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3 years
This program takes 3-year-olds in small groups (no more than 4 per instructor) and teaches them to be submerged under water, how to control their breath, and how to kick forward through the water. Classes are engaging, using imaginative daily themes.
Emler aims to teach every child, whether they have swimming skills or not, to reach Waterbabies level of expertise.
We maintain four students or fewer per instructor when parents are not in the water with the child. The class is a small group of same-age kids learning to submerge and kick forward safely through water.
Kids learn well through fun, and Emler’s Waterbabies swim lessons in Alamo Ranch are full of fun games to help your kiddo understand easily and grow healthy. Our award-winning SwimScript curriculum is structured for positivity and fun, with teachers instructing through songs and games.
The classes are non-competitive, allowing every little one’s achievements to be celebrated in the pool. Emler’s teachers are certified and highly specialized, teaching the joy of being in water using progressive steps. The lessons become more fun and exciting as the kids achieve new milestones like holding their breath longer, rolling over for a breath, and performing the safety skill, Jump-Turn-Swim.
Emler swim lessons are full of energy, laughter, and happy faces as kids naturally learn to swim. The bond between the teacher and students is strong, assuring trust, support, and love.
Emler guarantees that children will achieve the skills of the swim level and learn to be safer around the water.. We can prove this with our award-winning curriculum and 48 years of experience.
Most toddlers thrive on cheering and encouragement from their parents. Parents are present during every lesson, whether seated in the observation room or on a bench on the deck, watching and cheering for their little ones.
Check out the Emler guide on Your Child’s First Swim Lesson for tips to help your child easily transition into the water. Also, look at Emler’s state-of-the-art facilities, which are designed and maintained to ensure the safety, cleanliness, and comfort of parents and their young ones.
The best way to teach kids how to swim is to start them in an environment that matches their swimming skills. As a result, they go through the right introduction, allowing them to gain confidence as they progress to the next levels and learn in an environment full of positive reinforcement.
That’s why Emler’s age-specific lessons contain progressive levels, and we also provide a free orientation.
Your toddler will learn water safety techniques that will last a lifetime. The lessons utilize songs and games, making them more fun.
The Waterbabies program has six levels that help place your toddler at the right level depending on their skills.
In early stages, parents join their child in the water. But as their skills progress, your toddler will be with a teacher while you watch from outside the pool.
As your toddler improves their skills, they will first gain confidence in the water and learn to submerge comfortably for 8-10 seconds.
As their skill set improves, your child will learn to kick through the water, first for up to 3 feet and, at higher skill levels, for up to 10 feet.
At our X-treme Waterbabies level, your toddler will learn rollover breathing, an essential water safety skill where they learn to roll into a back float to take a new breath. They also learn Jump-Turn-Swim, jumping in and turning around to get back to the wall for safety.
Throughout the toddler swimming lessons, the distance will get longer, the classes more fun, and the smiles wider!
These tots learn underwater breath control for 8-10 seconds! And they will learn to kick forward a distance of 5 feet through the water. They’ll have fun doing this, with daily games and to spark their enjoyment.
Kicking 5 feet is so yesterday – in the Advanced class now we learn to travel a distance of up to 12 feet! The games and themes continue to spark imagination AND the kids become familiar with the rollover breath.
Kicking progresses in the Super class up to a distance of 15 feet through the water, while completely mastering the rollover breath.
The group continues the fun and games as in this class the kids turn into true fishes – kicking a distance of 20 feet through the water while performing a rollover breath AND getting introduced to the all-important front breathing.
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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
