Babies
For students between the age of
3 months and 3 years, we offer
group lessons or what we call, Tadpole Groups. These are activity
based lessons that run to a CD of familiar songs and nursery rhymes.
Skills worked on include blowing bubbles, submerging and back
floating. Course details
All
tadpole courses are run at our St. George's location in Ferry Reach
Each group
consists of up to 10 Moms/Dads and babies.
Summer
2010 - now booking August
Please scroll down to see the schedule for
tadpole group lessons for August. There will be
no September or October tadpole courses in 2010.
If you are a new
client, please send the following information when you make your
booking:
| Student's name |
| Date of Birth |
| Email address |
| Parent / guardian |
| Home phone |
| Work phone |
| Cell phone |
| Details of any medical conditions |
| Where you heard about Swimming Instinct |
To make your booking
When viewing the
schedules below, please bear in mind the following things:
-
Saturday
courses in May. New this year! Please see the schedule below
for dates and times.
-
Feel free to
book multiple courses. As
May
is usually a busy month, the May courses are once
a week only, but I encourage you to book two courses so that
your child can swim twice a week. Monday and Wednesday courses
pair together perfectly. Students who swim twice a week are much
more settled and progress more than those that swim once a week.
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Age range is
more of a guideline than a hard fast rule.
If you are interested in a course that is different from your
child’s actual age, please send an email to discuss.
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Advanced
courses available for 25 - 36 month olds. If your child is
perfectly happy being submerged, you may want to book him/her
into one of the advanced courses. The idea of this course is to
focus more on the things that they will be doing in the 1:1
lessons and will move at a fast pace. It is most suited to
toddlers who have been swimming with us for a few years and
therefore know Mandy, the pool and the set-up of the lesson. In
May there are no advanced courses as it's the beginning of the
season.
-
Sibling
course available. The sibling course in June and July is
designed to help working parents with two children under the age
of three by offering one course that will be tailored to both
your toddler and your baby. Every child must have an
accompanying adult. This course is open to people with just one
child as well, you do not have to have two children to attend.
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Older
siblings in need of 1:1 lessons.
If you have another child who
is 3 or older who you wish to have lessons at a similar time as
you and your tadpole, please let me know at the time of booking.
I won't be able to book your older child in for 1:1s yet as that
schedule is not ready yet, but it is helpful for me to know in
advanced so that I can do everything possible to have all your
children swimming at a similar time.
- Shaded courses are fully booked. Please ask to be
placed on the waitlist if the course you wish to take is fully
booked. Cancellations are rare, but there is always a chance.
Also, it is possible that more courses may open. In this event,
those students that are waitlisted will be contacted via email.
To book a course,
please click
here to send an
email. When making your booking,
please be sure to include:
-
Your child’s
name
-
Course IDs that
reflect the bookings you would like to make
-
Your preferred
time slot
-
A second time
slot if you can (incase your first choice is fully booked)
- A day
and evening phone number
Schedule below updated on 18th July. Please always try
refreshing this page to see the most current information.
|
Course ID |
Course description |
Time and days |
Start date |
Finish date |
No. of lessons |
Price |
|
8.9 |
3 - 14 months
Afternoons |
3:00 - 3:30
Mondays & Wednesday |
Mon
2 Aug |
Wed
18 Aug |
6 |
$105 |
|
8.1 |
15 - 36 months
Afternoons |
3:30 – 4:00
Mondays & Wednesday |
Mon
2 Aug |
Wed
18 Aug |
6 |
$105 |
|
8.2 |
15 - 24 months
Afternoons |
4:00 – 4:30
Mondays & Wednesday |
Mon
2 Aug |
Wed
18 Aug |
6 |
$105 |
|
8.3 |
3 - 14 months
Afternoons |
3:30 - 4:00
Tuesdays & Thursdays |
Tues
3 Aug |
Thurs
19 Aug |
6 |
$105 |
|
8.4 |
25 - 36 months
Afternoons |
4:00 - 4:30
Tuesdays & Thursdays |
Tues
2 Aug |
Thurs
19 Aug |
6 |
$105 |
|
8.10 |
15 - 36
months
Evenings |
5:30 - 6:00
Mondays & Wednesday |
Mon
2 Aug |
Wed
18 Aug |
6 |
$105 |
|
8.5 |
3
- 14 months
Evenings |
6:00 – 6:30
Mondays & Wednesday |
Mon
2 Aug |
Wed
18 Aug |
6 |
$105 |
|
8.6 |
15 - 36 months
Evenings |
6:30 - 7:00
Mondays & Wednesday |
Mon
2 Aug |
Wed
18 Aug |
6 |
$105 |
|
8.11 |
3
- 14 months
Evenings |
5:30 - 6:00
Tuesdays & Thursdays |
Tues
3 Aug |
Thurs
19 Aug |
6 |
$105 |
|
8.7 |
15 - 24
months
Evenings |
6:00 -
6:30
Tuesdays & Thursdays |
Tues
3 Aug |
Thurs
19 Aug |
6 |
$105 |
|
8.8 |
25 - 36 months
Evenings
ADVANCED |
6:30 - 7:00
Tuesdays & Thursdays |
Tues
3 Aug |
Thurs
19 Aug |
6 |
$105 |
Benefits of swimming
There are many reasons to enroll your baby into swimming lessons.
These are the main ones: 
- To provide a
safe and positive environment for a child’s first water based
experiences
- To develop
motor-skills linked to swimming
- To develop
skills that might help them in a survival situation
Baby swimming lessons will not make your child
safe around the water. Often the child will gain confidence and
develop a love of the water which can make him more of a danger to
himself around the water. Parents must be even more cautious when
your child is around water.
There are other non-water related benefits as well. Swimming can
also help to:
-
Stimulate appetite
-
Encourage good-quality naps and sleep
-
Improve balance and co-ordination
-
Develop neck and back muscles used during
tummy-time
-
Introduce rolling
Click here to view a 3-minute video clip of a tadpole lesson. All
of the students in this video are between two and three years old.
These babies are all in their second or third year of swimming
lessons.
Private groups
There are pre-allotted courses available to arrange a private
group for yourself and up to nine friends. Time allotments are
limited for private groups, so book early to avoid disappointment. For more details, please click here.
Newborns
After leaving the womb, babies quickly forget the sensation of
being in liquid, but with a few lessons, you, the parent, can learn
how to help your child retain that memory and continue to feel safe
and comfortable in the water. The minimum requirements for swimming
lessons are that your baby’s umbilical chord has completely healed
and that you have had approval from his/her pediatrician. For more details, please click
here.
Top: An 8-month old tadpole comfortably submerges under the water.
Bottom: A tadpole group enjoys the Hokey Pokey. To see more pictures of what goes on in a Tadpole lesson, click
here.
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