My Aqua Babies
Aqua Baby classes are designed to develop water skills and confidence. These adult accompanied classes offer an early introduction to swimming for babies and children up to 3 years .
Lessons provide a gentle and progressive approach through fun based activities incorporating songs, play and sensory skills from a calm, warm and stimulating environment. My Aqua Baby lessons familiarise parent and babies to the joys of water. As a parent you will receive invaluable support and education in how to develop your child’s swimming and survival skills.
My class sizes are small and personalised ensuring that I can cater to each parent and child’s individual needs.
Swimming is an invaluable life skill and I am passionate about teaching babies and children; taking immense pleasure seeing children gain in water confidence and becoming independent swimmers knowing they can be happy and safe in and around the water.
Aqua Baby lessons are currently being help from our beautiful private pool in Eastmoor on a Thursday morning and are for the duration of 25 minutes.
What you will need:
Happy Nappy – Every baby must wear the double nappy system, which means a disposable or reusable swim nappy with the approved Neoprene swimming nappy over the top.
Changing mat- A small roll up one or additional towel so you can safely change your baby on the floor.
Aqua Babies Award 1
- Enter the water safely with adult assistance
- Introduction to swim dips
- Adult and baby comfortable in the water and engaging in eye contact
- Support baby on the front and move freely around the pool
- Support baby on back in a floating position
- Moving freely around the pool supporting baby on the back
- Side support baby and encourage reaching towards a toy
- Encourage baby to wash and splash their face with water
- Forward entry into the water from a sitting position – adult assistance
- Early cues and bubble blowing
- Exit the pool safely
Aqua Babies Award 2
- Baby enters the water safely from a sitting position with adult support
- Encourage baby to hold on to poolside
- Travel on the back with parent/adult assisting an alternating leg kick
- Adult hold baby in a seated position, baby kicks ball (reverse kicking)
- Support baby on the front and move freely around the pool encouraging bubble blowing
- Rotate from front to back with assistance
- Hold baby facing you and submerge yourself for baby to see you
- Assisted forward push and glide with adult
- Move around the pool with big jumps and little jumps
- Duck dive into the water
- exit the pool safely
Aqua Babies Award 3
- Baby enters the water safely with or without assistance using the steps
- Encourage baby to move freely around the pool with the use of buoyancy aids
- Blow bubbles at the waters surface
- Support the baby by the hands and encourage and encourage movement in a snaking pattern through the water – aid’s may be used
- Support baby in a forward hold, encourage baby to move forward and grasp a toy then return with support in a back float position
- Place babies feet on the wall and push off into a glide – aid’s or assistance may be used
- Jump into water from a standing position with adult support
- Encourage baby to wash and splash their face with water independently
- Support baby facing you and submerge together
- Introduce baby and adult to tummy bands/aid’s
- Assisting and encouraging baby to hold onto poolside and climb out
Aqua Babies Award 4
- Baby/toddler enters the water with or without assistance from a sitting position using a swivel entry
- Encourage baby/toddler to move freely on the front with a continuous leg action
- Independently travel 5m on the from using arms and legs
- Float on the back for 5 seconds
- Encourage baby to move freely on the back with a continuous leg action
- Independently rotate 180 degrees vertically or horizontally
- Confidently submerge the face in the water and blow bubbles
- Push and glide on the back with minimal support
- Push and glide on the front with minimal support
- Jump into the water from a standing position with or without support