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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.
Our introductory program helps infants acclimate to water, and we teach through fun activities that can be practiced in the bath! At Emler, any child can easily learn from an early age and excel at it to become a champion.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, your baby can start to attend swim lessons when they’re at least 12 months old. Your child can start swim lessons at Emler Swim School at 6 months old. We can back this up with more than 48 years of experience and an award-winning swim script curriculum. Our unique programs ensure your baby is comfortable and safe with the support and love of instructors and parents.
YES! Emler Waterbabies Program is available for 6-month to 35-month old babies, after which they graduate to Aquatots. At this stage, we teach your little one to swim in an environment full of love and encouragement. Your little champ will move 8–10 feet through the water! We even have a Bathtime Babies pre-class to introduce parents and babies to bathtime fun and games from as young as 2 months old!
Emler’s baby swimming classes are nothing but fun! Using toys, songs, and fun games during our classes helps reduce your baby’s anxiety, especially during their first days in the aquatic environment. Our goal is to introduce your baby to water correctly to help them love swimming naturally.
We let your child discover the fun of water by creating a happy aquatic environment full of parental love, hugs, and sweet smiles. Emler swim classes are not forceful; we try not to provoke any fear or discomfort, as they can cause your child to fear water for the rest of their life.
You will accompany your little one in the water to assure safety, support, and positive reinforcement. Emler’s focus when teaching your baby to swim is a no-stress environment and lots of fun.
Drowning statistics for infants under one year tell us that drownings occur most often in bathtubs, toilets, and buckets, while home pools account for almost all childhood drownings. Teaching water safety is one of the best gifts you can give your child, as it will last a lifetime. Learning to respect, understand, and love water—with close supervision, saves lives. At Emler, we start the journey of learning water confidence as early as 2 months!
At Emler, learning is structured depending on your kid’s age and abilities, with more fun at each level.
Parents in Southlake, look at Emler’s swim levels and see where your child fits.
Pre-lessons:
Bathtime Babies – Water fun and acclimation at 2-5 months old!
We offer the Southlake Waterbabies program for children aged 6 – 35 months.
Let Emler guide you on how to get started: Call 855-232-2006 (Press Option 1), or fill out the contact form, and we’ll call you: New Swimmer Registration.
Parents in Southlake trust Emler with the swim future of their children. Not only because of Emler’s 100% swimmer guarantee, but because children learn through fun and games!
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
Recommended class/level:
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
