At Swim Generation, our swimming lessons for babies are designed to introduce the youngest swimmers to the joy of swimming and help build confidence.

We start our swimmers from 3 months old. Not only are the classes social occasions for parents, but they also allow your baby to experience water calmly and naturally, in the comfort of their parents’ arms. Participating in baby classes from 3 months old helps build the foundations of a safe, happy swimmer.

Benefits of Swimming Lessons for Babies

Enrolling your baby in our baby swimming program provides numerous physical, mental, and emotional benefits. Here are five key advantages:

Builds Confidence: Introducing babies to water at a young age helps foster a positive connection with water that can last a lifetime.
Improves Physical Health: Swimming can help improve your baby's physical health by encouraging muscle development and cardiovascular fitness.
Parent-Baby Bond: Participating in shared swimming lessons with your baby can deepen emotional bonds and build trust.
Skills Development: Starting lessons at three months helps establish the foundations for your child's skill development as they grow.
Safety Awareness: Starting early helps teach your child water safety and boosts their confidence in the water.

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Infant Swimming Lessons Program: What to Expect

Our baby swimming lessons are held in a fun, safe, and nurturing environment and follow a structured format.

Teaching Approach: Starting lessons at 3 months may be a daunting prospect for new parents; however, there is no better time to start your baby’s swimming journey. Your baby has a natural affinity with water, having spent 9 months in the womb, and this provides the perfect platform to develop
swimming skills and practices. The classes for our Babies and Toddlers are groups so that we can keep the class fun, engaging and sociable for parents; however, we have a limit of 5 parents per class to offer maximum support and attention.

Skills Taught:

3-months to 10-months old

Make supervised safe entry with adult support.
Hold/support the baby on the front and back.
Encourage babies to reach out for toys whilst moving around the pool.
Encourage babies to splash water on their faces.
Become familiar with the use of different buoyancy aids.
Introduce early submersion activities.

6-months to 15-months old

Safe entries and exits to the water.
Supporting and holding the baby on the front and encouraging kicking action.
Supporting and holding the baby on the back and encouraging kicking.
Introduce Buoyancy aids with support.
Encourage babies to float on their backs independently (rotate from front to back).
Encourage babies to perform a sitting jump from the side of the pool.
Encourage babies to reach out for toys and floating objects.
Introduce blowing skills, bubbles in the water and blowing toys.
Confidently submerge babies.

15-months to 24-months

Supervised entry & exit to the pool.
Introduce independent movement with the use of buoyancy aids.
Demonstrate a streamlined body position.
Demonstrate the ability to kick legs.
Blow bubbles with the mouth submerged.
Perform rotation from front to back.
Perform & demonstrate reaching and holding skills.
Perform a supervised jump to an adult.
Demonstrate that toddlers are comfortable with Submersion.

20-months to 30-months

Enter the water independently from a sitting position on the poolside.
With the use of buoyancy aids travel freely and independently on front.
With the use of buoyancy aids travel freely and independently on back.
Demonstrate the ability to kick legs.
Demonstrate ability to paddle/scoop arms in the water.
Blow bubbles and blow a toy across the pool to demonstrate an understanding of
breathing.
Demonstrate the ability to take instructions from the adult or teacher.
Demonstrate a supervised standing jump to an adult from poolside.
Submerge your face independently to look for toys at the bottom of the pool.

Class Details

Format: 5 parents and babies per class
Duration: Each session lasts for 30-minutes.
Number of Lessons: 8-week block
Frequency: 1-lesson per week
Location(s): Our baby swim school lessons are held at Richmond, Kingston River, Highbury.

Preparation tips

Below are some practical tips to help ensure a smooth, enjoyable swimming experience.

Feeding: We have found that feeding an hour before the lesson is fine, and they will be hungry afterwards because of the energy used during the lesson.

What to bring: Bring a towel, and we recommend a double-layer nappy system. Optional items include flip flops, some people bring a robe, and a change of clothes.

Arrival: Allow plenty of time to stay relaxed and unhurried.

Expectations: Remember, babies' first swimming lessons might involve some crying; this is completely normal.

FAQs

Is three months too early to start Swimming lessons?

Absolutely not, three months is the ideal age to start, with leading organisations such as Swim England and STA supporting parent-baby classes from early infancy in heated pools like those used by Swim Generation.

Are parents involved in the lesson?

Parents are actively involved in the lesson, guided by our expert coaches. Parental involvement also helps reassure your child.

What if I have little swimming experience?

Many of our parents have little to no swimming experience; lessons are held in a shallow, warm, and luxurious pool.

My child is scared of water.

Many babies are scared of water, and this is completely normal and a good reason to join this program. Swim Generation has helped many babies overcome their fear of water and become strong, confident swimmers.

Swimming Lessons for babies