Learning to swim provides babies and toddlers with many social, emotional and physical benefits. To develop toddler's swimming and water safety skills we progressively teach the skills of water familiarization, breath control, submersion, floating and propulsion. All children should be encouraged to progress according to their individual readiness. Swimming teachers must provide a safe and secure learning environment where the child is taught with love and respect for their needs.
You can start teaching baby to swim at home in the bathtub. By 4 months of age you can introduce them to formal swimming lessons in the pool. Babies and Toddlers will learn to swim quickly if they are given regular exposure to the water in a happy and positive learning environment. Ideally, children should attend 2 swimming lessons a week and combine this formal learning with water play outside of the swimming lesson. The more exposure to the pool children that children have the faster they will learn to swim.
In this swimming video, Lulu shows her swimming ability at 2 years and 3 months of age. This learn to swim skills include:
0:21 Independent Swimming
0:48 Monkey and Swim
1:12 Floating With A Kickboard
2:00 Encourage Back Floating
2:43 Fun Game
2:55 Read Body Language
3:06 Breath Control
4:11 Swim and Play
4:24 Climb Out Of Pool