As temperatures rise and summer approaches, families naturally spend more time around pools, lakes, and splash pads. That makes this the perfect time to enroll your child in swim lessons! Choosing the right program can make all the difference. A primary goal of swim lessons should be water safety—preparing a
Your water workout gives your body and heart all the benefit of an aerobic workout without impact on the joints. But another amazing perk of swimming is that it’s great for your brain! President of SWIMkids USA Lana Whitehead holds degrees in exercise physiology, special education and she’s a member
Swim lessons save lives. Our parents have shared stories of seeing their child use a skill they learned in class to help themselves when they got in an uncertain situation in the water. We are thrilled to help parents in their effort to make their child safer around water! No
How do you think it sounds when someone is drowning? That drowning victims make a lot of noise is only one of the false-assumptions around water safety, which keep drowning tragedies too often at the top of the daily news. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – in the
The same night as the Parade of Nations for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Rio’s Maracanã Stadium was going on, a second Parade of Nations was happening in Mesa at SWIMkids USA. The Rio parade was awe-inspiring as it featured top athletes from across the globe marching together
The American Academy of Pediatrics is putting a spotlight on baby swim lessons by recommending swim lessons begin at age 1. Their previous guidelines recommended the starting age as 4 years old. The new guidelines also recommend that all children learn to swim to keep them safer around water. “At