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Parent/child class

May 7, 2018 by admin

Ages 3 months – 2.5 years

This class is designed as a child’s first experience in an aquatic environment. Using a model of early childhood education, our program works to help infants and toddlers develop a life-long love of water through song and play while also incorporating large safety components of learning to go underwater, floating and finding the way back to the safety of the wall. We offer a compassionate introduction to water and safety and therefore create families who love the water and will continue swimming for recreation, health, and competition.

Infants and toddlers stay in this class and continue to work on more advanced safety skills from 3 months until 2 years, or even until 3 years if needed. At age 2, swimmers become eligible to move to a level 1 curriculum if they are ready to start following directions in a more advanced class and to start working to separate from their parents. Swimmers are promoted in to the next level, Transition to Level 1 or Level 1 when ready, between ages 2 and 3)

Skills to be worked on in Parent/child:

  • Developing a love of water through song and play
  • Entering and exiting the water
  • Blowing bubbles
  • Submerging eyes, nose, ears, and mouth in water
  • Letting go of wall and going back to wall with assistance
  • Bobbing under water while holding on to the side
  • Floating on back and front with assistance
  • Flutter kicking from a seated position on the side
  • Flutter kicking on front and back with assistance

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To say that I am thrilled with my first session of swimming lessons with North Jersey Aquatics is an understatement. Being a first time mom I had no idea what to expect, but NJA came highly recommended from several close friends, as… Read more “Incredibly nice and helpful”

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