Benefits of Swimming Lessons for Kids
As we head into Summer, thinking about swimming lessons for kids is very important. School will be out in a few weeks and kids around Houston will be bored at home within a few days. As parents, it is important to come up with safe, fun activities to keep kids engaged and out of trouble. Swimming is one of those activities that if kids are properly trained can offer a number of benefits during this long, hot summer in Houston.
Swim Lessons Decrease Risk of Drowning
In a 2009 study, the American Academy of Pediatrics found that kids who had received some type of swim lessons had an 88% reduced risk of drowning compared to those who had not had formal swim lessons. This alone should convince parents to enroll their children in swim lessons as early as possible.
Swimming Builds Strength
Swimming is not often thought of as a way for kids to get in shape, but it is actually a great workout. Swimming strengthens muscles throughout the entire body and is a great way to keep kids active as opposed to sitting at home playing video games.
Kids Who Swim Do Better in School
Some studies have shown that swimming actually helps your kids do better in school. Researchers found that the type of learning that kids experience in early swim lessons helps to develop the necessary skills that kids will use when they actual start school.
Swimming Can Be Done at Any Age
Some sports are much more difficult for young people. Swimming is a sport that can be enjoyed by individuals of all ages. Why not help your kid develop a skill that he or she will enjoy for the rest of their lives?
Contact Feet2Fins for Private Swim Lessons in Houston
If you are looking for private swim lessons for kids, Feet2Fins would be happy to provide you with our competitive rates as well as a list of our credentials. We are certified with over 10 years of experience and would love to help your child learn how to swim! Give us a call today at 832-704-3545 or shoot us an email at feet2fins@gmail.com.
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The Importance of Teaching Your Toddler to Swim
Knowing how to swim is one of the most important skills that a child can have. It encourages physical fitness, builds confidence and gives you peace of mind. The toddler years are the perfect time to enroll your child in swimming lessons because at this age children are beginning to develop a higher level of independence.
This age is critical for gaining water safety and swimming skills as they can save your child’s life. Swimming is an excellent full body exercise. Children who learn to swim early will continue to enjoy water activities throughout their lives.
Pool parties, swim team or just an evening of hanging out at the beach become a desired way to spend a summer afternoon. It is important in today’s world where many children and adults are obese that we teach our children to remain active and healthy. Watching your child gain the physical strength and stamina needed to swim during swimming lessons is a great bonding experience that will strengthen your relationship with your child.
Toddlers are beginning to test the boundaries of their independence. Swimming lessons that begin during this age can help build confidence in your little one as well as teach them boundaries. A qualified swim instructor will carefully guide your child as their learn how to treat water with respect. In addition, swimming lessons will be a perfect place for your toddler to meet new people and build new friendships.
The most important reason to enroll your toddler in swimming lessons is for safety. Every year tragedy strikes when a small child drowns in a family pool or other body of water. It only takes seconds for a place that is a haven for family activity to become the scene of a terrible accident.
A toddler with some basic water safety skills will learn the importance of staying away from pools or other bodies of water when an adult is not present. They will learn survival strategies in case they do accidentally fall into water. Every second your child can keep their head above water and yell for help is a second that can save their life.
For these reasons it is important to teach your child to swim. The toddler years are the perfect time to use the pool to build friendships and confidence and give your child a skill that will benefit them for their entire lives.
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Chicago Drowning Related Deaths Up Among Children
According to the Chicago Sun-Times ten children under the age of 17 have drowned in the Chicago metropolitan area since summer begin. There were 15 drowning related deaths of children and adults in Chicago during the whole year of 2011.
What does this mean? It means that more parents should be teaching their kids how to swim at earlier ages. The ages have ranged from toddler to fifteen year olds. Granted, some of those kids knew how to swim. They were in a lake and wind conditions was more of a factor but if they knew proper swimming techniques...who knows.
Making sure your children are equipment to handle small to large bodies of water is very important. Its an investment that will always pay off. This especially applies for parents who have a swimming pool in their backyard.
Imagine how many young children have drowned in the backyard swimming pool. They were not being supervised for a brief moment, stumbled in and never came out alive. To be fair many of the parents of those kids were not negligent. They did a great job at watching their son or daughter 99.9% of the time. But, perhaps, maybe the phone rang or the pizza man came to the door.
In many cases the father or mother falls asleep without realizing it. How do you think they feel when the wake up to the horror of what has happened? How do you think they feel?
Each swimming lesson will cost anywhere from $60-$90 depending on where you are and what season it is. It takes 2-4 lessons for a child to adequately know how to swim. That means that it will take $400 for a child to learn all the techniques about swimming including all the information he needs about water safety.
That might seem expensive but what is your child's life worth? Those parents probably consider that cost fairly cheap now, in hindsight.
When you know your child can swim does that mean you do not have to watch him/her. Absolutely not! But you can rest easier. And if you were to fall asleep and your 3 year old stumbles into the pool then you might just wake up with a wet toddler in front of you instead of a dead one.
My advice: start early. Your kids can start learning how to swim as early as age one. Start as soon as possible. Why wait? There is no reason why any child in Houston or this country should die by drowning.
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Ideal Age to Teach Children To Swim?
The American Academy of Pediatrics states that children can begin learning how to swim by the age of one. This was newsworthy because for the longest time the minimum age was set at four. What is ironic about that is that 1-4 years of age is the largest segment of the population susceptible of drowning.
That percentage has been declining with every passing decade because more associations, parenting guides and people in general advocating that children learn how to swim as earliest as humanly possible.
Waiting until a person is in his early teens is not advisable.
Whats funny is that many experts had been saying for years that children as early as six months old could start being exposed to water.
It was about time that the AAP officially acknowledged this fact.
This doesn’t mean that a six month old baby can be put into the water by himself. But with supervision, be it a parent or trained professional, a baby as young as six months old can start being exposed to water.
I felt like this article was a great resource for people who are wondering how much a child should know about swimming depending on what age he or she is.
If you live in the Houston area and would like your son or daughter receive private swim lessons then give Feet2Fins a call. It might be one of the smartest calls you make on behalf of your child’s life.