Backyard swimming pools are beginning to warm up. Parents may start to consider "taking a break" from their child's weekly swim lesson. Summer is an important time to remain consistent with your child's lesson schedule.
Swim lessons train children valuable lifesaving skills. They learn how to kick and float as well as hand strokes. Most importantly, breathing techniques and the art of holding their breath while submerged under water.
Natalie Turner, a certified dive instructor and former lifeguard, says, "Children as young as six months should become familiar with the water. Water exploration enables kids to develop their cognitive and motor skills. Swimming Lessons will provide your child with all of the skills necessary to survive in and around water.
Additional backyard pool safety tips:
1. Always have an adult present and focused on the swimming area. Swim lessons are not a substitution for adult supervision.
2. Clear all pool toys out of the pool area when not in use. This helps prevent younger children from being drawn to that area to play when the pool is not in use.
3. Put up a fence around the pool area and secure with gate latches. Remind neighbors and friends to keep their gates closed.
4. Learn CPR and always have a phone within reach around the pool area for emergencies.
Pool Safety Tips
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Last Updated on Friday, April 02 2010 09:44 |