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6 months – 35 months
The Waterbabies classes only seem like fun and games. But this is where natural swimming for pure joy begins, in a wonderful environment with parental love and warm smiles all round.
It has been proven that babies as young as two months old can safely play and have fun in water!
It is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics for children to begin swimming lessons at the age of one. Emler Swim School has over four decades of swimming experience and a world-class curriculum and sufficient proof that our award-winning classes are ideal for babies as young as six months old. In addition, these classes are tailor-made to give babies the safety, support, and love required from their parents and instructors.
Emler Waterbabies swim classes start at six months through 35 months Your baby is then promoted to Aquatot status and capable of kicking 8-10 feet through the water! When a baby is correctly introduced to water, they love it by nature. For babies up to two months old, we have an introduction to bath class. It is a pre-class that teaches the parents and baby how to make bath time a fun time!
Swimming classes for should be all about fun and games. What makes water attractive is witnessing how much fun others have while swimming. Emler knows that in order to make swimming fun, they must decrease any anxiety children are feeling. They sing songs, play games, and provide water toys to assist your little one in learning how to navigate aquatic surroundings.
The ideal way to learn how to swim is experiencing how happy water makes us feel. When this is coupled with hugs, warm smiles, and the love of a parent, it makes babies feel relaxed and happy.
What makes Emler baby swimming classes different is the parent is allowed to be in the water with their child. Thus, providing an atmosphere without stress or competitiveness. The primary focus is the child’s progress.
The best thing you can do for your child is teach them water confidence. Learning how to be safe around water is an imperative skill for survival. Even something as shallow as a mop bucket, toilet, or shallow bathtub holds the risk for drowning. At a very young age, Emler teaches children to not only love water, but to respect and be safe around it.
Your child’s swimming curriculum is totally structured by Emler–starting at beginner to championship levels. Emler makes reaching a swimming milestone fun, so your child doesn’t feel any competitiveness. An example of the classes we offer include:
Pre-lessons:
Children two – five months of age enjoy acclimating to water with Bathtime Babies class.
Tualatin Waterbabies is a water program offered to babies six to thirty-five months of age.
To learn more about why parents trust us with their children’s swimming future, contact us by calling 844-232-2006. Complete the contact information on our New Swimmer Registration.
Discover how exciting it is to watch as your baby or toddler learns to swim, play and have respect for water.
Newborns recently arrived from the aquatic womb are returned to the happiness of water. Weekly half-hour classes familiarize baby with buoyancy and fun in the bath – and parents get expert instruction on baby games for bath time at home. This becomes a weekly treat for baby and parent, and sets the child up almost from birth for natural comfort, enjoyment and coordination in the water. Our tiniest students are almost veterans by the time they join the Waterbabies classes!
*Note: For your safety, children under the age of three are required to wear two washable, reusable swim pants.
Call Emler to schedule your 30 minutes of eye-opening fun as your baby learns the feel of being in the water and you learn all about the Emler Waterbabies program. Call or go online today to sign up for a free orientation class. There are many convenient times throughout the week for this free introduction.
*Note: For your safety, children under the age of three are required to wear two washable, reusable swim pants.
How do you learn to swim? You start singing, of course! Class begins for you and your baby with songs and activities in the water. With the assistance of a skilled instructor, you will learn how to increase your baby’s comfort and teach underwater breath control. Kicking in a noodle boat is a favorite activity along with back floating under London Bridge. Waterbabies learn to submerge 8 to 10 seconds and kick 3 feet through the water.
*Note: For your safety, children under the age of three are required to wear two washable, reusable swim pants.
The Plus class is for babies who have learned the basics and are now comfortable under the water and can control their breath for 8 to 10 seconds. Now they learn to strike out on their own a little, and kick forward through the water three feet. Our instructors are super-attentive during this important class because it’s where babies learn that the water is not a struggle but a place to play in and travel through, for the sheer joy of swimming.
And don’t worry, Mom and Dad, a skilled instructor is right there for you too, cheering you on so YOU can feel confident as your baby concentrates on the fun.
*Note: For your safety, children under the age of three are required to wear two washable, reusable swim pants.
The Advanced class is for the babies who now regard the water as fun – a supportive medium rather than a challenge. These little veterans of the Waterbabies training will learn to kick through the water 5 feet, while holding their breath. It’s time to learn some moves.
Watch your baby practice entering the water, turning around to kick back to the wall, and then climbing out of the water. Congratulations, you have a water baby! It’s okay to cry a little if you want – everyone gathers to watch at this exciting stage of learning, as young ones start playing in the water with natural confidence.
*Note: For your safety, children under the age of three are required to wear two washable, reusable swim pants.
The Supers class is for two years of age, toddlers on land maybe, but able to move five feet through the water with ease. During this series of classes, parents will eventually get out of the water and cheer from the sidelines as the children learn more skills.
This class extends the range to seven feet of swimming and teaches: a sitting jump entry, then a turn in the water and a swim back to the wall. It’s going to be easy to encourage from the edge of the pool as these little swimmers have fun.
*Note: For your safety, children under the age of three are required to wear two washable, reusable swim pants.
Let’s get X-treme! The 7 feet that the Supers can already swim will be extended to 10 feet. And that’s just the start. In this class, your toddler now learns rollover breathing, and the sitting jump now becomes a standing jump, with a turn and swim back to safety.
*Note: For your safety, children under the age of three are required to wear two washable, reusable swim pants.
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Can your child... (select 1)
Remain submerged and hold their breath for 8-10 seconds
Swim ___ without flotation
Swim ___ competitive strokes
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Instruction on how to use bath time at home for socialization and bonding
Kick 10 feet through the water, introduce rollover breathing and a standing Jump, Turn & Swim
Themes and games are used to teach tots to kick 5 feet through the water and learn breath control
Themes are used to teach tots to kick 12 feet through the water and start to get a rollover breath
Extend distance to 20 feet with a rollover breath, and introduce a front breath
Swim 15-20 feet while improving independent front breath and introduce rollover breaths
Swim 20-30 feet while getting multiple independent front breaths and rolling breaths, treading water is introduced
Swim elementary backstroke 30-40 feet, swim freestyle with several independent rhythmic breaths 30-40 feet and treading water is mastered
Swim freestyle 80 feet with unilateral and bilateral rhythmic breathing and swim competitive backstroke 80 feet
Swim breaststroke 80 feet, swim freestyle 80 feet with bilateral rhythmic breathing and backstroke
Master endurance and the individual medley and learn swim team starts and finishes and introduce safety skills
