The Importance of Swimming Lessons

Summer is most decidedly here, and with it comes the possibility of swimming. Are your kids enrolled in swimming lessons yet?

Even if you don’t have a pool, it’s an excellent idea to start your kids on swimming lessons while they’re young. Think about the times you might decide to go to the beach, river, lake, water park, etc. Or maybe they have a friend who has a pool.

Most communities have a community pool where you can get lessons for a pretty reasonable price. I have Ariel enrolled in two sessions this summer – one in July and one in August at our community pool. Ariel is a pretty good swimmer for her age, but she is only 4 and I will be putting her in swimming lessons every summer for years to come yet.

For me it is extremely important. My inlaws have a swimming pool in their backyard, and it is not fenced off from the rest of the yard. We’ve tried many times to talk them into buying one of those safety nets, but so far no go, which drives me nuts.

We talk a lot about pool and water rules with Ariel. She knows that if she EVER sets even one foot in that pool without permission, she won’t get to go into the pool that visit, and possibly the next one. She can’t run around it and she isn’t to even walk near it alone.

Gage is, of course, a little trickier. I don’t have him signed up for the Mommy and baby swimming lessons because we do more or less the same things with him on our own already. First summer he’s old enough for regular swimming lessons he will get them. But for now he requires a tremendous amount of watching, since he is rather impulsive.

It doesn’t matter if your family only goes near the water once a year or less. It’s easier to learn to swim while you’re younger. Better yet, kids love learning to swim. Swimming lessons are one activity you can sign your kids up for and know that it won’t be a waste. They’re learning a skill that will help keep them safer.