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I started this blog thinking that I wanted to help parents teach their own kids to swim, using the natural advantages of their relationship with their kids to make the process fun for everyone in the family. I wanted to … Continue reading
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15 Don’ts When You’re Teaching Your Kids to Swim
If you haven’t already, check out some things you should do–here, here, here, and here–when you’re teaching your kids to swim. Got it? Great! Now keep in mind these 15 “don’ts” and you’ll be ready to start teaching your kids … Continue reading
Ready, Set, Swim!
If you’ll be making a lot of trips to the swimming pool for lessons this summer, do yourself a favor and put together a kit of supplies you’ll take with you every time you go. Make a list and keep … Continue reading
How to Make the Most of Your Kids’ Swimming Lessons
You’re shelling out a small fortune to ensure that your kids learn to swim. It’s a great gift that you’re giving them, one they’ll enjoy for the rest of their lives. It will help to keep them safe. It will … Continue reading
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How to Teach Your Kids to Swim
You’re doing your kids a great service by teaching them to swim. You’re helping to keep them safe and providing them with a skill they’ll enjoy for the rest of their lives, either on its own or as a necessary … Continue reading
Teaching Your Kids the Side Breathing Swimming Skill: Mastery
Now that you’ve taught your kids the basics of turning their heads to breathe while they’re swimming, here are the steps you can take to teach your kids to master side breathing. Build on What You Know After your child … Continue reading
Teaching Your Kids to Breathe: Putting it All Together
Now that your kids have extensive practice breathing by turning their heads, it’s time to teach them to combine it with the freestyle or front crawl. But how do you teach them to put it all together? Putting It All … Continue reading
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4 Steps to Teaching Your Kids Rhythmic Side Breathing
Now that your kids have gotten the hang of how they’ll need to move their bodies in order to streamline their breathing when they swim–see the previous post if you haven’t already read it–it’s time to move the practice into … Continue reading
How to Teach Your Kids to Breathe While They Swim
Your kids don’t need to learn to turn their heads to breathe to be safe in the water, but if they want to do a true crawl or to swim as fast as possible, they’ll want to. Here’s how to … Continue reading
4 Tips for Refining the Backstroke (Including How Not to Hit Your Head)
Now that you’ve taught your kids the basics of doing the backstroke, you can use your practice time in the swimming pool to work on refining it. Here are four tips to help your kids learn the fine points of … Continue reading
