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What to Expect in our ISR Swim Lessons

Discover the safe, effective, and personalized approach to swim lessons for your child.

Making Waves with Meredith Mills: Your Child's Water Safety Partner

What will my child learn in lessons?

All babies and children will be trained to roll back into a floating position where they can breathe, rest and call for help. Older babies and toddlers who are are competent walkers will be trained to do the following sequence:

Hold their breath underwater
Swim with head down (underwater) and eyes open
Roll onto their back to float, rest and breathe
Roll back over to resume swimming until they reach the side of the pool

ISR’s focus is on teaching kids to respect the water and be SAFE in the water!

Lessons

Lessons are 4 - 6 consecutive weeks - 4 weeks for babies not yet walking and 6 weeks for experienced walkers.
Lessons are a maximum of 10 minutes/day,
Lessons are five days a week, Monday through Friday
Lessons are always one-on-one (me and your child - parents do not get in the pool)
Lessons are at the SAME TIME each day
Lessons are $150/week, payable by the Friday before the next week’s lessons. A $300 deposit is required at the time of enrollment which will cover the first and last week of lessons.
Lessons in New Orleans will begin September 28th

FAQs

Do you have children that just can’t learn the skills?

No. Every child can learn. It is my job to find the best way to communicate the information so that it makes sense to the child. I set your child up to be successful every time you bring them to me. I start where they are and through consistent lessons, we see progress.

Why don’t parents participate in the water during the lessons?

We do not want the baby to initially associate the water with the love, attention, and affection of the parent while in the water. Also, it takes incredible concentration and objectivity to teach the baby how to respond to an aquatic emergency and our experience shows that parents often find it too difficult to be objective to be effective teachers with their own children in the water. We gladly invite parents to join us in the pool once their child has independent skills to practice at home.

I hear you say your priority is survival skills. Will my child learn to actually swim?

Yes. At ISR, we believe that part of survival for a child who can walk is swimming. Children learn the swim-float-swim sequence so that they could get themselves to safety. The difference in our program is that they will learn swimming AND survival skills and how to be an aquatic problem solver.

Why do you have the children swim in clothes?

Because 86% of children who fall in the water do so fully clothed, we want our students to have experience with such a situation. If a child has experienced the sensations of being in the water in clothing prior to an emergency situation, he/she is less likely to experience panic and be able to focus on the task at hand. If you have ever jumped in the water with clothes on, then you know that there is a significant difference in weight and feel with clothes as opposed to a bathing suit.

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