Baby And Toddlers

Baby&Toddler

PROGRAMME INFORMATION

Duration:

  • 30 minutes/lesson

Who Is Suitable To Attend:

  • For babies aged between 3 to 12 months old
  • For toddlers aged between 13 to 3 years old

How Much Does It Cost?

  • $360 for 10 lessons, excluding a one-time registration fee of $40.

Each child will receive a complimentary SmileSwimmers’ Starter Kit that contains a swim cap and smileswimmers bag to kickstart one of the milestones in their life.

WhyUs

Why Your Child Should Learn Swimming From Us?

Learn A Life Saving Skill

Every child is born a natural swimmer and often without fear of water, like a “fish in water”. Learning how to swim not just keep your little ones safe, it also strengthens them both physically and mentally.

Quality Bonding Time

During the lesson, parents are encouraged to participate together as it is an excellent opportunity for you to bond and observe your child develop their love of floating in a weightless, calm and safe environment.

Build Confidence

When you introduced your child to activities like swimming at an early age, it helps your little one to eliminate any possible fear of water, instil confidence and develop a sense of independence in them.

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10 Weeks Baby Swimming Lessons

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4

Basic Submerge or Dunking

  • The aim is to learn how to teach your baby how to hold their breathe with a cue when going underwater.

Basic Kicking, Paddling, Splashing

  • The aim is to strengthen the leg muscles, moving of their arms and enjoying splashing in the water and grabbing toys

Revise -Week 1, Basic Back-float

  • The aim is to get used to the ears in the water, be able to be on their back, balancing and stabilise on their back

Revise - kicking, submerge, backfloat

Advance Back-float

  • The aim is to teach baby how to float on their back by themselves without assist

Revise - kicking, submerge, backfloat

Arching and Fall Forward

  • The aim is to teach baby to arch their back so that when they fall face down first they are able to roll over and float on their back
Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8

Revise - kicking, submerge, backfloat, Arching

Basic Rotation

  • The aim is to teach baby how to rotate the head , body and roll over and float on their back

Revise - kicking, submerge, backfloat, Arching, Rotation

Balancing on the Hand

  • The aim is to teach baby how to work on their balancing skills, lower body strength

Revise - kicking, submerge, backfloat, Arching, Rotation, Balancing

Photo Taking

  • Group Photos, Underwater photos and videos

Revise - kicking, submerge, backfloat, Arching, Rotation, Balancing

Basic Drop

  • The aim is to drop baby at about 3 feet underwater and kick upwards to the surface and integrate with back float to survive in water
Week 9Week 10

Revise - kicking, submerge, backfloat, Arching, Rotation, Balancing, Drop

Teaching Backflip

  • The aim is to teach baby how to flip backwards and be able to rotate or kick upwards to the surface to float and survive in water

Revise - kicking, submerge, backfloat, Arching, Rotation, Balancing, Drop, Backflip

Teaching Swim and Grip

  • The aim is to teach baby how to swim towards the wall and grip on to the wall to survive

10 Weeks Toddler Swimming Lessons

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4

Launch forward to swim

  • The aim is to learn how to teach your toddler how to sit and rock their body forward in order for them to be confident to fall forward and swim to parents without assistance.

Kicking, Paddling, Splashing and balancing with float

  • The aim is to strengthen the leg muscles, moving of their arms and enjoying splashing the water and grabbing toys and learning how to balance on the float.

Back-float

  • The aim is to teach your toddler to be able to float on the back without assistance.

Revision

  • Kicking, launch forward swim, back float, balancing on float.

Swimming to edge of pool

  • The aim is to teach your toddler to be able to see and hold and grip on to the wall to survive.
Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8

Swimming through hoop

  • The aim is to teach to achieve horizontal body position and overcoming fear of swimming through obstacles.

Revision & Underwater Photography (practice)

Swim Float Swim Technique

  • The aim is to teach your toddler to be able to swim and roll over on to their back to float and turn over again to swim towards you.

Revise Swim Float Swim

Week 9Week 10

Swimming through hoop

  • The aim is to teach to achieve horizontal body position and overcoming fear of swimming through obstacles.

Swimming forward swim 3m

  • The aim is to teach your toddler how to hold their breathe longer and be able to swim forward.

Revision & Underwater Photography (practice)

Swim breathe Swim

  • The aim is to teach toddler how to do doggy paddle technique, this is usually for the older toddler which is about 18 months old onwards and this usually starts in term 2 of the toddler course.
FAQ

Baby and Toddler lessons FAQs

Babies can enrol to our baby swimming lessons as early as 3 months old.
Either parent (or even grandparents or older brothers & sisters) can join in the fun in the pool, but due to space restrictions and the nature of the course, we can only allow one adult in the water with your child each week; anyone else is welcome to watch from the side. Please note that the person swimming with your child must be a responsible adult.
Yes, definitely. The public pools are clean and well maintained by Singapore Sports Council. They are also regularly checked by National Environment Agency of Singapore (NEA). Babies are safe to be in chlorinated pool unless your child has any serious medical conditions and sensitive skin. If this is so, you might want to consult a medical professional prior to registration.
No, They won’t be learning the same exercises or activities, Toddlers at this age have different mentality and characteristics, we have a slightly different approach to how we teach them and they will be learning something more advanced after their Infant Course
Due to the popular demand, our slots are fully taken up within a short period of time, however, we do have a waiting list and we do encourage you to put your name down and we will get back to you whenever we have slots opened up for your baby.
Each class will only have a maximum of 10 babies. In certain classes/locations that have higher demand, there will be up to 12 babies per class.
No, it is not required. In fact, baby can swim even before their vaccination. Thousands of babies around the world have been swimming before their vaccination and did not experience any harmful effects.
Yes, Definitely! It’s never too late and better start now than later.
We run photoshoots at the end of every term, or you also want to try private photo shoots.
We recommend trying to feed your baby 1-2 hours before the swimming lesson. Babies and toddlers can both get hungry after such a good workout, so be prepared to feed them or offer a snack afterwards!
Yes, at least one parent have to be in the water with your baby/toddler during the lesson. This is to help you pick up the necessary knowledge that can help your baby practice it afterwards. Most importantly, this is a wonderful opportunity to spend time and bond with your child. This will help to calm your baby down and reduce separation anxiety at the same time.
Each lesson for our baby swimming classes last for 30 minutes. The duration of baby swimming class is kept short to cater to the shorter attention span of babies. This also keeps them excited and look forward for more lessons.
Our classes are mostly held at public pools. Some of the pools do have tiny changing rooms, most venues have shower facilities, without water heater. It is encouraged that it will be better if you could rinse up before heading back home.
All baby must wear a disposable or reusable swim nappy underneath.
Yes. They will receive Toddler Stage 1 for Term 1 and Stage 2 after Term 2
It would be better if you let your child try the preschool class. If your child is not comfortable or confident by themselves, you can accompany them in the pool for a few lessons and slowly let them learn to be independent.
Yes, Coach Kidd is certified with Diploma in Baby Swimming AUSTSWIM Infant & Preschool Aquatics. He is also a swimming coach accredited by local authorities with decades of experience of specialised coaching for baby swimming lessons under his belt.