What is Baby Swimming?
Baby swimming represents a parent and child programme of movement using experienced guidance in warm water up to chest or shoulder height, taught in groups in a playful atmosphere. It also encourages free movement in the water that could eventually lead to a child working safely across the pool unaided when they are about 2.1/2 years old (if swimming reguarly from a baby). It is a very rewarding, bonding and special place for parents and their children. It is for this reason that we run classes at the weekend as this is the ideal opportunity for those working during the week to have this time with their children and we see many fathers at the weekend.
Benefits of taking your children swimming
Excellent environment to exercise heart and lungs, muscles, co-ordination and connection tissues; parent and baby bonding; helps to recapture stages of motor development in premature babies; children sleep longer and more deeply after swimming; movement of the water stimulates the nerve fibres lying under the skin creating a relaxing effect. Babies who develop their swimming abilities are often more alert for their age, with a better eating and sleeping pattern.
Benefits of taking your children swimming
Excellent environment to exercise heart and lungs, muscles, co-ordination and connection tissues; parent and baby bonding; helps to recapture stages of motor development in premature babies; children sleep longer and more deeply after swimming; movement of the water stimulates the nerve fibres lying under the skin creating a relaxing effect. Babies who develop their swimming abilities are often more alert for their age, with a better eating and sleeping pattern.
We are a STArfish accredited swimschool
Baba Seahorse is a STArfish accredi ted swimschool, and offers the STA Official Water and Safety and Swimming Programme for Babies and Young Children. The STArfish awards are used as a guide as we teach other fun and swimming activities within the Baba Seahorse teaching programme.
STARFISH Assessment Standards
STARFISH Assessment Standards
Free Safety Guide for Parents (published by the STA)
Get Ready to Take The Plunge
The "Get Ready to Take The Plunge" leaflet offers an introduction to the swimming pool environment for babies and toddlers. It includes a four week plan of water introducation for baby from bath to pool and also important paediatric resuscitation and choking information.
This guide is completely FREE from the Swimming Teachers Association, and the English language version can be downloaded in PDF form by clicking the picture to the left.
This guide is completely FREE from the Swimming Teachers Association, and the English language version can be downloaded in PDF form by clicking the picture to the left.