A 'water safe' child is one who can swim, chooses to enter a water environment in which they are consciously aware that they will be able to manage themselves without fear of danger or  being hurt.

One who can swim by choice on top of the water with their faces in the water, swim under the water and swim with confidence on the back without assistance or aids of any kind. In brief a child who knows their limits and boundaries in and around water.

WE LEARN TO SWIM primarily to:

• be safe in and around water
• develop physically, mentally, emotionally
• learn Life Skills

Toddlers who attend swimming lessons from the age of 20 months - two years old will become aware of the dangers of water. Part of the 'terrific twos' is the development of the last conscious emotion 'conscious fear' Therefore there is less chance of an accident in or around water.

Prior to that age infants have no fear of water. Swim children learn the dangers of water. Non-Swim children are not aware of the dangers of water.

'Swim Children' (children who start swimming lessons from 3 - 12 months old) can be stimulated to start learning swimming strokes like crawl, backstroke, breaststroke, sculling, the dolphin action by the age of 2 to 3 years old.

Swim babies, toddlers and children are healthy throughout the year, use up stored energy due to the restriction of their physical boundaries, modern living, not having the freedom to play in big gardens, parks, climb trees etc. These children know how to and want to move and play.

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