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child lifting water dipper

What You Can Expect In Lessons

  • Personalized Lessons, Life-Saving Results: Our one-on-one approach ensures your child receives fully customized, safe, and highly effective lessons tailored to their personal needs.

  • Consistency Drives Progress: Classes are held 5 days a week, Monday through Friday, ensuring your child builds and retains skills quickly and effectively.

  • Focused and Intense for Maximum Impact: Each 10-minute private session is designed to make the most of your child’s time, delivering remarkable results in as little as 6 weeks on average.

  • Safety First, Confidence Always: Your child will develop water competence that fosters confidence—a foundation for a lifetime of safe, joyful experiences in and around the water.

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LESSONS FOR CHILDREN

8 - 12 MONTHS OLD

ROLLBACK TO FLOAT

All students, even those as young as 8 months old, learn the fundamental skills of holding their breath underwater, getting to the surface, rolling onto their backs and floating.

Infants and toddlers who are not yet walking or are new walkers learn to maintain a floating position until help can reach them.

child lifting water dipper
child lifting water dipper

LESSONS FOR CHILDREN

1-6 YEARS OLD

SWIM, FLOAT, SWIM

  • Building Skills on Land and in the Water: As toddlers and young children grow stronger on land, they're ready to take their abilities to the water.

  • Mastering a Life-Saving Sequence: Lessons equip children to swim short distances, roll onto their back to float and breathe, then turn back over to repeat the swim-and-float cycle until they reach safety—whether it's the pool steps, the edge, or the shoreline.

  • Confidence and Safety in Every Stroke: These critical skills not only protect your child but also build their confidence, ensuring they’re ready for any aquatic environment.

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child lifting water dipper

REFRESHER LESSONS

  • Keep Skills Sharp: As your child grows, their Self-Rescue skills need to grow with them. Rapid changes in strength, coordination, and cognitive ability mean periodic refresher lessons are key to maintaining their life-saving skills.

  • Adapt to Every Stage of Development: From infants to toddlers and beyond, refresher lessons ensure your child’s skills stay in step with their physical and mental growth, building confidence and competence in the water.

  • Life-Saving Skills That Grow with Your Child: By revisiting lessons regularly, your child will continue to strengthen and refine their abilities, keeping them ready for any aquatic situation.

child lifting water dipper
child lifting water dipper

Frequently Asked Questions

Your Top Questions Answered - Dive Into Infant Swim Pensacola FAQs!

Will my child cry during lessons?

Yes, most likely. Here's why:

Crying is Communication: For non-verbal children, crying is a natural way to express themselves. It’s important to understand that crying can happen for various reasons and at different levels of intensity.

Building Trust Takes Time: In the beginning, some children may feel anxious with a new instructor, but they typically build trust quickly as they become more comfortable.

No Need to Worry: Crying is a normal part of the process and not a cause for concern. Our highly trained instructors are skilled in recognizing and responding to different types of crying, ensuring your child feels safe and supported. We’re always here to discuss any questions or concerns you may have.

What does "Certified ISR Instructor" mean?

Strict certification standards: ISR is short for Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) which is the nation’s leading provider of Self-Rescue® survival swimming lessons for infants and young children.

The ISR instructor training program is the most rigorous in the industry and includes a minimum of 60 hours supervised in-water training, plus education and testing in subjects such as child behavioral and developmental psychology and extensive training in physiology.

What is ISR?

Trusted Since 1966: Infant Swimming Resource (ISR) is the nation’s leading provider of Self-Rescue® survival swimming lessons for infants and young children, with nearly 60 years of proven success.

Unmatched Expertise: Backed by decades of research, over 19 million lessons taught, and hundreds of documented survival stories, ISR offers parents unparalleled confidence in their child’s safety.

More Than a Lesson—A Life-Saving Skill: ISR empowers children with the ability to save themselves, filling the gap where traditional layers of protection like fences and alarms fall short.

A Commitment to Safety: With over 450,000 graduates, ISR proves that children are capable, resilient, and can learn the skills to survive if the unexpected happens.

Will lessons make my child fearful of the water?

No. Your child will learn respect for the water. If your child is hesitant around water it most likely means they lack confidence.

Is your pool heated?

Yes, lessons are conducted in a private, heated, saltwater pool.

Do I need to be in the water with my child during swim lessons?

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How do I enroll my child in Infant Swim Pensacola?

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