Swimming is not like riding a bike, you do forget. If your child hasn’t been swimming all winter, there’s a good chance they wont remember the skills they had last summer. Use the first pool visit of the summer to review these swimming safety skills with your kids.
Lets talk life jackets for pool time. In the Learn-to-Swim world, life jackets generally get a bad rep, yet most kids have worn one at some point. I want to share my opinion on this matter, so you can make an informed decision for your kids and family.
When I first told my dad that I was going to start a blog to help parents teach their kids to swim, he jokingly said “step one, put your kids in the water”. And while this was said jokingly, since you’d think it should be common sense, it’s really great advice in more ways than one.
