in the water each week. Our program also incorporates many songs and actions to help with developing co-ordination and neural mapping through performing these skills on a weekly basis.

Why Should I Teach My Baby To Swim?

• Babies less than one year accept the water more readily than older children
• Fear of the water may be acquired as children grow older and the longer a child is kept away from water the more likely the child will develop a fear of the water
• Babies can exercise more muscles in the water, they are less restricted by gravity and their ability to sit or stand.  This increased strength often manifests itself in early acquisition of physical skills like walking
• Swimming improves babies cardiovascular fitness.  Although babies are limited in how much they can improve their endurance, swimming does have a beneficial effect.
• Early mastery of water movements gives children a head start in learning basic swimming skills
• Water helps improve co-ordination and balance by forcing babies to move bilaterally to maintain equilibrium
• Warm water combined with gently exercise relaxes and stimulates babies appetites. They usually eat and sleep better on swimming days.
• Babies flourish in the focused attention their parents lavish on them during swimming
• As babies learn how to manoeuvre in the water on their own their independence and self-confidence blossom
• Swimming provides babies with lots of skin-to-skin contact with their parents that psychologists say may deepen the bond between parent and child
• Learning to swim is not only a fun, healthy activity, but a safety measure as well. Drowning is the major cause of accidental death in Australia for children under five years of age, many more are left with permanent brain damage.