Swimming not floating

Being able to swim is such a vital skill to have especially if you live in Australia.

For me, since I lived in Korea, it's not uncommon to not know how to swim.
So I learnt how to swim when I was 8 in New Zealand.

BUT!

I believe children should learn and know how to swim from a young age.
You never know when they'll need to use that skill to save their own life.

So currently, Lydia attends swimming lessons at :

C2K at the RSL in Castle Hill

Here are some details for the lessons she gets:

• From memory, fees are around 70 something a term
• Usually groups of 4-5 but sometimes Lydia's had just one other person in her group
• 30 minute lessons
• Most days of the week available for lessons for kids
• Caters for all different levels of the kid's swimming ability

So the back story of Lydia's swimming experience goes like this:

My sister had a very traumatic experience with a mean teacher who literally just left her in the water with some airless floaties in the middle of the pool to get her "used to the water"

SHE'S TWO AND SHE'S NEVER BEEN SWIMMING BEFORE.

Crazy lady.

So she pretty much traumatized Lydia and she cried her eyes out for the whole thirty minutes.

Then we changed teachers and Lydia met her new teacher called Jane.

Jane is SO lovely. 

We told her that Lydia had a bad experience with her old teacher and immediately Jane knew what to do.

For the first couple of lessons, she would just hold Lydia in the water to get her used to being in the water again. 

She would talk to her constantly and made her feel safe in the water.

Then gradually, a girl who used to feel scared about going in the water would be the first one on the pools edge to jump in for her lesson.

Crazy right?

Lydia swimming by herself

I credit Jane for everything.

Without her, Lydia would still be scared of the water.

I would recommend C2K for kids swimming lessons. 

Especially if Jane is your teacher.

If not, I believe it's still a very good value for money.

Money spent here could save your kids life in the future.

Photo Credit:

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