Parent and Baby Classes for children 6 months up to 21 months of age!

     2023 PARENT AND BABY CLASS SCHEDULE

SESSION #	DATES	TIME
1	April 24- April 28	10-10:30am
2	May 8- May 12	10-10:30am
3	Aug 28-Sep 1	10-10:30am
4	Sep 11-Sep 15	10-10:30am

At this time we're offering 4 sessions. They consist of 5 classes, running Monday-Friday, they are 30 minutes long.

HOW TO REGISTER

See our main schedule page for information on how to register.

PRICING AND PAYMENTS

The cost of a one week, 5 class session is $175.00 per child. Payment should be made in full as soon as your registration has been confirmed by phone.*

Payment in full should be received at the address below within 7 days of your confirmed registration.

If you have more than one child or are enrolled in more than one session only one registration form is needed, but a deposit for every session is required. Once we receive your deposit check and deposit form, your child's spot is secured!

Payments can be made via CHECK or CASH only.

Please write your child's name, session #,class time on the memo part of the check


*Do not return the registration form and check until you have received the confirmation via phone that your session is available.                                     


Please make check payable to : Ann's Swimming School


The mailing address is:
7050 Sunset Drive
Miami, Fl. 33143

There will be a $25 charge for a returned check.

If you'd like to drop off your deposit check and form instead of mailing it, there is a red mailbox next to the front door (with the word"Post" on it) that you may leave your form and check in. If you need a deposit form there are extra's in the red box!

 

ABOUT PARENT AND BABY CLASSES

With these classes you are in our heated pool with your baby. You will be taught by the instructor how to work with your baby and how to get them comfortable with going under the water. Also teaching them breath control, endurance, balance under the water and on the steps, how to turn around and hold on to the edge of the pool (which is very important) if they were to fall in.

If they are very young it is also important that they learn how to balance themselves' on the steps. Being able to sit or pull up and getting their head out from under the water if they were to topple over. If your baby is already familiar with being in and under water, we will teach you how to work with them until they are old enough to take the regular classes.

You will work on teaching them how to just be under the water with no one holding on to them. This takes learning balance also. As they progress, you will teach them how to kick and to use their arms to propel themselves' through the water. You will also teach them how to catch the wall or the step or what ever it is they are swimming towards.

We will teach you how to get them comfortable with being on their backs and working towards learning how to float on their backs all by themselves'. Rolling over and floating is important because when children are very young they do not have the strength yet to be able to physically pick their heads up out of the water and get a breath of air. This is hard for older children to learn as well.

 



    

The baby must be wearing a snuggly fit disposable swim diaper or a reusable one underneath their bathing suit. 

See our MAKE UP CLASS page for information on missing classes due to weather or illness.

 

Helping To Get Your Baby And You Ready!

  A few ways in which you can get your baby ready for their class at home is to start pouring the water over their heads at bath time, in your pools and even having them in the shower with you! By doing these things, you will start to teach them how to hold their breath! The younger they learn breath control the better! If a baby or anyone, no matter what their age, falls into a body of water, if they're not used to water being on their faces,this is when they start to panic, which will cause them to also start drinking and gulping down the water instead of holding their breath and trying to get out and needless to say,this is where the outcome is not good.

   If they are used to being in water already and know how to hold their breath, obviously their chances are much better!  Don't even begin (ever!) to wipe their faces every time they get water on it or hold a wash cloth over their faces. We do understand that keeping shampoo out of their eyes is one thing, but water? If you start them young by gently pouring the water on their faces at first, they will come to see that water is not bad, but if you cover their face or you don't let the water touch their face, it's as if you're saying water is a bad thing and think about it, what are you doing if you do that?  

Showing them that water is okay on their face will help them so much! The more they are used to water on their face the better their chance will be if they were to fall into a pool. They are less apt to panic as much if they are already comfortable with water.  

    Just imagine what might happen if they were to fall in, never having had a drop of water touch their face? I've seen kids literally claw and scratch at their faces because they are so freaked out that water is touching them! And this is when they might not even try to get themselves out of the pool! How can they get out or even try,  when their hands are covering their faces because that bad water is on it?

And seeing you put water on your face helps them also! If they cry the 1st few times you let the water get on their face, that's ok! You know you're not hurting them! You'll be helping them in the long run! So, bring on the fun time in the bath,shower or the pool! 

No water wings, arm floats, swimsuits with built in floats, etc., will be allowed.
Also, using water wings and such (of course a life jacket on a boat is something they should always have), but you want them to learn how to swim on their own, so it's to their benefit to not even start wearing these floaty things!

Wearing these can possibly create two different scenarios'-

Many kids will think they can swim, even without their water wings and throw themselves into a pool. Or if they fall into a pool without them, they won't do a thing because they are only thinking about the fact that they don't have their water wings on.

 A child who is comfortable with water on their face and who doesn't panic if they fall in a pool has a much better chance of survival! No matter what their age!